Take a line for a walk and think about lines, place lines out or create sculptures in nature using lines. Andy Goldsworthy is an excellent source for lines in nature. The Sculpture Park in New York State (http://www.socratessculpturepark.org) or The Storm King (http://www.stormking.org) are both excellent sources for inspiration. How we see things is all about light and reflections.
Elements:
Texture, line, shape, form, colour and space
What are these?
Line:
Look at the ceiling, under the tables, where they are created in nature. How are we looking at something? This helps us take things apart and allows us the ability to see the lines.
Lines -> Outline -> Need Light
Form:
(3D) This can only be seen in the real world (in person so to speak). Pictures are not form, but they can give us a strong indication of what the form is meant to be.
Texture:
Having our hands in the world. Illusions of texture are interpreted through pictures, like what we see in a magazine, this is called visual texture.
Colour:
Highlighting colours and shades in nature. We are under the illusion of what green is, but in nature it can be so many different things.
Principles:
Movement, rhythm, repetition, pattern, balance, emphasis, contrast and unity
What are these?
Patterns and Repetition:
Honeycombs, stonewalls. The use of the line is structured by a pattern that is repeated.
Balance:
Inukshuks or rocks.
Emphasis:
Where is your eye brought to?
Contrast:
One colour against another. Andy Goldsworthy uses this technique with leaves in a circle.
In class we sorted through magazine images that included all of the above elements and principles.
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