How to draw - geometry - full tutorial - basic construction of an extended 12-fold rosette

Here's a step-by-step guide to creating a 12-fold rosette pattern based on a hexagon grid that includes some extended design elements beyond the rosette itself. I learnt this from Eric Broug's wonderful book, 'Islamic Geometric Design' - it's a wealth of knowledge for anyone interested in Islamic art and is something I refer to very often when working in this form.
Check out my other tutorial here for how I add detail and ornamentation to this.
READING LIST: I can't emphasise enough how rich in information the below resources are - they're all available to buy online from good book sellers:
'Islamic Geometric Design'
Eric Broug
'Islamic Design: A Genius for Geometry'
Daud Sutton
'Arabic Geometrical Pattern & Design'
J. Bourgoin
'Islamic Designs'
Eva Wilson
'Ruler and Compass: Practical Geometric Constructions'
Andrew Sutton
'Drawing Geometry: A Primer of Basic Forms for Artists, Designers and Architects'
Jon Allen
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[@patrickhanley9717]

I'm with you every step of the way and then i look down and it's all just a jumbled mess of lines. Much respect.

[@LinahSofi]

same here

[@gantax-313]

This helps me Wondering how much it is impossible to have more than one god, mashaalah

[@gelhope5510]

Ive recently started trying geometric patterns in my artwork. This is by far the best ive ever seen, thank you soo much for bringing a tutorial here much love

[@imaginewonder6570]

Thanks so much! I've been looking everywhere to learn how to do this and finally ran across your videos. Thanks again. ❤

[@iancharlton3387]

Outstanding work! Just getting back into geometric design after 13 years. I have a degree in technical illustration but loving the freedom of geometric design at the moment.

[@ummumar9207]

Love your work- Thank you and God Bless!

[@KhaledMaithalouni]

pure Islamic art! brilliant man, you're genius!!

[@spotlight488]

Agreed Brov... From Pakistan 🇵🇰

[@AdelMohamed-oq3wj]

it looks so beautiful.

[@featheredsnake811]

Excellent tutorial, one of the best I've seen! Thank you so much for this :)

[@ElenaZoro]

This is great! Thank you very much for uploading. I really enjoyed while working me trough this! :)

[@YukariBromfield]

Fantastic tutorial! Thank you for this and others. I hope you will do more.

[@ElizandroChavezinphocusfoto]

Watching the video with that music is very relaxing.

[@rula220]

that's amazing ! going to try that out for sure ;) thx Lex !!

[@ireneosterlund9537]

Thank you, Lex - your video is very instructive and inspiring! And I can´t emphasize enough how much I appreciate that you share your sources - I ordered Eric Broug´s book right away... Thanks again!

[@parismarashi]

Thank you so much for your beautiful video. This is exactly what I was looking for!!! Incredible work! Congratulations. I also love the interstitial diagrams that tie it all together...thank you!!

[@alijahujevic5916]

Just Amazing, beautiful! Thanks!

[@sofialancaster7315]

Thanks so much this really helped with my art homework!

[@carlosbalazs2492]

I'm finally interested in geometry!!!

[@noural-hudaschroter1279]

Thank you very very much!!!Please go on doing these tutorials!

[@ragoody11]

mashallah amazing tutorial

[@kyriafromfrance7407]

woooow this is amazing, thanks for sharing

[@drd.n4695]

We have these geometrical designs in the Indian tradition as well. Together, both feels fascinating a science to learn ... hats off to your patience and precision.

[@pinky_arya]

Very complex design ..Sir , could u plz some tutorials on tilling the designs also ...I m a huge fan of urs ...Keep posting such videos ..Thanku so much

[@kiddobix]

great tutorial, good work !!! thank you !!! ^_^

[@jozwaters1388]

The first lighter outline with all the lines isn't the problem for me. If I focus on the shapes of the stars pn the inner ring it gave me a point of reference. If I was ever going over those star shapes I was doing it wrong. As soon as I realized that the stars are what mattered it made everything fall into place for me. Beautiful design!!!

[@nuraniayu4897]

Masya Allah 💕 beautiful

[@martinebeck8769]

merci pour ce super tuto !!

[@sovietnam1934]

Mesmeraising, watching till the end

[@tammi3121]

Even more actually doing it.... it's so therapeutic 4 me.... thank u 4 sharing...⛥🕀♺✳🔯⏺⏹♾

[@ahmadalghassani]

man you are crazy :)) you are genius

[@Zowii0]

Thanks for your wonderful class

[@LinahSofi]

I am gonna have to try making this one

[@getthechancehow937]

دائما ما يتعلق الرسم للنجمه السداسية

[@chadelebarge3587]

Despite it's complicated kinda but I'm sure I won't get bored as am doing

[@lindsaysemilla9678]

Can you please make a tutorial showing how to extend this pattern into a tile pattern?

[@adidas1439]

Great stuff my friend 👍. Happy holidays

[@philipmurray6897]

what is the audio track you have

[@mel-mj9dv]

U r my lifesaver...thx a lot

[@geometricart7851]

great work! I'm trying this in my own stuff...the ending is next lvl dude! LOL Wow!

[@LexWilson]

Thank you!

[@losiloso8178]

thank you

[@liamhydes1405]

This looks so sick good job man😎😎😎♣️

[@LexWilson]

Liam Hydes Thanks man!

[@ajyaladver972]

Just Amazing

[@LexWilson]

Ajyal Adver Thanks! :)

[@fidiarahman4924]

thank you!

[@LexWilson]

You're welcome!

[@atiblabernou6934]

Thank you so muuch for this mine was success I followed you step by step and really focused on it 💞 the result is identical tho I want to understand the logic behind each step what do you recommend?

[@jjmarquete]

Fantastic!!!

[@LexWilson]

J. Jhony Marquete Nice one! Thanks for watching :)

[@Rubikorigami]

Hey man, do you have any idea of how to generalize this procedure to n-sided shapes? I have failed 24- , 15-, and 30-fold rosettes but I have managed a crude 10-fold one. Do you think on the "nested squares" step, I should keep at squares/pentagons or use higher-order shapes?

[@salimpatel4620]

You make it look easy that is a tricky design to get right lots of practise I guess

[@yarrystyleeza]

that's really WOW but do you have anything easier than this? 'cause i got an art homework and my eyes hirt me and thanks :)

[@yaver999]

How amazing!

[@LexWilson]

I agree! I'm in awe of these ancient skills. Blessed to be able to reproduce them

[@raqtana8944]

Been to Moroocco and it is full of such shapes . Nice work 👍🏻

[@LexWilson]

Thanks so much.

[@RJohannNewton1]

God is in those details!

[@akramtobbieh3415]

lots you see in Morocco in buildings and old Spain ( Al Andulsia )

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[@KemetEG]

And in Egyptian mosques

[@StevePikePhoto]

+1 sub "Great work!"

[@ymkjeveenstra5268]

which book do you recommend to buy for someone who just got into geometry?

[@LexWilson]

Ymkje veenstra without doubt it's 'Islamic Geometric Design' by Eric Broug. He has a great TedTalk too on KZbin. Enjoy!

[@habibsyed9190]

Ymkje veenstra ya, muslims basically invented geometry.

[@christopherellis2663]

habib syed which they learned from the Greeks!

[@mhammedmojahid1540]

tréé bien

[@boa9535]

I feel like I've been looking for this half my life. Very satisfying. Why do you say Islamic and nor Arabic or Morrocan or Sufi?

[@curame1925]

Boa These designs can be found everywhere in the Arab world, not just in Morocco. And this art started during the Islamic golden age, so it is definitely part of Islamic culture. That's why it's called Islamic geometric design. :)

[@baniadam5320]

the best at the moment in the field of geomatics are the Moroccans most of the geometry patterns that have been made in the construction in Mecca have made by the Moroccans workers

[@ahmedsaeed6667]

Islamic geometric art

[@stephanebreans3161]

Hi Lex I need your help, can you show me how to write my name "Pauline" please, if You do it : you're the BEST ! Thanks

[@martynsmith630]

Got Eric's other book. Which mosque is this from. Thanks.

[@LexWilson]

Not sure on this particular one - let me check

[@mladenkatancevic3002]

Is this enough for 5 of the artistic?

[@lutfiansyahr1117]

Thanks, now i can learn how to summon my mother

[@tehShikari]

Do we see an Enter Shikari tattoo? :D Nice video, too!

[@gambargambar6962]

nice

[@LexWilson]

Thanks!

[@user-zm8nu1vl1c]

👍

[@Artiste.said82]

Nice video 👏

[@LexWilson]

Thank you! 👍

[@johnbosco1391]

Wonderful

[@COLORPAPERPRINCESS]

awesome! what brand of colored pencil do you use?

[@mananagarwal9678]

natraj

[@masmasasm8805]

ياريت ترسم على 32 خط

[@maijaliepa119]

I love this approach and think i might be able to do it - but its going too fast for me. Wish i knew how to slow video down. Its virus times 3-26-20; guess i need to keep looking for a beginner place to learn-not advanced, like here. Got time on my hands. ♥️🌎♥️Thanks♥️🌳♥️GodBless🦋Will come back here tho♥️🌏♥️🌍♥️🌎♥️🐝♥️🌳🙋‍♀️

[@gabrielleauguste5946]

JE VOIS DISTINCTEMENT CHAQUE CROIX C'EST CELA LA CONNECTION AVEC LE COSMOS ET L'INFINI ET L'INVISIBLE

[@losercam360]

Name of the music? or a link to it

[@vedantchavan5766]

4:15

[@akramtobbieh3415]

Islamic Art

[@henrykruser1596]

Thanks for making this wonderful creation! I’m so thankful you made this, my geometry teacher decided to assign the whole class your dumb f@cking creation right before finals witch I could not create right. In fact I messed it up so bad that I might have to take geometry during summer school all because you posted this video wasting my time because you decided to post this video to KZbin you could’ve kept this drawing to yourself but no you had to post it!!!

[@wafaepeachy32]

You can see this everywhere in morocco ❤

[@LexWilson]

Great! It really is an amazing resource - encourage everyone to get it if they can!

[@muhkamsun8954]

can you make this with computer ?? correldraw for eg...

[@KrisTube2022]

Yes.

[@nysunra]

Where are all these beautiful people who love sacred geometry too? 🙏🏽❤️ hi 👋🏽

[@LexWilson]

One here

[@hmadhmad8992]

نجمة لمورية المغربية

[@noraschannel2104]

shouldn't i use a tracing paper for the outline?

[@LexWilson]

Yes - that would work really well!

[@SOSO-ql8cz]

islamic art

[@rahisse.k7721]

Wow

[@cynthiaraffoul3145]

....UMM YOU ARE SO GOOD AT THIS, I HATE YOU.

[@thomasbuxton2648]

Hi. How do we decide how to construct it so that it fits exactly in the middle of the page ?

[@KrisTube2022]

Make sure the first circle is in the middle of the page.

[@LexWilson]

Spot on - good answer!

[@benten7874]

See how Muslims was genius

[@BlueHexatron]

Ben Ten what?

[@HowarthsNJ]

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[@hdcbpxsytahdcbpx]

fuck you

[@Hamza-fr1gj]

Cancerous ShitPoster F*ck you.... This is middle eastern arts... Created by Muslims

[@Hamza-fr1gj]

DatFish This are is middle eastern

[@igarevision]

I was doing great until I misunderstood one part and did something wrong and that one line basically changed every part of the drawing.

[@didadida4244]

Cool عمل جيد

[@shariqueiqubal]

What about the tattoo on your right hand?

[@ridwanharrak1242]

ridouan chaouen

[@danilkokhan1409]

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[@aurelnica3664]

What's the tattoo on your right ? :))

[@Oofglobber]

Aurel Nica did you figure it out? I want to know as well.

[@mohammadmarziulhaque270]

Awesome. Islamic art is not easy at all.

[@LexWilson]

Incredible stuff. I'm in compete awe at the intricacy, detail and mathematics. Truly spectacular

[@jlpouille]

on the video we cant see the lines. when i could hardly see the video instructions i made it and it was such a mess...

[@KrisTube2022]

Google Geometric Design for Beginners by Joumana Medlej. Free tutorials that will turn into a pro.

[@LexWilson]

So sorry about that. I tried my best to make it clear but it's faint in places. I use pencil so that i can erase it later and go over it in pen - so it isn't easy to see. Sorry

[@thomasjaroschynski7245]

93 brother 😈😈😈😈😈 very cool 😈😈😈😈😈😈😈

[@KenStentiford]

Asian level

[@Hamza-fr1gj]

Ken Stentiford No middle eastern level

[@ext1013]

i stopped following and just watched...it's amazing...now i can follow. thanks

[@user-du3ip6xl6j]

The last 26 mints of the video don't load

[@LexWilson]

* - * Not sure what you mean? The vid is only meant to be 10m30s.

[@user-du3ip6xl6j]

Yes I understood now but really l loved your work and I tried to do that you can see it on my page

[@LexWilson]

* - * Hey thanks a lot :) I just saw your version - great work! Glad this helped you!

[@hadifirmansyah9709]

i lost in lots of simple line @_@

[@zohramujeer2954]

Hello! Salam Peace. I have been learning a lot from ur videos. I am basically Arabic Calligraphy artist. This art the comes around the Arabic words is called Zakarafa. I always eyed and tried to make them but failed untill I came across ur tutorials. So u must be knowing how thankfull I should be to u. I happened to display my art that is Arabic calligraphy and the secret geometry at a local Library (no sold thou). Here is the blog where I have posted it. Kindly have a look and defnetly comment. I would love to know whats ur openion on the combination of ur tutorials mandalas and Arabic calligraphy. Thank you

[@williamzheng5332]

was it just me who got put off this vid because of the music?

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