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Table of Contents
Elements
Line…..7
Texture…..12
Light…..17
Color…..22
Space…..27
Shape…..31
Form…..36
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Table of Contents
Principles of Design
Balance…..42
Harmony…..47
Emphasis…..52
Massing…..55
Rhythm…..58
Proportion…..62
Scale…..65
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What you can expect…
The Art of Outdoors strives to capture beauty and art from the outside. Whether it’s pictures taken from a nature trail, or the outside architecture of a building,
being outdoors is simply beautiful. It’s not all about what an object is, but more of
how it looks, and what elements make up this form of art. This magazine forces you
to ask questions like: Why is this park bench art? How are these trees symmetrical?
What principles of design apply to this garden? This magazine will also train your eyes to notice art in things that you didn’t
view as art beforehand. You will learn about the principles and elements of design
through The Art of Outdoors because it focuses on these principles and elements in regards to the “outside world”, and helps
anyone who enjoys the outdoors understand how these elements and principles work
together to create art. I guarantee if you love outdoors and can appreciate art in different forms, The Art of Outdoors
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About the Editor…
Montina O’Sha Russell is a Senior at East Carolina University where she is majoring in birth-Kindergarten education, but has a fond love of being outdoors and capturing art in the form of photography. The interest that Montina has in being outdoors all started when she was growing up in the outskirts of the small country town of Mount Olive, NC, and her father would landscape the yard with beautiful flowers and arrange them in unique patterns that were eye-catching. Over the years Montina developed and eye for beauty and art that was outdoors. Montina began buying cameras and snapping pictures of anything that she thought was art, and with hard work she became the senior graphic designer for “Roc House Entertainment”, where she created the famous outdoors logo that is still used today. After taking elective courses at East Carolina University in art and photography, Montina has learned to capture beauty and art in almost anything! The Art of Outdoors magazine is a preview of what is to come for Montina and her career. ENJOY!
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Joyner Library, October 2012
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LINE
Straight Horizontal
Straight Vertical
Curved Flowing
Curved Tightly
Boone, NC. February 2012
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Straight Horizontal
These park benches are located at the Town Commons. The way the wood planks are put together represent straight horizontal line.
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Straight Vertical
These flag poles located at the Town Commons represent straight vertical lines. The flag poles are tall and represent strength in honor of war veterans that served this country.
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Curved Flowing
This is an excellent example of curved., flowing lines. This pathway at the Town Commons between the grassy land flow throughout the park, without being too narrow.
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Curved Tightly
This is a sculpture from in front of the Art Building on campus. This sculpture represents lines curved tightly because the lines that create this sculpture bend in really tightly and the sculpture is curved inward.
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Surface Quality Real
This picture was taken at Art Building on ECU’s main campus. This photograph represents surface quality real texture because you can feel the bricks and the space between them and they create real texture.
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Implied Texture
This painting of outdoors is a good example of implied texture. The artist used different painting methods to make the 2D painting seem 3D.
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Non-Reflective Texture
This wall shows non-reflective texture because nothing reflects off the surface, but an artist has carefully carved human figures into the brick wall and used this wall as a canvas. This photograph was taken on 5th St, in downtown Greenville, NC.
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Reflective
This picture was taken at Town Commons by the Tar River. The water and the waves show the shadows that were reflected from the surface.
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Art Light
This photograph shows a great example of art light from outdoors. Around Christmas time many people use light with color and different shapes to decorate their homes and yards.
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Task Light
The light fixtures in this photograph represent task light. This photo was taken at in Downtown Goldsboro, NC. These are task lights because they are used when dark to light up the streets and sidewalks.
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Natural Light
This photograph shows the source of all natural light: The sun. All natural light that shines in windows, doors, etc., comes from the Sun. This photograph was taken from downtown Greenville, NC, by the Town Commons.
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Colored Light
These traffic and pedestrian lights are an excellent example of outdoor colored lighting. These primary colored lights can be seen as art to a lot of people, as well as have a purpose in traffic. Downtown Greenville, NC.
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COLOR
Downtown Greenville, October 2012
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Monochromatic
This photograph taken at the Town Commons represents monochromatic color scheme. The different tints and shades of green all come together and make beautiful scenery in nature.
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Analogous
This arrangement of flowers and bushes is a good representation of analogous color scheme. Mount Olive, N.C.
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Direct Complementary
These flowers represents direct complementary color.
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Neutral Palette
Cotton fields are excellent examples of neutral palettes outdoors. This cotton field from Snow Hill, NC shows tints of white and brown that make up the neutral palette.
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Town Commons, October 2012
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Positive Space
This beautiful work of photography is positive space. The way the photograph was taken and the space around the tree all make this picture an excellent example of positive space.
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Negative Space
The way the photographer took this photograph provides an excellent example of negative space. The voided dark arch space around the building is what makes this photograph have negative space.
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Crowding Territoriality
The buildings in the picture are crowded together in a small space and this picture is a good example of crowding territoriality.
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Mount Olive, October 2012
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Geometric Form
These bushes have been made into pyramid geometric forms. These bushes are very popular during the holidays and many people decorate them and use them indoors and outdoors. This photograph was taken beside the BB&T Bank, Greenville, NC.
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Natural form
This photograph was taken from the Grand Canyon. The natural form of these rocks is beautiful art when you really take the time to look at it. The natural color of the rock and dirt makes this a really beautiful sight to see, that has not been shaped by human hands, but by Mother Nature.
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Abstract
This picture was taken at Art Building on ECU’s main campus. This photograph represents abstract form because the sculpture clearly looks like a person, but the pieces of what is supposed to be the body are not formed as human body parts, thus making the artwork abstract. 34
Non-Objective
This picture was taken in front of the Art Building on ECU’s main campus. This photograph represents non-objective form because the sculpture does not represent a recognizable object.
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SHAPE
Abstract
Geometric
Natural/Organic
Dynamic
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Abstract Shape
This structure represents abstract shape . Photograph was taken from the ECU art building, Greenville, NC.
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Geometric
This picture was taken at Art Building on ECU’s main campus. This photograph represents geometric shape because a circle is easily visible in the sculpture.
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Natural Shape
These flowers or any other flowers are good representations of natural form. Flowers don’t have a concrete 2D form, and the way they grow and form is very natural. This photograph was taken from ECU’s campus outside of the Recreational Center, Greenville, NC.
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Dynamic Shape
The changing size of these bushes represent dynamic shape outdoors.
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Front of ECU REC, October 2012
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Visual
This picture was taken in front of the Art Building on ECU’s main campus. This photograph represents visual balance because when you look at the sculpture you can tell that If you cut the structure down the middle it is the same on both sides, which makes it balanced.
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Structural Symmetry
The church in the photograph shows structural symmetry because if you were to draw a line down the middle of the church, both sides would be exactly the same on both sides. Convocation, Goldsboro, NC.
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Visual Asymmetry
The Art Building on the campus of ECU represents visual symmetry because the way the top columns are made and aligned.
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Visual Radial Symmetry
The sculpture on the campus of ECU represents visual radial symmetry because of the shape of the sculpture is the same all the way around the central point.
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Unity Through Line
This structure represents unity through line.
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Unity Through Color
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The paint used for this house represent unity through color. The different sections of the house that are painted in burgundy is what unifies this house through color.
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Unity Through Repetition
These 3 structures represent harmony through using repetition. These structures are equally spaced apart, made from the same materials, and they have the same appearance.
Photograph was taken from the outside of the ECU Art building, Greenville, NC.
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Variety Through Color
This sculpture represents variety through color. If all the pieces were the same color, the piece of art would not stand out as much, but with the variety of color and designs, the piece is eye-catching. This is a sculpture from outside of Chico’s Mexican restaurant, Greenville, NC.
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Focal Point-Visual
This photograph represents visual focal point emphasis. You can see that the focal point of the picture is the statue in the middle. Even though the statue is not a part of the building and surrounding architecture, everything is centered around the statue.
Photograph was taken from behind the Cashier’s Office on ECU’s campus. Greenville, NC.
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Focal Point-Structural
The focal point in this photograph is the top of building steeple from downtown Greenville, NC. The focal point is attached to the building and that makes it structural emphasis. When you look at this photograph, the first thing your eyes look at is the building steeple.
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Actual Density
Even though this is a painting of outdoors, it is still a great representation of actual density. If you were actually standing outside and you were looking at this exact same landscape, it would not change from what the painting depicts.
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Optical Density
This is an example of optical density massing. To the human eye these building may seem as if they are too close together, but in actuality they are more spaced apart than they seem.
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Repetitive
The repetition of contrasting colors makes this structure a good representation of contrasting rhythm.
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Climatic Rhythm
This beautiful sunset photograph shows climatic rhythm.
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Flowing Rhythm
This fountain with water shows flowing rhythm outdoors. This photograph was taken on ECU’s campus by Wright Auditorium.
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PROPORTION
Object in proportion
with space
Object NOT in proportion with space
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Object in Proportion
This photograph is an excellent representation of outdoor proportion in a space. Everything in this photograph is proportional to its surrounding from the trees, to the buildings, to the stone wall.
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Objects NOT in Proportion with Space
The man in the Kayak is NOT in proportion with the space of water around him. Because the man is not in proportion with the water, the focus is taken off of him and rather, your attention is on the water when you look at this photograph. Town Commons, Greenville, NC.
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SCALE
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Human Scale
The park bench is an example of human scale because it was made using dimensions of human size and with the best use and functionality in mind. This bench is located at the Greenville Town Commons, Greenville, NC.
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Symbolic Scale This photograph is an excellent example of symbolic scale. The statue shows an older man doing some hard construction work. In actual life the statue is much taller than an average person and that is how this photograph represents symbolic scale
Photograph was taken from in front of ECU’s art building on campus. Greenville, NC.
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