Online Assignment- Week 3

Asymmetrical Balance in art means the the left side of an artwork is not the same as the right side in terms of color and form. An artist can create asymmetrical balance in terms of form by balancing a heavy form with two smaller forms. In terms of color, warm color's such as red, orange and yellow are heavier than cooler colors such as blue, purple and violet.

Let us look at Thomas Cole's "The Oxbow"

Cole uses color to balance the painting. On the right half of the painting, in the distance we are drawn to the bright colors of the valley. On the left half we see the vivid green colors of the forest. We also see the bright reflection in the river on the bottom right contrasting to the dark sky opposite from it.

Unity is the appearance or condition where an artwork feels coherent. That there is some motif or symbol that reoccurs in the artwork. One way an Artist can create unity is by repetition, by using the same image over and over again. Another way of unifying an artwork is through color, using similar colors as a motif to express a feeling.

Scale is how one object relates to another in terms of its size, we are often used to objects scaled to ourselves, such as doors, cars, and stairs. Imagine an enormous doorway such as the Jordanian ancient city of Petra.

If you were standing in that 30ft tall doorway, how would you feel? Small, right? An artist can manipulate scale in order for the viewer to experience different emotions changing the meaning of an artwork.