Sugar, spice, and everything nice..
5:44 PM
To
create the perfect dish, one would need the best ingredients, the right
procedure, and of course, tender loving care. >:D< Just as food needs
these things, so does art! It sure has a heck of a lot of components and
ingredients and it’s more than just a three-letter word, y’know.
Art à la King Recipe
Ingredients:
2
cups visual elements
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8 tbsp. line
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200 ml shape
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4 tsp. value
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a pinch of texture
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1 1/3 pint motion
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3 drops of colour
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5 tsp. space
2
cups principles of design
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½ cup harmony chopped
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2/3 pint variety minced
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3 tbsp. emphasis
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2 tbsp. balance
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100ml rhythm
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50ml scale
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½ cup proportion diced
Add components:
subject matter
form
content
iconography
If I really had to stick
to one and choose a favorite from each of the categories –the ingredients, the
principles of design, and the components, – here's what I think:
For the ingredients, I’d
say colour hits the spot. I see it
as the life-giver to artworks, the heartbeat of a craft. Colours speak
for the artist and his sentiments. Through these, we recognize mood and
emotions, we read stories, and we feed our eyes with different flavours:
Blue,
red, and yellow are called primary
colours. They are the “basic flavours.” Green, orange, and purple are the secondary colours. They are mixtures of
the primary ones. Intermediate colours,
however, are mixtures of the secondary ones.
The color wheel is very helpful
in harmonizing the colors in a certain artwork. There are different kinds of
color schemes or color combinations:
- Monochromatic – one hue,
different tints and shades
- Analogous – mostly has 3 hues of different tints and shades that share strong undertones
- Complementary – direct opposites in the color wheel; brings contrast
- Split Complement – one step from the complement in the color wheel
- Cool colours or receding colours suggest distance and they aren’t striking to the eyes. Violet, green, and blue is part of the cool family. Contrast to this are the warm or advancing colours – striking to the eyes, suggests warmth, dynamism, and excitement (e.g. yellow, orange, red).
- Light colours are called tints while dark colours are called shades.
- Rainbow or prismatic colours include the famous ROYGBIV.
- Black, white, and gray are classified as neutral colours. Black is the absence of all colours, white is the presence of it all, while gray is an amalgam of black and white.
Colors can also mean a lot
of things. Yes, a lot. It depends on where and how it is used. Like for
example…
BLUE could mean technical,
deep, free, educated, protected, peaceful, cold, clean, authoritative, or
formal.
GREEN may mean patient,
natural, adventurous, relaxed, athletic, unfortunate, lucky, balanced, safe, or
sharing.
ORANGE may indicate being
helpful, burning, cozy, abundant, warning, flavorful, festive, active, excited,
communicative, inspiring, and it is usually identified with food.
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| Created this little beast during our design class last time as an example of colour combinations. Purple + yellow complement each other. |
PURPLE could signify
intelligence, being artistic, aloof, luxurious, royal, vain, fantastic,
melancholic, feminine, fragrant, or solemn. I liked the story Sir Ray Mendoza (our
design class professor) told us about how purple was associated with being
royal. He said that centuries ago, there were sea creatures that secrete purple
fluid that were considered “special” at that time but it’s not easy for the
divers to catch those since it can only be found in the deepest parts of the
ocean. They literally have to risk their lives just to get it. You’d also have
to be filthy rich to purchase it. So during those times, only the kings and
queens could afford it. :)
Going back….RED connotes
being dynamic, vital, romantic, commanding, alert, rebellious, complementary,
joyful, visible, hot, and fun.
And finally, YELLOW may
mean creative, young, bright, cheerful, light weight, curious, coward, playful,
nutritious, ill, and expanding.
Like I said before, the
meaning of colors can also depend on where it is used. It depends on culture
like how the color red means “happiness” or “prosperity” in China and “mourning in South Africa. Color meanings vary from one
place to another because it is cultural.
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| But Julie, you have to look at the whole landscape! |
From the principles of
design, my favorite would be harmony.
I think it’s very mysterious and beautiful at the same time how different
elements in a craft turn into just one whole knockout. Last year, I got to
watch a movie entitled “Flipped” and there were some lines there really struck
me and got me thinking. It says:
“A painting is more than the sum of its parts. A cow by itself is just a
cow. A meadow by itself is just grass, flowers. And the sun peeking through the
trees is just a beam of light. But you put them all together, and it can be
magic.”
That, my friends, is what
you call harmony. Happens when all the elements of a thing are put together to
come up with a coherent whole.
Lastly, from the
components of art, I choose content.
I had a teacher in high school who taught me that asking questions is very very
important. He said that everything has its own whys and this is what content is all about. It is the great why
of an artwork. It reveals the reasons behind the work’s appearance and it’s
like the past of the painting. It tells the art’s story.
Choosing the most
important ones from the recipe was quite hard because if you really look at it,
they are all equally important. It just depends on the style of art you’re
using and of course, on the artist’s personal preferences. Each of these principles,
components, and ingredients has its own way of spicing up an artwork and that is just amusing for me :)
PPG and color combination photos grabbed from Google
Flipped gif from tumblr
(On Which is the most important: Components, Visual Elements, Principles of Design)
Flipped gif from tumblr
(On Which is the most important: Components, Visual Elements, Principles of Design)
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