The Elements and Principles of Art

THE ELEMENTS OF DESIGN The building blocks or ingredients of art. Line Color Shape Form Space Texture

LINE ● Used to imply the edge or outline ● Expresses emotion through its character & direction ● Vertical, horizontal, diagonal, fat, thick, thin, straight, curvy, zigzag

Pablo Picasso

SHAPE ● Enclosed 2 dimensional space ● Geometric Shape-circle, square, triangle, rectangle ● Organic Shape-things in nature (flowers, clouds)

The Snail Henri Matisse

FORM ● 3 Dimensional with depth or volume ● You can hold it, walk around it, walk in it ● Value implies form

COLOR ● Color is the perception of your vision to a wavelength of light ● Hue (another word for color) ● Intensity (brightness of a color) ● Value (lightness or darkness ● COLOR SCHEMES: primary, secondary, complementary, analogous, shade, tint, warm, cool

Alexander Calder Andre' Deraine

SPACE ● The area in and around an object, shape or form ● Actual space-organizing the elements within the composition ● Creating space-Linear perspective, creating an illusion of depth on a flat surface ● Positive -Main object ● Negative- Empty area Van Gogh Bedroom at Arles

TEXTURE ● The surface quality of an object ● Actual- smooth, rough, soft, jagged ● Implied- artists create an illusion of texture through technique

THE PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN Used to organize the Elements of Art: the tools to make art. UNITY (or HARMONY) Proportion & Variety EMPHASIS CONTRAST BALANCE Symmetrical, Asymmetrical, Radial REPETITION Rhythm & Pattern MOVEMENT

UNITY Wholeness or oneness achieved through the arrangement of the element & principles. Proportion Variety Johannes Vermeer

PROPORTIONPROPORTION The comparative relationship of one part to another with respect to size, quantity, or degree; SCALE. Gustave Caillebotte

EMPH A SIS The focal point of an image, or when one area or thing stands out the most.

VARIETYVARIETY The use of differences and change to increase the visual interest of the work.

CONTRAST Create interest, excitement or tension by putting together opposite elements. Examples: light/dark, horizontal/vertical Too much contrast can create chaos.

BALANCEBALANCE The way the elements are arranged to create a feeling of stability in a work. Symmetrical Asymmetrical Radial

Asymmetrical Balance When one side of a compositio n does not reflect the design of the other.

SYMMETRICAL BALANCE Parts of an image are organized so that one side mirrors the other.

Where the design radiates from a central axis Radial Balance- Radial Balance

RHYTHM RHYTHM RHYTHM Repetition of the elements to produce the look and feel of movement.

PATTERN and Repetition The repeated use of color, line, shape or design.

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