guizzetti_cyan

Cyanotype Research 3 images I find inspiring and beautiful:

Artist: Johan Alfra us Media: Scanned cyanotype on Mike Ware’s single part sensitizer coated with foam brush on Arches Aquarelle circa 8x10 Compositional Techniques: Rule of thirds, fill the frame Elements and Principles: The elements the artist used are texture with the water dew, shape with the rose and leaves, and space with filling it up and not having so much negative space. The principles the artist used are balance with the positioning of the flowers and leaves, variety with the 2 leaves and 1 rose, and unity/harmony with using two things that come from nature.

Artist: Les Rudnick Media: Photogram Compositional Techniques: Fill the frame, leading lines, rule of thirds. Elements and Principles: The elements the artist used are texture with the peacock feathers since you can see every line, they used line to lead you through the picture, they used space by filling it up and barely having any negative space, and used pattern with the crossing lines and main part of the feather. The principles the artist used are emphasis with the feathers since that is the main focal point and contrast with the lines colliding with each other and also the black and white colors.

Artist: O. Blaise Media: Cyanotype Compositional Techniques: Level horizon and rule of thirds Elements and Principles: The elements the artist used are texture in the elephant and water, shape with the elephant, and space since there is a lot of negative space in the picture. The Principles the artist used are movement in the elephant since you can tell it is swimming, balance since there is not contrast between the elephant and the water so it flows well, and emphasis directly on the elephant.

I think that all three of these images would be good for making a cyanotype because they are include contrast and I could push the contrast even more in the photoshop app. Also, these images would make sense if they were blue and would not look weird.

All of the compositional techniques being used in these images are rule of thirds, filling the frame, and level horizon. These techniques make the images more unique and interesting to look at.