{"id":3417,"date":"2009-12-23T14:30:44","date_gmt":"2009-12-23T22:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefreequark.com\/?p=3417"},"modified":"2009-12-23T14:30:44","modified_gmt":"2009-12-23T22:30:44","slug":"ittens-contrasts-onemany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/?p=3417","title":{"rendered":"The 12 Days of Itten&#8217;s Contrasts &#8211; Day 1 (The List)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s an age-old exercise but I&#8217;ve never completed it . . . so, I thought I&#8217;d take the holidays to work my way through the list of Itten&#8217;s Contrasts, inspired by Michael Freeman and his book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Photographers-Eye-Composition-Design-Digital\/dp\/0240809343\/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&#038;s=books&#038;qid=1258944476&#038;sr=8-3\">The Photographer&#8217;s Eye<\/a>. (I wrote a bit more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefreequark.com\/2009\/11\/its-not-imbalanced-its-itten\/\">Itten&#8217;s Contrasts here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p><b>Itten&#8217;s Contrasts<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the list of Itten&#8217;s Contrasts if you want to explore this exercise yourself. You find or take three photographs &#8212; one representing each element of contrast, and the third photo containing both elements. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Point\/Line<\/li>\n<li>Area\/Line<\/li>\n<li>Plane\/Volume<\/li>\n<li>Area\/Body<\/li>\n<li>Large\/Small<\/li>\n<li>Line\/Body<\/li>\n<li>High\/Low<\/li>\n<li>Smooth\/Rough<\/li>\n<li>Long\/Short<\/li>\n<li>Hard\/Soft<\/li>\n<li>Broad\/Narrow<\/li>\n<li>Still\/Moving<\/li>\n<li>Thick\/Thin<\/li>\n<li>Light\/Heavy<\/li>\n<li>Light\/Dark<\/li>\n<li>Transparent\/Opaque<\/li>\n<li>Black\/White<\/li>\n<li>Continuous\/Intermittent<\/li>\n<li>Much\/Little<\/li>\n<li>Liquid\/Solid<\/li>\n<li>Straight\/Curved<\/li>\n<li>Sweet\/Sour<\/li>\n<li>Pointed\/Blunt<\/li>\n<li>Strong\/Weak<\/li>\n<li>Horizontal\/Vertical<\/li>\n<li>Loud\/Soft<\/li>\n<li>Diagonal\/Circular<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;m starting with one of Freeman&#8217;s own contrasts &#8212; one\/many &#8212; only because when I was at UC Berkeley Botanical Garden last week, I just happened to see this particular illustration.<\/p>\n<p><b>One:<\/b><br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_3418\" style=\"width: 521px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefreequark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/one.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3418\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefreequark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/one.jpg\" alt=\"One - UC Berkeley Botanical Garden - \u00a9ingridtaylar\" title=\"one\" width=\"511\" height=\"680\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3418\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3418\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One - UC Berkeley Botanical Garden - \u00a9ingridtaylar<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p><b>Many:<\/b><br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_3419\" style=\"width: 690px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefreequark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/many2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3419\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefreequark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/many2.jpg\" alt=\"Many - UC Berkeley Botanical Garden - \u00a9ingridtaylar\" title=\"Many\" width=\"680\" height=\"532\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/many2-200x156.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/many2-300x235.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/many2-400x313.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/many2-600x469.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/many2.jpg 680w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3419\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Many - UC Berkeley Botanical Garden - \u00a9ingridtaylar<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p><b>One and Many:<\/b><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefreequark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/onemany.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefreequark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/onemany.jpg\" alt=\"One and Many - \u00a9ingridtaylar\" title=\"One and Many - \u00a9ingridtaylar\" width=\"680\" height=\"510\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3420\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Posts on Itten&#8217;s Contrasts &#8211; by Keyword:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefreequark.com\/tag\/ittens-contrasts\/\">Itten&#8217;s Contrasts<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Related Posts:<\/b><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefreequark.com\/2009\/11\/its-not-imbalanced-its-itten\/\">It&#8217;s Not Imbalanced, It&#8217;s Itten<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefreequark.com\/2009\/12\/ittens-contrasts-onemany\/\">Itten&#8217;s Contrasts: Day 1<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefreequark.com\/2009\/12\/ittens-contrasts-day-2-heavylight\/\">Itten&#8217;s Contrasts &#8211; Day 2: Heavy\/Light<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefreequark.com\/2009\/12\/ittens-contrasts-day-3-transparentopaque\/\">Itten&#8217;s Contrasts &#8211; Day 3: Transparent\/Opaque<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefreequark.com\/2009\/12\/ittens-contrasts-day-4-straightcurved\/\">Itten&#8217;s Contrasts &#8211; Day 4: Straight\/Curved<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefreequark.com\/2009\/12\/ittens-contrasts-day-5-movingstill\/\">Itten&#8217;s Contrasts &#8211; Day 5: Moving\/Still<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefreequark.com\/2009\/12\/ittens-contrasts-day-6-muchlittle\/\">Itten&#8217;s Contrasts &#8211; Day 6: Much\/Little<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefreequark.com\/2009\/12\/ittens-contrasts-day-7-smoothrough\/\">Itten&#8217;s Contrasts &#8211; Day 7: Smooth\/Rough<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefreequark.com\/2009\/12\/ittens-contrasts-day-7-smoothrough\/\">Itten&#8217;s Contrasts &#8211; Day 8: High\/Low<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s an age-old exercise but I&#8217;ve never completed it . . . so, I thought I&#8217;d take the holidays to work my way through the list of Itten&#8217;s Contrasts, inspired by Michael Freeman and his book The Photographer&#8217;s Eye. (I wrote a bit more about Itten&#8217;s Contrasts here.) Itten&#8217;s Contrasts Here&#8217;s the list of Itten&#8217;s Contrasts if you want to explore this exercise yourself. 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