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Post by Celeste McCall on Aug 8, 2009 8:19:46 GMT -6
ED Whitney's SEVEN ELEMENTS OF DESIGN THESE ARE THE PARTS OF A PAINTING * SHAPE - Anything with height and width * Curved * Angular * Rectangular
* SIZE - The relationship of objects to each other * Small * Medium * Large
* LINE - There are two types * Curved * Angular
* DIRECTION - The overall dominant direction can be * Horizontal * Vertical * Oblique
* TEXTURE - Three basic textures * Soft * Hard * Rough
* COLOR - Warm or cool, one should dominate
* VALUE - The lightness or darkness of a color * Light * Medium * Dark THE EIGHT PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN These are the building blocks OF ALL ART! This is what we can do with the SEVEN ELEMENTS, listed above.
* UNITY - The painting must be consistent throughout. Each part must look like it belongs to the rest.
* CONFLICT - (or Contrast) Must be present in all of the elements.
* DOMINANCE - The most important principle because without it, there will be too much variation and no unity of the elements. In each of the listed elements, one should dominate in a painting.
* REPETITION - elements should repeat
* ALTERNATION - Repition with variation
* GRADATION - Gradual change from one element to another
* HARMONY - Similar elements
* BALANCE - Most noticeable with shapes and should generally be informal (asymmetrical) vs. formal (symmetrical)
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Post by Celeste McCall on Jan 30, 2006 20:41:26 GMT -6
Here is an old study that I did back in 1994-1996. Earplugs have spread all over since I first put this info out many years ago. I'm glad that others are using them to teach how to make round objects also. ;D ;D ;D I paint the pearls with Flesh Shadow from Jane Marcks. I use her Dark Brown as a gray for the shadows (underneath the pearls which I didn't do here... but on the 3rd fire) and the 'smiles' on the pearls are the same but softly with the Dark Brown...used as a gray. Her e-mail is: Marcksartstudio@webtv.net It's a great sort of light tan color. I like it better than the grays as it gives a nice creamy look to the pearls. Better to wipe them out a little more than I showed here though. It's best to leave them almost white the first fire and then shadow, etc. later. __________________________________
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