Ashley Batac

Welcome to blog post #2! For this week, I chose to display images that I took in Hawaii that focus on how I can play with balance and scale in my artwork. https://www.instagram.com/artofashh/ Balance Balance refers to how the elements of art (line, shape, color, value, space, form, texture) relate to each other within the composition in terms of their visual weight to create visual equilibrium. That is, one side does not seem heavier than another. “Visual balance occurs when the weight of one or more things is distributed evenly or proportionately in space (Lupton and Phillips, 49). In this image, the eye-catching feature is the sun being that it is in the center and serves as the focal point. The sky, the ocean, and the sand are distributed evenly across the composition, which provides a sense of stability and makes the viewer feel comfortable. The light shining from the sun is contrasted by the dark clouds and the sun's rays are reflected off of the deep blue waves of the ocean. ...

Hi everyone! My name is Ashley Batac and I am a junior majoring in psychology. I also play for the women's basketball team here. I am excited to be working on this blog and share a little bit of my life through art! I was born on the island of Guam, lived in Hawaii, and grew up in Texas. I am an island girl living in the mainland trying to navigate my way around this world. I want to share my experiences growing up on an island and being able to take in nature's true beauty on a daily basis. Often, when people ask me where I am from and I respond with something along the lines of "Yeah I grew up in Hawaii," people are shocked as to why I would ever want to move anywhere else. People dream about vacationing or possibly retiring at a place like Hawaii, but to say I used to live there is pretty cool.  What does it mean to live on an island? You may recognize the word "ohana" from the movie "Lilo and Stich." The characters repeatedly state that "o...