8/27/15 12:11 PMFormal Elements:
ColorCompliments of Red and Orange and Compliments of Blue and
GreenThe red and orange contrast the blue and greenThere is a
balance of colorsRed fades into the backgroundBut this does not
mean that the blues stand out, because they are kept in sequence to
the outline/borderOrange does stand out like the way gold does when
placed behind a black background, but even that is balanced out by
the reds and bluesWere the colors intended to be the way they are
rn?PRIMARY COLORS, just in different tones^create a harmonious
color paletteColors within the plants contrast each other in a
harmonious mannerBleed into each other, not physically, but through
the use of contrast, your eyes easily move along the head > body
> flowers. This is subtle movement is due to line.
LineOranges are like a guide, starting with the eyeThe eye
demands to be to be looked atAlmost when you make awkward eye
contact with someone across the roomThat is where there is the
deepest contrastVery dark blue/black and all the colors used. And
if we just happen to first wander our eyes at the flowering trees,
they direct us upward to the dragons head in an instance!Almost
like a cycle effectOverlapping lines also help in that they make
the dragon 3-dimensionalThe head protrudes way out of the borderAll
other overlapping lines, however, are very subtle, but still add a
3-d effectLines on the neck dash so swiftly and without detail to
make your eyes move forward and into the eye of the serpentMouth
also leads to the eye, starting with the lower lip then eye then
upper lip,
Plants are bilateralOf each other and to each otherThe lines are
more concave and smooth, but the opposite happens around the head
where there are more hard geometric lines running all over the
placeIn the plants: the lines are all curvy, PatternsDragon has a
variety, but still carry a sense of patterns through
registersPlants who also have similar patterns,
Space & MassSense of grace due to the earthly tones of
color.The reds and oranges and blues are almost colors we see In
natureLines themselves flow with only the border securing the
tightness of the painting^ it makes the painting seem compact and
easy to carry aroundBut, since the fragments were part of a larger
work, the work might demand you look at it. Although the work
itself may seem light, the border around the overall work, however,
may carry a different space & mass. It may appear heavier and
take up more space, yet the same tightness may secure the idea of
still looking compact, however, the painting might appear
heavierPerhaps the textureScaleThe fragment alone is small and can
be appealing to the eye due to the complexity of line and colors,
which balance each other out(fix sentence)The negative space the
object can create will only help it even more to be appealingOr
demand attentionYou might not be able to walk around the object,
but it surely takes time to run your eyes around the entire piece
and look at all the detailsYou may start with BLAH BLAH BLAH where
I said, but even that alone, you need to look at the head, then the
body, then flower 1, then flower 2, then after doing a double take
and realize the serpent has a neckAnd with each section mentioned,
there are subsections of lines and patterns that make the piece
interesting all around^ Go more in depththe serpents head is pretty
large and perhaps is the reason we also first CompositionTight, so
much going on in patterns to due the border, the detail in patterns
and lines, and closeness of those patterns and lines- also lack of
negative space within the pieceProportionTrees are small, serpent
is big, and the head is HUGE,Its small, but we can get lost in the
painting, especially if we are so close to it, looking at tall the
details, we begin to picture the serpent to be bigTextureLooks
smooth all around except for around the head.^both in material and
use of other elements. < go in detailHead looks rough due to
manipulation of color, and heavy linesThe paint is smoth even
though there is a lot of patterning and use of lines everywhere,
there is still a smooth look to them
Conclusion!How do they work together?More attention paid to the
headHow did the artist convey this image or work?
What makes this work visually significant and distinct?
Is there anything that becomes apparent after looking at the
object over time that was not immediately apparent?
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