Learn design principles with Tony Couch
This art instruction DVD asks the age-old question, "What makes good art?" Join
Tony Couch in this instructional video, Elements and Principles
of Design, for
a provocative and informative discussion of traditional and time-proven elements
and principles of design.
Elements and Principles of Design
Join Tony Couch in an insightful discussion
of design. In
its simplicity, this art instructional video takes a sophisticated, even philosophical,
approach the question: "What makes something good art?"
Attention to the basic elements and principles presented here will seldom
fail to provide dynamic and interesting compositions. This is what all artists
should consider the true basics of making art — but many beginning artists
need to come up against the frustrations of failure before the true value of
the information in this video becomes integrated into their drawing, painting
and other forms of 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional art.
Tony shows, by words and example, how the
elements and principles of design are the foundation for all works of art. He
defines each element of design — line, shape, value, color, texture, and direction
— in relation to each of the principles of design: balance, harmony, gradation,
repetition, dominance, contrast, and unity. The knowledge of these inter-relationships
create better art, more interesting paintings, and unified artistic statements.
Classics
by Vincent Van Gogh, Mary Cassatt, Edward Hopper, Stewart Davis, Henri Matisse,
Andrew Wyeth, Edgar Degas, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Edgar Whitney, as well as
examples of his own work, are used to illustrate these inter-relationships.
You will come back to this video again and again, and always get something
new.
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