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The beginning of this month I introduced to you Rhythm. Now, I’ll present you to the Principle of White Space. White Space is the area between elements in your image. Despite it being called White Space, it does not need to be white. It can be any colour, pattern or texture. 

White Space can b...

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This Art & Soul Insider, we will look at the Principle of Design of Rhythm. Rhythm suggests movement or action. You can get rhythm by the repetition of the Elements of Design (line, shapes, colours etc.) in a picture.

Here is rhythm in lines. Notice the sense of movement.

And here is rhythm...

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EMPHASIS. Emphasis is part of the design that catches the viewer’s attention. In a piece of art, there should always be something that grabs one’s eyes. Usually one thing will stand out from the rest due to contrast. The contrast can be in line, shape, size, colours or texture. So in your next ...

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Happy New Year!!

This newsletter, I will be sharing about the Principle of Unity. Last newsletter I talked about the Principle of Contrast… so basically unity is the direct opposite of contrast. But I’ll expand a bit more. Unity is a principle of design that gives an art work a sense of cohesi...

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The last Art & Soul Insider newsletter the Principle of Design, balance, was talked about. Remember that the Principles of Design are how we organize or use the parts, line, shape, colour, value, space, form and texture. This week we will look at Contrast. Contrasting lines are horizontal and v...

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Last Art & Soul Newsletter we finished the Elements of Design. The Elements of Design are the different parts of an artwork; they are line, shape, form, colour, value, space and texture. The Principles of Design are how we organize or use these parts (the lines, the shapes, the colours etc.). T...

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In this Art & Soul Insider I will share about the final element of design that is texture. Texture refers to the surface quality of a surface. We associate textures with the way that things look or feel. Everything has some type of texture. We describe things as being rough, smooth, silky, shin...

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Today, there is a continuation of the element of design of space. There is a concept of one point, two point and three point perspective. This is where the majority of the lines go towards the vanishing point on the horizon line. Unfortunately, this concept is easier shown than explained with w...

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This is the final sharing of the element of colour. I have covered a great deal concerning colour as I most often get questions concerning colour. The final revealing is concerning three words: Complementary (which we have covered), Analogous and Triadic. Most often these colour theory words ar...

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Last Art & Soul Insider, I covered the beginning aspect of colour. Now I will include secondary and tertiary colours. To freshen your memory, blue, red and yellow are Primary Colours. They are considered primary colours because no colour combination can make them.

To explain how to create Seco...