Chimu goose skin frieze

Colorful frieze with grainy texture know as goose skin

Stapped structure with alternating rhythm and grainy texture know as goose skin. It's made by using triangles and stapped trapezoids.

Practice of ornamental linear drawing

How to draw the stepped structured goose skin. Uniform grid.

Mochica frieze: staring eyes

Frieze made of triangles and circles with concentric dots

This uniform rhythm Mochica frieze comes alive and gets spirituality by its similarity with eyes that are looking.

Practice of ornamental linear drawing

Construction of the frieze above. Steps to follow on a grid of uniform squared grid.

Mochica frieze: stairs with alternating rhythm

Greca made of straight and strong thick strokes

Receation of a Mochica frieze with alternating rhythm.

Practice of ornamental linear drawing

Construction of the frieze above based of straigt strokes on a square grid of rectangles.

Jagged Mochica frieze

Construction of a varied and colorful Mochica frieze.

This jagged squared frieze with triangles of contrast is one of the most varied and colorful designs. It shows a compositional alternating rhythm.

Practice of ornamental linear drawing

Construction of a Mochica frieze with perpendicular and rectilinear elements on a uniform grid of squares.

Stairs Mochica frieze

Building a Mochica frieze made of strong, thick and straight lines.

 

The stairs frieze with uniform rhythm shows a lineal structure of great elegance and solidity.

Practice of ornamental lineal drawing

Building the Mochica frieze with straight lines on a grid of rectangles.

Compound Mochica frieze

Compound frieze. This mochica design is the result of one frieze made of squares and another one on a base of triangles.

Compound Mochica frieze.

Practice of ornamental linear drawing

Execution of the frieze.

Mochica frieze bilt on triangles and circles.

Neat and elegant Mochica frieze built on triangles and circles. Alternating rhythm.

The frieze has been designed using triangles and circles.

Practice of ornamental linear drawing

Construction of the Mochica frieze above. See the organized preocedure for good execution.

Mochica frieze based on broken line and triangles.

Broken line, square and uniform rhythm.

Mochica frieze based on triangles and broken line.

Practice of ornamental linear drawing

Construction of the frieze above. First draw the broken line and then the triangles on a uniform square grid.

Mochica frieze on a base of squares

Ornamental lineal construction on a base of squares.

Perpendicular lines form right angles in alternating rhythm.

Practice of ornamental linear drawing

Procedures to build the frieze above on a grid square.

Pre-Columbian Art and Design

This blog has been created to show how to build Pre-Columbian designs that can be reproduced in different contexts. Pre-Columbiam friezes embellish  textiles, utensils, buildings and have different uses in decoration. They are a source of inspiration for modern art and outstanding demonstration of rules of armony and proportion.

The designs that appear here have been studied and described in detail by professor and researcher of art Juan Villacorta Paredes and published by the author in the workbook "Pre-Columbian Design".