IMAGE ESSAY NUMBER SEVEN: Scale

When you place something familar to oneself in front of something else it creates a contrast that can be called scale. Scale allows the audience to relate to the picture before them. In this image a woman who is placed in front of this wooden sculpture shows the audience how large the sculpture really is. When placed into scale, the womans hand is about as size as a single finger nail on the sculpture. How amazing it is to be able to see how large this sculpture is. But not only is it’s size impressive but so is the detail of the creature. You are able to see the bone structure of the sculpture and get a great feel for another vocabulary word, texture. When used together the vocabulary words we have learned, are able to correctly create an amazing piece of artwork, whether it be painted, created, or sculpted.

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