Balance Activity... Don't Know the Date!!! =}

Balance is one of the principles of art. There are two types of balance; asymmetrical balance and symmetrical balance. Asymmetrical balance is when there is a work that is not exactly the same on both sides of the picture but is still creating the feeling of balance, and symmetrical balance is just as what it is; a work that is literally symmetrical on both sides. (When I say both sides, I mean sides like left and right or top and bottom. This depends on the middle axis that divides the work into two parts.)

We learnt and experimented more on this principle of art by having different coloured paper and sticking them on as different shapes, creating an example of a symmetrically balanced picture and an asymmetrically balanced picture. I realised that the type of colour used, such as whether it is cool or warm, and the size and arrangements of different shapes affected the feeling of having balance. Mrs Vincent also told us that warm colours stood out more than cool colours, so they were smaller in size to be balanced. Truly, when Mrs Vincent showed all of us a small piece of red paper with a large piece of blue, they looked balanced!

So, yes, I learnt a lot today and will probably do some more work on this principle next lesson as well.

Here is my example of SYMMETRICALLY BALANCED WORK:

Here is my example of ASYMMETRICALLY BALANCED WORK:

(Sorry for the quality of the images! The scanner couldn't really fit my art diary.)