Balance is everywhere. All around us. Art is no exception. I think it is as important as contrast/proportions and it keeps everything together.
Every line you make are balanced. The shape of your particular idea. How the colours are being or have been used, or when it is black and white-How the contrast has been played out. I believe that everything happens for a reason. It is not rare when we do not know the reason and we may never know. But that does not change the fact itself. Some kind of an action is required and in Art too.
For sculptors, balance is a very practical thing. They can feel it with their hands and they actually rely on both-The visual and the physical weight of the particular art piece.
As an artist I have been working with pencils mostly. I also have to rely on balance but in a different way. I need to imagine it sometimes. I can not feel the actual gravity in my drawing/painting. I have to imagine it all and when it is realism I need to do it spot on. When it is abstract, you can be kind of a loose with it. It is like any way will be the right one, since you do not have any limitations. Also we all as human beings are programmed to seek the balance in everything. And artist are no exception. Also when you see something you do not understand, the meaning etc, speaking from a personal experience and a person who loves abstractionism, I can say that even there everything is well thought 3-4 times over. The balance not always is just in the visual presence. Sometimes it can be the meaning, the message. Maybe even in the purpose of the whole work.
Sometimes I have seen people looking at an art piece, the one they do not understand, and they say often that it is just something put together with no reason. No meaning in that. A waste. But even if it is improvised. It can never be without a reason. Or course there are artists who call themselves ones, yet they have no individuality, no original works, no character,er no work ethic etc, but I wanted to point out those who do. I also do not understand all and every artwork, even here on Steemit, but I do not doubt the meaning of it. They inspire me.
Every drawing i publish in my posts is done by me. Original artwork
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