Kevin and Sam's Heart!

The heart with my daughter in the pic is made of thorns which I wove around a piece of wire bent in the shape of a heart. I used the wire, stems from a rose bush, another type of vine which was more flexible, leaves , and a rose bloom. 1.Both use the element of line to define shape. 2. In both, lines are created by objects. 3.Both are static shapes. 4.Warm colors on "Jeweled Heart". 5."Heart of Thorns" uses cool colors with warm accents. 6.Both use real (actual) texture. 7."Jeweled Heart" contains rhythm. The shape repeats itself. 8."Heart of Thorns" has emphasis on focal point. 9.Both have the principle of economy.

Andrea D's Lucky Cat Heart!

On my first project I use bandannas to outline the heart. I filled the space with can food, different toys and dry food (from the biggest to the smallest element). It's near symmetrical, polychromatic,it has real texture. There's also repetition and variety of the elements.

Jason H.'s Heart!

#2 near symmetrical secondary colors textural variety value contrast of crayons REMINDS ME OF MY SON LANDON, CREATES A SPECIAL MEANING FOR ME!! :)

Brittany H's Heart!

The space for the heart is 3D because real objects are used in the making of the shape. In one piece I have white chocolate chips, almonds, and spinach. In the other piece the most 3D objects that are noticeable are the screwdriver, golf tees, and buttons. The piece made with food has a focal point with the small M&M heart in the center of the larger heart. Both figures have the same ground as the light wooden tables. The first piece has geometric shapes with the buttons, washers, and coins. All the shapes come together on both pieces to be positive shapes because they work together to create hearts, and static shapes because they are not moving. The first piece has a lot of neutrals with the pop top tabs, coins, washers, and keys. Many of the buttons appear to be neutral too because the black, white and gray buttons take over, but there is some primary triad buttons. In the other piece there is the primary triad of M&Ms in the small heart in the middle, even though the color looks orange it is red but is affected by the lighting. Both pieces have real textures but are not completely obvious to the viewer. Both pictures have some sort of symmetry. The first piece has near symmetrical balance because the same shape is on both sides but the filling in of the shape is what throws of the symmetry. The second pieces tries to be identical on both sides so the piece shows formal or symmetrical balance. The second piece has a point of emphasis with the smaller heart in the middle made out of M&Ms. Both pictures has a great deal of variety both in colors and textures. In the first piece the texture variety is a lot easier to recognize, and the second piece the color variety is easier to recognize. Both pieces have unity because they create the heart shape that is full, if anything was missing it would seem like the heart has a hole in it and could evoke feelings of sadness or heartbreak instead of the heart seeming to be full.

Jennifer B's Tasty Heart!

n the kitchen heart, I started with a heart-shaped cake pan. That's filled with chocolate truffles and peppermints. Surrounding the pan are spice jars, then red hots, then tea bags. I spaced out the pink-topped and red-topped spice jars evenly between the black-topped jars, and the "Spice Island" and white-topped jars are on the top edges. I used red hots and tea bags with red on them to continue the red of the peppermints and the cake-pan.

Kristina C's Sweet Heart!

Both of my artworks are near symmetrical. Both sides are made to be similar but they are not exactly the same on each side. I also chose to stick with the secondary color triad with the use of orange, violet and green on one of my projects. On the other project I attempted to combine the two primary and secondary triads into one piece.

Mark K makes his mark!

I attempted to not only be creative and use various mediums in creating my hearts, but also use items that either had meaning to me or were significant in some way. For both hearts, I used symmetry, which I feel is almost a given being that we're forming a heart. There's also a definite repetition in both pieces which in turn forms the heart's shape. Heart #1 utilizes more colors (a feeling of warmth with the red) whereas with heart #2 it was my intention to use as close to only neutrals as possible. The only exception to that one is the use of the orange and yellow colored corks at the top and bottom of the heart and the variances in some of the other corks.