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Tag Archives: grid
Repetition and the Principles of Design
Last week when we celebrated spring by playing hooky I encouraged you to download a copy of our book, “Design: A Beginner’s Handbook.” That got me thinking about the relationship between our blog and our book. When we wrote our … Continue reading
Posted in Artists and Designers, Elements and Principles
Tagged ACXT Architects, Allan McCullum, Andy Warhol, art education, art education resource, Art Textbook, Balance, David Hockney, design principles, design textbook, ECDM Architects, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, grid, Hafez Tomb, Hawkins Brown Architects, Jing Mian Xin Cheng, Lucy T. Pettway, Matt Kay and Michael McCaughley, pattern, repetition, repetition in design, rhythm, Roger Brown, Tara Donovan, unity and variety
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Design Exercise: Pattern
Several recent posts have profiled heavily embellished and patterned trucks. This seems like a good time to introduce a design exercise centered on patterning. If you have a copy of our book “Design: A Beginner’s Handbook” I suggest you refer … Continue reading
Design Exercise: Is That White?
Barton Lidice Benes, “Letter From Aunt Evelyn” This assignment will help you understand color and value relativity, while developing your visual acuity. Before starting I suggest you review Chapters 6 (Value), 7 (Color), and 10 (Grid) in our book Design: … Continue reading
Posted in Elements and Principles, How-To
Tagged art assignment, color, design elements and principles, design exercise, grid, value
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What’s In A Line? Agnes Martin and Sean Scully
Here are two artists known for their paintings of lines and stripes arranged in simple geometric compositions. At first you might think that their paintings would look very similar but this is not the case. One artist makes compositions that … Continue reading
Posted in Artists and Designers, Elements and Principles
Tagged Drawing, grid, line, painting
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Using The Grid For Structure And Appearance
The grid can be used as both a design principle and a design element. When used as a principle of design the grid organizes all the other components of a composition. It is the underlying matrix that provides order, measurement … Continue reading
Posted in Design in the World, Elements and Principles
Tagged architecture, grid, interior design
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