Contrast art

Graphic design plays a critical role in brand-building and at the same time, in showcasing your skill-sets. Although branding and design are an inseparable experience, it’s important to understand…

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For the Principles of Design I did balance, contrast, emphasis, movement, pattern, and rhythm. The hardest I thought was rhythm because you had to combine movement and pattern together.

Some samples on design principles / fundamentals.

Notan is a Japanese term that means light and dark harmony. It is a way of simplifying the image to only black and white to render the image as black and white shapes. There are no middle values and no color and textures. I used the threshold feature in photoshop to reduce this photograph of … Notan studies – light and dark balance Read More »

This is a simple exercise that uses positive and negative shapes and lines. 1. Give each student a tall white rectangle, and a black piece of paper that is half the size of the white.

After nearly a decade of teaching secondary students, I've had a lot of time to test out a variety of 2d art projects. Let's face it: as teachers, sometimes we plan and plan and plan. We are so excited to deliver the project, and then... it flops. Students are uninterested and the final products aren't

Need some painting ideas and inspiration on canvas? 101 easy acrylic painting ideas for beginners on canvas and pros!

Help your children learn all about warm and cool colors with this Warm and Cool Color Trees Grid Art Project! Learn about warm and cool colors in art

Principles of Design