![]() The organic shapes in the frame (which is the archway above and around the woman) reflect the very feminine organic shape of the woman herself. While any photograph taken of nature would likely include organic shapes, I chose to display this expertly framed shot by Gordon Parks. These abstract organic shapes make for a very simple design that would be easy to remember. Designer Leroy Winbush decided to create more abstract birdlike shapes that change color when overlapped which helps the eye to see the shapes more clearly. It is essentially the same shape repeated throughout the artwork and it almost makes me feel like I am looking at some magnificent microorganism under a magnifying glass! Image sourceīelieve it or not, this is an album cover (that's right, that bit of cardboard that covered vinyl records back in the day). This fractal art created by Patty Talavera has very organic shapes within it along with some excellent use of pattern. Since nature is so filled with organic images, it is often very easy to photograph organic objects. Designs and artworks made with organic shapes are often made to emulate nature. Organic shapes in art are “irregular” and are often based on nature. Not only do the white flowers stand out from the blue background in a triangular shape, but the yellow middle parts of the flowers create a psychic triangle that allows your brain to connect the dots. Shapes found in photography are sometimes difficult to spot, but they are almost always there! Quentin Carpenter's flowers below are a perfect example of how to use shape in photography. I find it interesting that she used only black and white, yet because of the way that the lines are used, the shapes within the book covers seem to look grey at times. Image sourceĮlaine Ramos' set of book covers create very interesting geometric shapes through the use of line. The triangle itself is a solid shape that is used to build structures meant to stand the test of time (in everything from art to massive bridges!). Jason Naylor's digital art below nearly shouts "TRIANGLE!" The combination of the word ambition with this triangle seems to emanate strength. This is done to help the viewer’s eye move about the image. Sometimes, specifically in photography, the objects within the photo create a shape. Designs and artworks that use geometric shapes have a tendency to look rigid and angular. Geometric shapes in art include shapes that are “regular” and have a name. As soon as the end of your line comes back to meet its beginning, you have a shape! Shapes in art are made from Lines and are presented in 2D. This second building block to the 7 elements of design can be seen in many artforms and throughout the realm of nature. After line, it is the first thing a child learns to draw. To change the value of a colour you follow the Colour Mixing Rules.Shape. Yellow would be near the top (light end) of the scale while purple would be found near the bottom end. Each colour falls on the value scale from light to dark. Value is how light or dark the colour is, as discussed in Element 5 above. The chroma of a colour is not the same as its value.Ĭolours also have value. Too much saturated colour can give a garish result. ![]() In painting only small amounts of saturated colours are usually used as accents. The more pure the colour is (less of other colours mixed in), the more intense or saturated it is. (Hue the name we give a colour.)Ī colour has intensity called chroma, also known as saturation, brightness or purity. There are several other and each works well in different situations.Ĭolour is described by its hue – red, green etc. Another popular scheme uses Cyan, Magenta and Yellow as the primaries. The most common is the Red, Yellow, Blue model. There are various colour schemes which define the primaries. Colour theory is based on the colour wheel, colour value and on which colours work well together - also called colour schemes. It’s only a theory and can’t be proven but it is nevertheless useful to the artist. The colour wheel shows primary colours, (colours that can’t be mixed), secondary colours (made by mixing two primaries) and tertiary colours (made by mixing a primary and secondary colour).Ĭolour theory helps the artist to mix desired colours from primary colours. The colour wheel was developed by Isaac Newton who took the colour spectrum and bent it into a circle. In art, colours are arranged on a colour wheel. Colour is created when light is reflected into the viewer’s eye.
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