VARIETY & CONTRAST:VARIETY & CONTRAST: Creating differences in artworks using the elements of art.

This artwork by Hundertwasser has great contrast and variety in the COLORS, LINES and SHAPES.

Elements of art:Elements of art: Line, color, Line, color, shape, space, shape, space, texture, value, texture, value, formform

VARIETYVARIETY & & CONTRASTCONTRAST:: Creating differences in artworks by using the elements of art.

Vincent van Gogh, Café Terrace at night

van Gogh has used bright yellow, orange and red colors to CONTRAST the dark blue and violet colors in the background.

VARIETY & CONTRAST:VARIETY & CONTRAST: The principles of art that create diversity and differences in artworks.

Louise Nevelson

There is NO contrast or variety in the COLOR of this artwork. It is all one color – gold.

EMPHASIS:EMPHASIS: Making an element or an object in an artwork stand out.

A FOCAL POINT can be created by:

-CONTRASTING COLORS and VALUE (TONES)CONTRASTING COLORS and VALUE (TONES)

-Making shapes or objects larger

-Using lines to direct the viewer’s eye to the focal point

EMPHASISEMPHASIS: Making an element or an object in an artwork stand out…by using lines to direct the viewer’s eye.

The ray of light (line) in this artwork directs our eye to the focal point. The women wearing red and blue clothes.

Phillipe de Champainge, The Annunciation

EMPHASISEMPHASIS: Making an element or an object in

an artwork stand out…by making the focal focal pointpoint larger.

Rene Magritte, The Listening Room

BALANCE:BALANCE: arranging the elements so that no one part of the artwork overpowers, or seems heavier than any other part

There are 3 types of balance:There are 3 types of balance:1. Symmetrical (formal)

2. Asymmetrical (informal)

3. Radial

Victor Vasarely, VY-47-G

SYMMETRICAL BALANCESYMMETRICAL BALANCE: Artworks can be divided in half vertically and the two sides will be mirror images.

ASYMMETRICAL BALANCE:ASYMMETRICAL BALANCE: the two sides of an artwork are different but they seem to have equal weight. One side is not heavier visually than the other.

Eustache le Sueur, The Return of Tobias

The 2 pairs of people balance the space in the painting.

The building is a large “heavy” shape in the painting

The sky (background) is a large negative space that balances the large building

RADIAL BALANCE:RADIAL BALANCE: arranging the elements so that no one part of the artwork overpowers, or seems heavier than any other part.

Jay Mohler, mandala made of sticks and yarn

Artworks with radial balance can be divided vertically, horizontally and diagonally and you will always see the mirror image.