Repetition of Form

Repetition of Form

Revenge of the Goldfish

Sandy Skoglund, 1981

Grid Work

Loose Grid

Danelle Kay, 2009

Tight Grid

Jan Williams

Tight Grid

Michael Phelps Portrait for the LA Times

Charis Tsevis, 2008

Gestalt Creation

My representation of a Gestalt image

Gestalt

Figure Ground Gestalt Principle

Exploring Value: High Key, Low Key

This composition can be defined as low key because the values are primarily darks.

This is a high key painting because the values are dominated by lights and has fewer contrasting dark areas.

Symmetrical Compositions

Symmetry in Nature Composition

Bilateral Symmetry Composition

Value $ and Balance ---

Ross's Landing, Departure Point for the Cherokee on the Trail of Tears

Chattanooga, TN, 2007

Emily Gomez

This photograph is a good example of both value and balance. An example of balance in this photo is the bridge. The brdige is symmetrically balanced. One can easily find the center of the bridge which represents equilibrium. I think this picture is also balanced by value, the bridge is noticeably lighter than the water below it and the sky above it is lighter. The value in this photo gives off a nice progression throughout the entire photograph by drawing your eye in at visual points of interest while the different values gently meet one another. This photograph also shows different examples of both high and low key values, however, overall, this photograph seems to have a medium range of values. The darkest point being the bottom half of the edge of the water at the bottom of the page and the lightest point being the very top of the photograph. Hints of light, dark, and medium values are shown throughout the image such as parts of the bridge, tips of the machinery, buildings int he background, and the shrubery that sits right off the lake. Perhaps the most beautiful part of this photo is the value that happens over the body of water. The ripples that have formed across the water as well as the reflection and shadows from the bridge and the sky atop create different shades of gray across the water. It also creates a glossy effect on the water which plays with the smooth and rippled textures on the water.

Andy Goldworthy Public Art

Andy Goldsworthy

Leaves polished, greased made in the shadow of the tree from which they fell, pinned to the ground with thorns.
Le jardin Massey, Tarbes, France,22 August 1989

I really like that he is a nature artist. He seems to like to play around with snail shapes, spheres, lines, and natural curves. I think this is one of my favorite works of art by him because it is very inventive, creative, and original. This entire work or art is made through nature, all the materials are natural and I think that makes for a really pure and beautiful work of art. Accordingly, I am also fond of the process and method he used in creating this artwork. He kept the leaves in their natural habitat, where they fell from the tree and he used thorns that he gathered to keep them in place. It also looks like a giant snail and this piece of art could be used by nature to create a home for themselves, so I think it serves several purposes other than beauty.