Week 4 LAB 4 Form and Space

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art 101: Design I

lab four Form and Space

instructor Jackie Lo

Balance or unity depends upon the ability to control the relationships of two-dimensional forms within acomposition. You have displayed an understanding of line and shape and their relationship to the picture plane.

This exercise challenges the designer to control how the viewer reads a composition. By creating a definite focal

point for the design, the challenge will be to maintain a balanced composition.

The interrelationships of shape

DETACHMENT: Two forms which are separate from each

other although they seem to be very close to each other.

TOUCHING: As shapes draw close, they begin to touch.

UNION: Similar to overlapping and penetration, the shapes

become one larger shape. There is no visual hierarchy or

shared transparency.

OVERLAPPING: One shape appears to be on top of the other

by cropping or blocking a portion of the one below.

PENETRATION: Similar to overlapping but the two shapes

share a common third shape. The contours of both shapes

remain visible.

SUBTRACTION: When an invisible form crosses over a visible

form. The portion of the visible form which is covered up

becomes invisible.

INTERSECTION: When an invisible form crosses over

another invisible form. The portion of the forms which cross

becomes visible.

Materials Needed:

Construction paper, sketchbook, pencil, eraser, metal ruler, compass, X-acto knife, cutting mat, scissors

Problem:

Utilizing the concepts of figure/ground, positive/negative space and contrast, apply the above mentioned

interrelationships of shape in a series of compositions. Create seven compositions where one of the above



interrelationships of form creates the focal point of a composition. Each composition will contain one geometric

shape and one organic shape. The geometric shapes will be limited to the square, equilateral triangle, and

rectangle. The organic shapes should be inventive and sensitive to the definition. The final compositions will be

construction paper in your sketchbook

ORGANIC SHAPE: a shapebounded by free curves,

suggesting fluidity and

growth.

GEOMETRIC SHAPE: Ashape constructed

mathematically. Can be

rectilinear or curvilinear

1. Create one final composition of each following relationship of form:

• Detachment • Touching • Overlapping • Union • Penetration • Subtraction • Intersection

2. Label each composition accordingly

3. The compositions should strive for a figure-ground shift as in the previous exercise and should avoid

placing the area of emphasis directly in the center of the composition.

PROCESS:

1. In your sketchbook, begin by developing 12 organic shapes.

2. Combining an organic shape with a geometric shape, you will create your 4 thumbnail (2”x2” each)

compositions for each relationship (4x7 = 28 total thumbnails)

3. After the thumbnails are done, create a template of each shape, then transfer your best designs (one of

each interrelationship) into 4”x4” squares in your sketchbook (see sketchbook dimensions below). Be

sure to label, in pen, each composition’s type of interrelationship.

Original

shapes:

Note, though a

dotted line

indicates the

original shapes

in the

intersection

and subtraction

examples, your

compositionswill not. Show

only the final

shapes.



SKETCHBOOK MEASUREMENTS FOR FINAL VERSION:



SAMPLE THUMBNAIL SKETCHES



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Week 4 LAB 4 Form and Space