Ms. Hunter's Art Classes-WINTER 2005

Proportion and Scale

PROPORTION is the principle of art concerned with the relationship of one part to another and to the whole.
SCALE is the relationship of the whole to the viewer.

Proportion can:
-signify importance
-be realistic
-be used to depict space
-create mood, emotion

Scale can:
-create a sense of intimacy

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