Balance

Balance : The distribution of "weight" or activity in a composition

Rock Poet Bill Dan

A. SYMMETRICAL BALANCE---exact of even balance along a centerline or

"axis" in these ways:

1. Radial Symmetry --rotating around a center point

2. Exact Symmetry--a mirror image or an exactly repeated design






3. Axial Symmetry--having 2 opposing repeats, one on each side of an axis.







B. ASYMMETRICAL BALANCE---not exact but counterbalanced with contrasts such as dull and bright colors, dark with light values, geometric with organic shapes, active.







C. APPROXIMATE SYMMETRY---overall organization in which an "even" placement of color, forms, etc is displayed.