experiment.2.a
"Organic Counterpoint to Plane"
Image size: 16" x 21"
Counterpoint in Visual Composition:
Each visual element (shape, line) should have its own character but work with others. Counterpoint rules in visual composition, borrowing from
music, focus on balancing independent elements (organic shapes-geometric shapes) with overall harmony, emphasizing contrary motion (opposite
movement-direction), avoiding parallelism (especially perfect organic-geometric shapes and forms), managing consonance-dissonance (stable-tense intervals-shapes), ensuring each line's melodic independence, and building from foundational bass elements or dark colors upward for richness.
Think of it as creating layered, conversational visual parts that fit together without overpowering each other, using techniques like oblique
motion (one static, one moving) for variety.
