COMPOSITION: Parts of the Puzzle

Melissa Milks

Last night the class completed the composition project "Parts of the Puzzle." By using only one type of curvilinear shape, one type of line and one type of rectilinear shape students were tasked with making varied compositions while trying to create additional shapes by cropping, overlapping and joining the existing elements. Notice in the arrangements above how the zig-zag line creates triangles (upper right) or cracked shapes (upper left). Tilting the rectangle also creates triangles (lower left) in the negative space. In addition, she has effectively employed overlap, size change and location throughout the series of collages.