Wednesday, February 9, 2011

"Quiet Love" (unavailable)





















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Words are not always necessary to show a deeply felt love for someone...but it permeates the air in quietness. A touch or a loving glance across the room says it all.

One of the design decisions that keeps coming up with each of these 6 x 6's involves the corners. I've come to the conclusion that the square format seems to compel the artist to design the corners more. However, just when I thought most of the drawings would be more dramatic at the edge and closer to a corner, I realized that the bromeliad is almost dead center (huge no-no in most cases). It works because of the placement of the stamped imagery. (go figure!) There is still almost half of the design space in white. This leads to another point....when the positive and negative space are almost equal, there is more drama. If you allow more negative space (no imagery) to dominate, the piece will be less dramatic. Just something to think about.

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  1. I found your commentary on layout today and the information on color earlier to be very helpful.

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