how to read my painting rohasmezan

Title : Ekspresi Siput Murex Troscheli (Expression of Murex Troscheli Shell)
Medium : Mixed media
Size : 102 x 102 cm
Year : 2007
Artist : Rohasmezan Bin Hashim

This is my painting that exhibited on Sabah Art Gallery Year Exhibition 2007. In this painting, i studied Murex Troscheli shell. I like the shell form, because its has thorn fork on its body. Its has very rough texture.

How to read my painting?. Firstly you must know about Form (Formalistic) and Content in Art and Design. What is Form?. Form is what you look at outside of painting. In painting Form or Formalistic, you can see element of design, principal of design, medium and technique. In element of design there are line, shape, texture, form, color and space. In principal of design there are harmony, variety, balance, proportion, dominant, contra and economy. In Medium there are conventional medium and new medium. In technique there are conventional technique and new technique. Content is what you look inside of the painting.

In Form or Formalistic, I use line to create my image. There are many type of lines that I used to create shell form. There are straight line, curve line, horizontal line, vertical line, fine line and other type of line.