This week’s theme really made me happy, since I am always on the lookout for photos incorporating all those elements. In fact, I happened to be getting a pedicure with my best friend at our local nail salon, and right in front of me, there were two great examples!

First, there was a three-section screen made of plant materials that made me grin! It incorporated all of the elements, in a very pleasing composition.

The screen has sections, each one of a different pattern. All three sections also have lines, in different orientations, and shades of brown. I always like to touch things (I’m just a “haptic” sort of person), and this screen fit the theme perfectly.

Also at the nail salon is another, simpler, dividing screen.

This one is simpler, with all the same bamboo rods in the same orientation, but it’s very pleasing to the eye with every bamboo cane of different segment lengths and different widths apart. A natural, but beautiful set of “lines”.

This accordion, seen at the recent Accordion Celebration in Leavenworth, combines all three elements in a pleasing layout. The keys have the colors reversed from most pianos and piano accordions, with the white ones black, and the black ones white! I wonder how confusing that would be to the player. All the sections are different colors and shapes, but it doesn’t look jumbled-everything combines to a pleasing whole.

It wouldn’t be a line/color/pattern post without the tulips in the Skagit Valley. From this year’s Tulip Festival, it’s pretty obvious that there are three different colors of tulips, in straight rows. This shot also shows a great “perspective” demonstration, with all the rows converging on the horizon of the Field, not the Sky. I especially liked this field, with each patch of different-colored flowers showing that Nature doesn’t always obey human commands. Every row has scattered flowers of a different color (red in the purple, white in the purple).

These red sandstone hills near Sedona, Arizona, show lines and different colors, from different layers of sediment on the bottom of ancient shallow seas (with today’s very dry climate, it reminds us that the climate changed very dramatically, even before humans arrived on the scene). Even with the dryness, still there are trees that grow there, and add a different pattern from the striations in the rock.

This tub of pumpkins shows variations on a theme. Each one is a different color, but they all have similar striations of green separating the sections, and they stand out from the metal tub.

Made by people, both these ornate railings from Cheekwood Mansion in Nashville are great demonstrations of line and pattern, with repeating figures. They add a measure of elegance to a building filled with elegance!

This is the fabric of a chair at a medical clinic. The lines, and both patterns (look closely to see the different pattern under the black lines) look like something else. Could be mountains, or maybe a bunch of cars in traffic! A very simple pattern, but very pleasing to the eye, and maybe makes you think.

I have always been fascinated with art glass, and keep an eye out for it. The above panel is at my local public library, main branch in downtown Everett. Every colored disc is different in color, with similar patterns. Each one is simple in itself, but forms a very pleasing pattern. I normally don’t care much for “public art”, but this one is especially pleasant to look at, especially with the changing light outdoors.

Finally, I think the American Flag is a wonderful combination of Color, Line, and Pattern all in one. This Flag is a wall decoration in a local restaurant, and it adds a touch of whimsy to the Stars and Stripes, which are made out of an element of the National Pastime of Baseball!

Here’s the Link to John’s Original Post for this week.