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Title
Dixon Pond
Artist
Allen Beatty
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Dixon Pond 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 Groups:
Veteran Active and Former Military Artists//
Only Doors and Windows Photography//
Fine Art America Professionals//
Light Marvels//
Water Forms//
Trick And Treat of Nature//
Bath and Spa Prints//
PICTURESQUE NEIGHBORHOODS OF THE WORLD//
Just Perfect//
Weekly Fun For All Mediums//
Art Submissions to PKA//
No Place Like Home//
Million Visitors Artists //
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April 4th, 2011
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Punta Gorda, FL - United States
Spectacular lake reflections composition, lighting, shading, colors and artwork! F/L voted
Livingston, NJ - United States
Miroslava, thank you very much for the Home Page Feature in the Million Visitors Artists Group
Livingston, NJ - United States
Jenny, thank you very much for the Home Page Feature in the No Place Like Home Group
Livingston, NJ - United States
Patricia, thank you very much for the Home Page Feature in the Art Submissions to PKA Group
Livingston, NJ - United States
Chrisann, thank you very much for the Home Page Feature in the Weekly Fun For All Mediums Group
Livingston, NJ - United States
Janis, thank you very much for the Home Page Feature in the Just Perfect Group
Broadway, NJ - United States
Allen Beatty, This capture has wonderful reflective impact. GJ glorijean
Livingston, NJ - United States
Dora, thank you very much for the Feature in the Picturesque Neighborhoods of the World Group
Livingston, NJ - United States
Jeff, Thank you very much for the Home Page Feature in the Bath and Spa Prints Group
Livingston, NJ - United States
Jeff, Thank you very much for the Home Page Feature in the Trick And Treat of Nature Group
Livingston, NJ - United States
Doug, thank you very much for the Home Page Feature in the Water Forms Group
Livingston, NJ - United States
Doug, thank you very much for the Home Page Feature in the Light Marvels Group
Livingston, NJ - United States
Nader, thank you very much for the Home Page Feature in the Fine Art America Professionals Group
Livingston, NJ - United States
Nader, thank you very much for the Home Page Feature in the Only Doors and Windows Photography Group
Livingston, NJ - United States
Edward, thank you very much for the Home Page Feature in the Veteran Active and Former Military Artists Group
Murphy, NC - United States
Beautiful scene Allen! Congrats on your Feature in Barns Big and Small. We also added our like. Celebrate life, Debra and Dave
Allen Beatty replied:
Debra and Dave, thank you so much for the Home Page Feature in the Barns Big and Small Group
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