How did they use the art principles to get the effect they wanted on their audience?
Refer to the Art Principles to understand what these questions mean. 🙂
Answer all of these in a document and then paste your answers into the Weekly Chat… Each person in the group should choose 1 of these to become the expert on so you can present one to us.
- What effect do you think they were going for? What did they want viewers to feel?
- Is the composition balanced symmetrically or asymmetrically? Describe how they balanced out the composition.
- How did they use the principle of contrast? Where is it and what did they contrast? (light/dark, color, texture & detail vs. smooth, etc.)
- What is the focal point? How did they emphasize it? How did they subordinate other things?
- Did they use pattern? Detail? Where and what effect does it have?
- Your brain wants to create a unified, understandable image that makes sense. How did they achieve unity in the image? Think about repetition, continuation, subordination, etc.
- Movement…How does the eye travel through the image?
- Can you detect any rhythm in the image? How did they achieve it?