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B485            96pages              8-1/2x11

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Here is a color and design book specially written and designed for the picture framer by a practicing, award-winning professional picture framer.

Learn how to select the size, color and shape of mats, mouldings and decorative elements. See the relationship of color and size, of warm and cool colors and moulding color to mat color. Full-color artworks with different matting selections help you to understand how color and size relate to the framing design.

Learn to finesse the elements of design to create a professional framed presentation. A workbook with practice sheets are included in the back of the book.

Table of Contents

Chapter I
Designing A Framed Presentation 7
Living With Art
The Frame Designer
Framing Artwork
The Artist’s Intent
Styles of Framing
Working with Clients
The Harmonic Statement
The Value Scale

Chapter II
Elements of Design 15
Designing the Frame
Seeing Color
Types of Light Sources
Chart 1 Hue
Working with Color
Complex Color Mixtures
Chart 2 Value – Light/Dark
Chart 3 Saturation/Chroma
Exercise: Analyze a Work of Art

Chapter III
Contrasting Color 31
Cool/Warm Contrast
Chart 4 Cool/Warm Contrast
Complementary Contrast/Simultaneity
Chart 5 Complementary Contrast
Matting Using Complements
Vibrant Color Harmony
Proportional Contrast
Exercise: Color Analysis of an Artwork

Chapter IV
Design Elements 47
Shape
Line
Texture

Chapter V
Value 61
Light
Middle
Dark
Working with Light/Dark

Chapter VI

Space 65
Deep Space
Shallow Space
Negative and Positive Space
Flat Space
Ovals
Vignettes
Long Compositions
Mat, Moulding and Margin Sizes

Chapter VII
The Form 73
Combining Design Elements of:
Color, Shape, Line, Texture,
Value and Space
Multiples Items in a Presentation
Three-Dimensional Presentations
Presentations as Art
Exercise: Design Analysis of a
Work of Art

Chapter VIII
Workbook 81
Color Charts
Ten Considerations for

Framing Design

Bibliography 95