Assignment:
- Organize a sheet of 18”x24” white paper by creating a 1” border on all four sides.
- Within this new picture plane, design a composition that utilizes asymmetrical balance.
- Using cut and pasted greyscale paper, construct your composition using organic and/or geometric shapes and lines.
- Assignment (Symmetrical & Asymmetrical) due: Monday, February 15.
Considerations:
- Are the shapes in your composition interestingly varied in scale, placement, proximity, and shape type (organic/geometric)?
- Keep the principles of design—such as contrast, placement, proximity, balance, and rhythm—in mind as you craft your composition.
- How are you choosing to balance the elements in your composition? Are you making good use of negative space?
- Is there a compositional pathway that keeps your viewer on the page? If not, what elements could you add to incorporate a pathway?
Notebook:
- Find 2 artists who use asymmetrical balance in their work. (One of these can be Edgar Degas from the lecture.) Research these artists and place your notes, images of the artists' work, and any articles you find interesting into the notebook.
Sketchbook:
- Create at least 3 possible compositions in the sketchbook BEFORE beginning work on the full-sized collage. You may use the materials of your choice for these sketches (pencil, charcoal, ink, paint, collage, etc.).
- Choose the composition you’ll use for the assignment and write some notes about WHY you chose it.
Remember that the notebook and sketchbook are turned in with every assignment.
