Autumn Stream 2
by Allen Beatty
Title
Autumn Stream 2
Artist
Allen Beatty
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Autumn Stream 2 by Allen Beatty
Whether you're redecorating one room or hiring a professional designer to revamp your entire living space or office, it helps you to understand the basics of interior design and what they encompass. A design is an orderly arrangement of five basic elements: COLOR, the creator of illusion and maker of mood FORM, the overall shape of any object LINE, the implied direction or boundary of an object MASS, the bulk of an object that occupies space TEXTURE, the touch me, feel me of matter All artists, whether photographers, painters, sculptors, architects, or interior decorators work with these same basic elements to achieve certain effects, all of which must work together to form a unified whole. But these five elements alone aren't enough to generate a successful design. Five components of composition round out the list of designer's terms: FOCAL POINT: This is the point of visual reference to which the eye always returns. SCALE and PROPORTION: Scale refers to overall size, while proportion relates the size of parts compared to the whole. Keep these two factors in mind when selecting furniture. HARMONY and UNITY: Harmony refers to the blending of similar elements, while unity refers to the overall sense of belonging together. This is a goal, so keep it in mind as you add each new piece of furniture or accessory. CONTRAST: Contrast places opposites side by side, such as black and white or hard and soft. The challenge is to balance contrast, so as to maintain a sense of overall unity. Add contrast in small doses; be careful not to overdo it and thus upset a sense of harmony of parts and overall unity. VARIETY: Variety is the spice of life and the spice of interiors. Include variety within a single room as well as within a whole-house design. Without sufficient and distinct contrast (which can be subtle), a room can look deadly dull. If a room has too much contrast or too much variety, it looks confused. Your job as the decorator is to come up with a recipe that has just enough but never too much of the elements that make for a beautiful, functional room. The images in this gallery are my suggestions from each of my individual galleries that would make excellent choices to your interior design. Ultimately, of course, the decision is yours.
Excerpted from Interior Design Basics By Katharine Kaye McMillan and Patricia Hart McMillan
This image is Featured in the following FAA/Pixels Groups:
Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery///
Light Marvels///
Canon Full Frame Cameras///
Water Forms///
Art - It Is Good For You///
The Meandering Photographer///
USA Photographers Only///
Intent Of The Artist///
The Art Workshop///
Hodge Podge///
Fine Art America Professionals///
Serenity Inspiring Photography///
Seasons Of The Trees in Photography///
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April 6th, 2011
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Allen Beatty 16 Days Ago
Holly, thank you very much for the Feature in the Seasons of the Trees in Photography Group
Allen Beatty 21 Days Ago
Holly, thank you very much for the Feature in the Serenity Inspiring Photography Group
Judy Vincent
Beautiful capture! Congratulations! This will be the “8th Anniversary” photo of the day on the USA Photographers group home page for 3/16/24! Thank you for being a loyal and active member!
Pat Goltz
Gorgeous colors with the mixture of green and fall colors, and the blue of sky and stream! The bend in the stream is lovely, and so is the composition.
Randy Rosenberger
This piece of fine artwork has earned the honor of being chosen to show off to other artists and prospective buyers here in the Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery group. It is an honor to share this piece of well composed and beautiful art on our Featured section of our homepage. Thanks much for sharing! Liked and Faved Randy B. Rosenberger (administrator of the WFS group)
Allen Beatty replied:
Randy, thank you very much for the Feature in the Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery Group
Steve Rich
Your work deserves to be featured in our group "The Meandering Photographer" Please consider adding this work to the "Feature History, The Meandering Photographer (March-April 2024)" active discussion thread. (l/f on 3-15-2024)
Allen Beatty replied:
Steve, thank you very much for the Feature in The Meandering Photographer Group
Kay Brewer
Congratulations on your lovely art graduating from the 200 Club and reaching over 500 views! l/f