Sense of balance for KOHSEI (Basic Art & Design)

3 Harmony and comparison
 

 

1 -- Balance · Contrast · Unity

 

(1) Balance

The sense of balance is very important in the basic ability of the art and design. This is the fundamental and basic ability for KOHSEI (Basic Art & Design). All of the issues discussed previously will reach to the problem of balancing in the two-dimensional space. These are various "arrangements" discussed in centrifugal KOHSEI (Basic Art & Design), and various "divisions" and "proportion" discussed in centripetal KOHSEI (Basic Art & Design).

How can we arrange a shape in a limited space to compose most effectively? This is the problem which we always meet frequently in the art and design. It is extremely important for artists and designers to have a superior sense of balance.
 
 


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Figure 257: Practice of balance using a stick.    
Figure 258: Practice of balance using two sticks.


 

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