“To do it is not to learn it. To do it again and again is the learning process." — Fred Griffin, PNW artist, instructor at Burnley School of Art, and Cornish Fine Art, Seattle, WA and creator of the Fred Griffin Design Code The previous lesson described Perspective and all variations. This 11th and final tutorial, 64 Compositional Arrangements in Design Continue Reading
Movement Composition Variations in Design
“The best designers will use many design patterns that dovetail and intertwine to produce a greater whole.” — Erich Gamma The previous tutorial covered a general overview of the Negative Positive Composition and eight variations. This art design tutorial describes the Movement Device plus all the variations. Movement Composition In two-dimensional art, Continue Reading
Anyone Can Create Art: Doodles, Scribbles, Lines and Color
“I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.” —Lao Tzu All it Takes is Desire In my free online Graphic Design Basic Element Series, in lesson four you learn how simple lines can be applied in various directions with colorful opaque colors. This combination offers some of the first elements Continue Reading
Introduction: Basic Design Element Series
Design: The logical selection and arrangement of visual elements for order and interest. Everything our eyes rest upon can be described as a design. For example, the veins in a leaf, the lines on a hand, or billowing clouds. Even when we doodle or scribble, we can call these marks we make with our tools—pencils, sticks, fingers—designs! It’s quite Continue Reading