in this next stage I used small circles, for me it helps link the shapes together. They don’t have to be the same size and this is where the relationship with shapes come into play.

What do I mean by, shapes having a relationship with each other ? Sounds funny…I know. But this is where practice or playing with shapes comes in. Interestingly squares, triangles etc, don’t really work (my opinion) curved and soft shapes do, circles and lines with curves, allow shapes to flow. Hard shapes tend to stop the flow. Give it a try ! let me know what you think.

I wanted to show the starting point with Doodling. Any shape will do to get you started. The key is how to keep adding to the design, and yes it does take practice.

In this doodle I am definitely repeating a pattern if you like. As the relationship with the shapes began to build up, I started to get a sense of how well this design was forming in a very organic way.