Images from http://thecollectivecollage.tumblr.com/

1. Graphic
Compositional
Strategies
These are simply different ways of
arranging images or art elements.
One artwork may use one or more of the
following strategies. Each has a different
effect on how we view the artwork.
All artworks are from
http://thecollectivecollage.tumblr.com/

2. Different ways of making your collage…..

3. OUT OF THIS WORLD

4. Notice where artworks play
with
• Size and Scale (How big things are!)
• Depth + Perspective (Tricking people’s
eye with perception)
• Colour to create mood
• Remember you can only use images
from National Geographic. You WILL be
challenged by what you can find!
CREATIVITY

5. Swirl-move in a
twisting or spiralling
pattern.

7. Cascade- a small
waterfall, typically one
of several that fall in
stages down a steep
rocky slope.

10. Grid- a network of lines
that cross each other to
form a series of squares or
rectangles

12. Schematic- (of a diagram or other
representation) symbolic and simplified
representation of process. Generally used in
scientific or manufacturing drawings.

13. Rule of Thirds- In the rule of thirds, photos
are divided into thirds with two imaginary
lines vertically and two lines horizontally
making three columns, three rows, and nine
sections in the images. Important
compositional elements and leading lines are
placed on or near the imaginary lines and
where the lines intersect.

16. Radial balance is not
very common in artist's
compositions, but it is
like a daisy or sunflower
with everything arranged
around a center. Rose
windows of cathedrals
use this design system.

18. Geometric-Using
repeated overlapping
simple and geometric
shapes.

20. AbstractFreedom from
representational
qualities in art.
Nonrepresentation
al. Subject matter
being non
recognisable

22. Balanced-Symetrical
• Each side is balanced exactly

23. Balance-Asymetrical
• Both sides are not
exactly equal, but
composition is balanced
by visual weight.

25. Now Guess???