The Principles And Elements Of Floral Designing Made EasyTo make a beautiful and balanced flower arrangement, you must know the principles and elements of floral designing. It is not enough to just know what type of flowers to put into the arrangement. You need to have some designing skills. Below are some of the principles and elements of floral designing to improve your flower arranging skills. Hope it helps. FormForm is the shape of your arrangement. There are eight basic flower arrangement forms that I know of and they are arc,circle or oval, curve or crescent, right angle, S curve or Hogarth's curve, triangular, horizontaland vertical.If you want to know the details of each basic arrangement form, you can click here. AccentAccents are like the things you put into your arrangements to make it more interesting to the viewer. Christmas accents are like bells or pinecones. Thanksgiving accents are like pumpkins or wheat.Accents serve as an aid to your flower arrangement. Your flower arrangement is not about the accents. Use them wisely and appropriately. TextureTexture is the condition of the materials you use in your flower arrangement. Whether you use shining material or dried material. You must know when to use glittery material and when to use dried material. What is the theme?Relate the texture to the theme. For example, you can't use dried flowers in your spring wedding bouquet. That is inappropriate. So, texture play an important role in your floral designing. To further understand its importance, take a look at this arrangement. ContrastContrast, in other words, is opposite attract. If you want to use dark coloured flowers, don't use all dark coloured ones. Blend with light coloured flowers to create a balance.Here is an interesting color matching guide.. Another example is, if you use big sized flowers, mix with smaller ones, too. That will create a contrast and your flower arrangement is balanced. SpaceSpace is referring to the gap within the arrangement. These spaces are sometimes purposely made, for example, in Ikebana, less flowers is used in the arrangement thusgiving more space in the arrangement. Whereas when making a wedding bouquet, more flowers are used to fill up the spaces between the flowers so that no empty space can be seen. Learn about filler, focal and line flowers, here. LightThe element of light can improve the appearance of your flower arrangement. Different coloured lights can have different effects.Which angle do you want to focus on? Put a spotlight there. This is a try and error process. Experiment with light as part of your floral arrangement. HarmonyHarmony is all elements come together to create a unified look for your arrangement. Harmony is about balance.All things in the arrangement must be balanced. Colors, size, proportion, weight, etc. BalanceIs your arrangement symmetrical or assymmetrical?If symmetrical, it must look the same at whichever angle you look at it. That is a good symmetrical design. If assymetrical, although the materials or colors are different from each side, it must look balanced as a whole. ProportionProportion is the amount of flowers you want to use in regards to the other materials you would like use in the same arrangement.To create a balanced flower arrangements, your must have good proportions. ScaleThe scale that I am talking about here is the size of the arrangement relative to the size of the container. You cannot make a very big arrangement with just a small vase to put in it.Your scale must be right. WeightA good flower arrangement must stand on its own. It must stay at its place without easily being turned over. In this case, that flower arrangement has a good physical weight.In terms of visual weight, your flower arrangement must not look like it depends on only one element. All elements in your flower arrangement must have equal share to get the perfect look. Hope you now get a clearer picture of what are the principles and elements of floral designing.
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