The last version of last week’s sketch introduced curves to two of the four corners in each block, but I felt like the centre of the block was a bit empty. So I added a new black shape: it’s square at the ends, to match the 90-degree angles of the black shapes in two corners, and rounded on the sides, to match the curves of the other two corners.

Colouring the background the same as one of the block colours ends up leaving the black shapes from those blocks just floating within the design, which I really like.

I switched yellow to black in EQ8, which made those ’empty’ blocks disappear into the background.

Here’s the full design again. I like how the blocks now seem reversed, with the key shapes being those in colour rather than those in black. Those leaf shapes in the centre of the blocks are now balanced with the circles and squares that are formed by 4 adjacent blocks.

I tried rotating all the blocks, and quite liked this version in which all the leaf shapes are parallel….

…and then decided I wanted to see what those leaf shapes looked like running vertically rather than diagonally. Setting the blocks on point changes the feel not just of the design but also of the blocks themselves, I think – possibly because I’ve used more in this version, and made them smaller.

Here’s another vertical layout.

I can’t decide which is my favourite! I think maybe the version with the yellow background – I like the interplay of the black shapes and the few ’empty’ blocks where the wrapped-lolly shape in the centre becomes more obvious.

This week’s sketches could be made using quarter-circles (or drunkard’s path units), squares, rectangles, and sashing.