Colors and photo mosaics

This site is great. It grabs images from their data base that matches the colors you pick. So you end up with an assortment of phots and illustrations that all match one color. Lots of fun. You've got to try this.
labs.ideeinc.com/multicolour

Art is more than just making Stuff.....

There is more to making Art than just making stuff.

Go to: http://www.ahsd25.k12.il.us/~TriciaFuglestad/VisualArt/page14/page15/page26/page26.html

to see how Tricia Fuglestand and her art classes talk about ARTICULATION!
The words to their song say it all:

"There's more to making art than just pleasing your eyes
here is the place whre we learn skills for our lives
stratagise, compromise, plan and visualize
integrate, concentrate, learn to relate
exposed to cultures and eras in history
we're trained to be thinkers with visual literacy
we fine tune our motor skills while growing in self-esteme
we follow directions and understand sequencing
in ART."

Composition

Composition is how you lay out the images you put on the paper. How do you design your art? Do you make your image big, or tiny? Do you put it in the middle of the page or going off the edge of the page? Do you make everything similar or emphasis one part or create variety throughout? Here are a few simple considerations when looking at composition.


Balance is the consideration of visual weight and importance. It is a way to compare the right and left side of a composition.

The brown butterfly above by itself is essentially symmetrical. Both sides are similar in visual weight and almost mirrored. Because symmetrical balance often looks more stiff and formal, sometimes it is called formal balance.

Asymmetrical balance is more interesting. The black butterfly above has sides that are similar in visual weight but not mirrored. It is more casual, dynamic, and relaxed feeling so it is often called informal balance.

Variety - You create variety when elements are changed. Repeating a similar shape but changing the size can give variety and unity at the same time. Keeping the same size, but changing the color can also give variety and unity at the same time. In visual composition, there are many ways you can change something while simultaneously keeping it the same.

Depth - Effects of depth and space projecting toward the viewer add interest. Linear perspective in the real world makes things look smaller in the distance. Some artists try to avoid depth by making large things duller and small things brighter, and so on, to make the objects contradict realism. Many artists don't believe in realism even though they could do it if they wanted to. It seems too boring to them. Realism wouldn't be art for some artists.

Repetition - Some ways to use Repetition of the Visual Elements are size variation, color saturation and overlapping.