Word Art

These two pieces are centered around the idea of words. The first piece is my name in an Italian beach and the second is a kite that it made all of words for the song, "Let's Go Fly a Kite." The name piece is gouache on cold press and the kite is marker, watercolor, and gesso clouds on cold press. The name piece has the elements of line in the crisp lines on the text and the element of color in the variety of vibrant colors on the umbrellas; the elements of design in this piece are balance in the name placement, pattern in the umbrellas, and movement and rhythm in the ocean. The kite piece has the elements of line and texture in the actual words that make up the kite and the implied lines they create and the texture is in the clouds because they are raised off the board. The element of design in the kite piece is emphasis because it is simply the kite on a plain background.