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Elements of Design. Introduction to Floral Design Ms. Griffin. Elements of Design. Line Space Form Texture Color. Line. Provides a visual path for the eye to follow, thus creating motion in the design Framework that holds the entire arrangement together
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Elements of Design Introduction to Floral Design Ms. Griffin
Elements of Design • Line • Space • Form • Texture • Color
Line • Provides a visual path for the eye to follow, thus creating motion in the design • Framework that holds the entire arrangement together • Lines set an emotional tone
Lines and Emotions • Vertical lines – implies strength, dignity, or feelings of formality • Curved lines – adds a feminine dimension • Horizontal lines – informality and makes people feel restful
Space • The occupied or unoccupied areas of a floral design • There are 3 types • Positive • Negative • Void
Positive Space • Space occupied by flowers and foliages
Negative Space • Empty space, space between flowers and foliages
Void • Connects two areas of space
Form • The shape or silhouette of an arrangement (think basic geometrical shapes) • Round • Triangular • Fan • Curved
Texture • Refers to the surface appearance of flowers, foliage, container, and accessories, such as ribbons and balloons • Texture is designated as fine, medium, or coarse • Texture can also be used to create an emotional response from the viewer
Fine Texture • Includes: Rose Orchids Gardenia Alstroemeria Lily Snapdragons
Medium Texture • Includes: Carnation Gerbera daisy Liatris Salal Pompon mum
Coarse Texture • Includes: Protea Pine Holly Yarrow Zinnia Dahlia
Color • Probably the single most important element of floral design • Colors have to be appealing • Now we will discuss and create the color wheel… --What are the primary colors?
Color Terminology • Hue -a color
Color Terminology • Tint -add white to make color brighter (ex: pink is a tint of red) • Tone -add gray to make a color dull (ex: dusty rose is a tone of pink)
Color Terminology • Shade -add black to make a color darker (ex: burgundy is a shade of red) • Value -brightness or darkness of color depends on amount of black and white added
Color Harmonies • Monochromatic • Analagous • Complementary • Split Complementary • Triadic • Tetrad • Polychromatic
Monochromatic • Use tints, shades and tones of a single hue.
Analagous • Use of two or three hues found next to each other on the color wheel
Complementary • Use of two colors found directly opposite of each other on the color wheel
Split Complementary • Use of a color and the two colors next to its complementary color
Triad • Use of color that lies equal distance from each other on the color wheel
Tetrad • Use of four hues equally spaced on the color wheel
Polychromatic • Use of three or more unrelated colors, tints, shades, and tones • And THEN, there’s emotional response to color…
Warm & Cool Colors • Warm = excitement, happiness, upbeat, fall, tend to stand out • Cool = calm, restful, soothing, spring, tend to recede