Drawing 2 Watch video on Principles and Take notes. Assignment: 4 half page drawings with background. 2 with pencil and shading. 2 with color. Contrast and balance Movement Rhythm and pattern Emphasis

BALANCE Symmetrical Asymmetrical Radial

Radial

Horizontal

Vertical

CONTRAST Contrast in art and design occurs when two related elements are different. The greater the difference the greater the contrast. The most common ways of creating contrast are by creating differences in: • size • value • color • type • texture • shape • alignment • direction • movement

Notice the contrast of the light background (wall) with dark foreground (table cloth) and the contrast of the dark shadows on the tea pot and cup against the wall and with the lights of the same objects against a dark window.

On the right a contrast exists between the lights and darks On the right a contrast exists between the lights and darks. Also notice the contrast of the roundness of the objects in the foreground against the flatness of the background.

EMPHASIS Emphasis is the stressing of a particular area of focus. Center of Interest or Focal Point. Contrast with Primary Element.

Examples

Repetition and Rhythm

Action

Examples

MOVEMENT & RHYTHM The purpose of movement is to create unity in the artwork with eye travel. Repetition and Rhythm Action

Rhythm

Rhythm

Action

Action

Contrast (color) Movement (fish/action)

Contrast (color) Movement (perspective/depth)

Contrast (black vs white) Balance (trees) Movement (shadow directions)

Contrast (black and white) Rhythm (repeated texture) Emphasis (figure)

Contrast (black and white) Pattern and Rhythm (bridge structure) Emphasis (light)

Rhythm and Pattern Movement (hills)

Contrast (color) Movement and Rhythm (butterflies)