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Week 7 Art Notes - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Diagonal lines give a feeling of movement or tension to the picture, as with the leaning trees that seem to be falling or about to fall.
      - The diagonal trees tie the woods together as a (slightly more threatening) single mass.
      - Shapes that lean toward the protagonist feel like they are blocking or stopping forward progress and shapes that are leaning away give the impression of opening up ore space and leading the protagonist forward. I notice that the sharper the shape, the scarier it looks.
- - - - Diagonal Shapes are much more dynamic and imply motion and or tension
        
        The upper half of a picture is a place of freedom, happiness, and power; objects places in the top half also often feel more spiritual.
        
        an object placed higher up on the page has greater "pictorial Weight"
        
        The bottom half of a picture feels more threatened, heavier, sadder, or constrained; objects placed in the bottom half also feel more grounded.
        
        The center of a page is the most effective center of attention and is the point where most people will be looking,
        
        The edges and comers of the picture are the edges and corners of the picture-world.
        
        light backgrounds feel safer than dark backgrounds due to our human ability to see better in light than in dark.
        
        Large objects in pictures feel stronger and the larger an object is, the stronger it will feel especially in contrast to a smaller objects near it.
        
        The same color is much closer associated than the same shape
        
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