Challenge 30

Challenge #30 - Friday, February 27 , 2009
Hostess - A. Carole Grant

Color Concept: Split-Complementary.

The Split complementary is slightly different than complementary. It's more sophisticated and less intense than a straight complementary color scheme. It's one color with the two colors on either side of its opposite/complement. Like Red with the two colors on each side of the complement Green, so Yellow-green and Blue-green. A couple of favorites are Yellow, Blue-Violet and Red-Violet, and also Red-Violet with Yellow and Green. Use your color wheel to find yours!
<http://www.colorfaq.com/color_relationships.htm>
http://www.colorfaq.com/color_relationships.htm
<http://www.creationartist.com/2008/10/old-paintings/>
http://www.creationartist.com/2008/10/old-paintings/

Try using shades and tints of your color combination as well. http://www.worqx.com/color/shade_tint.htm
http://www.worqx.com/color/shade_tint.htm

Composition Concept: The S- curve

<http://generalarts.art-dictionary.org/Art-Glossary/> Art Glossary: Any serpentine line in art. The phrase often refers to the shape formed byfigures in gothic sculpture, with their hips thrust forward or to one side.

"S is the famous old eye-control lead-in where the river meanders, the pathwinds, the road disappears. " Quote from Robert Genn newsletter

http://photographycourse.net/images/Scurvea.jpg
http://www.raggedclothcafe.com/2008/02/21/hogarths-line-of-beauty
http://search.pbase.com/search?q=s+curve
<http://search.pbase.com/search?q=s+curve&begin=10
http://www.artincanada.com/arttalk/composition.html
"Line: The line or direction the viewer's eye takes to go through the picture. The objects or forms within the picture should lead the eye to the focal point. When art is viewed, most people will begin in the bottom left corner, and continue through the picture to the right. A good composition will not allow the viewer to keep going right, all the way off the page. The viewer should be lead back into the painting in a flowing motion." (use the S curve to bring the eye back into the picture)