Maxine Whiteley
Professor Heather Ujiie
Foundation Design
Homework: Emphasis, Focal Point, Rhythm, and Line

3 ways to achieve a focal point:
1. Contrast
2. Isolation
3. Placement

3 types of rhythm:
1. Rhythm through repetition
2. Alternating rhythm
3. Progressive rhythm

How can rhythm help to unify a piece of artwork:
Rhythm can create a sense of repetition and make multiple elements feel relevant to one another.

Kinesthetic rhythm:
When artwork engages another one of the senses along with sight (visual).

Line:
Element that defines length

Contour:
Form of line that follows the boarders of a form

Gesture:
Suggestive lines that allow for the artist to describe properties of the subject that cannot be seen with the use of a contour line.

Implied Line:
Series of points tat in sequence, suggest a line

Explicit Line:
easily visable and meaningful line

Lost and Found Line:
Line that varies in weight in order to better describe a form.

Line as direction:
The direction of a line can suggest principles such as perspective, emphasis, and even tension.

Psychic Line:
Mental connection between two points.

Line as Texture an Pattern:
When lines are combined they can give a sense of depth and surface quality (texture) or repeated in a way that creates a pattern.