Elements & Principles of Design

I’m calling this project, simplicity because I like how the two pieces connect so simply. The subject is a colored circle with a black and white background and yellow circles and squares with different values of yellow. I chose to create this specific work because I thought out of all of them I could make these ones connect in a cool way because they didn’t have a background. When I was creating this I had a simplistic idea in mind to keep the drawings almost as simple as the sketches.

For materials, I used sharpie and acrylic paint. I used sharpie as a material to give it a solid and controlled edge . I used a variety of techniques and methods including: outlining, value and variety. While creating this work, I paid close attention to doing multiple coats. I wanted my artwork to look simple and did this by using color but not too much.

I like the way the background connects the two pieces but the foregrounds are different. However, I struggled with making the acrylic yellow different shades of yellow. If I created another work like this I may have added more back or blue to the yellow to give it a deeper value. My work shows that I learned to make a project given certain prompts like shade, value, shape, variety and more.