Up: [[Art Fundamentals]] Course: Sketchbook Magic with Helen Wells Created: 2023-08-22 Paintings need contrast/difference **and** unity/sameness. ### Ways to Get Variety, Contrast and Difference - Dark and light - Cool and warm - Line and solid - Quiet and busy - Curved and straight - Horizontal and vertical Way to make a page exciting, but going crazy with this makes it look like a garage sale. The area with the most visual weight is the area with the most visual contrast which is usually achieved through dark and light. ### Ways to Get Balance and Cohesion - Repetition of colour - Repetition of same shape Maybe start by choosing a colour and then use it in several places on the page. Verticals and horizontals creating an L shape was something Matisse did a lot. It adds a stability to the composition. ### Ways to Get Depth Work in three layers — foreground, middle ground, background.