1. COMPOSITION

2. PRINCIPLES OF ART

3. PRINCIPLES OF ART
The Principles of Art (POA) are the rules, tools and/or guidelines that artists use to organize the elements of art in an artwork. When POA’s are successfully combined with the elements of art they aid in creating an aesthetically pleasing or interesting work of art. The way in which principles are applied affects the expressive content, or the message of the work.

4. SYMMETRICAL ASYMMETRICAL RADIAL
BALANCE
SYMMETRICAL ASYMMETRICAL RADIAL
DISTRIBUTES WEIGHT TO AN AREA

5. BALANCE
SYMMETRICAL

6. BALANCE
ASYMMETRICAL

7. BALANCE
RADIAL

8. DOMINANCE / EMPHASIS
SIZE SHAPE COLOR
CREATES A FOCAL POINT

9. DOMINANCE / EMPHASIS

10. CREATES A DIRECTION OR TRAVEL
RHYTHM / MOVEMENT
CREATES A BEAT OR TEMPO
CREATES A DIRECTION OR TRAVEL

11. RHYTHM / MOVEMENT

12. RHYTHM / MOVEMENT

13. REPETITION / PATTERN
CREATES SOME UNITY

14. REPETITION

15. PATTERN

16. VARIETY / CONTRAST
IN SHAPE, SIZE AND COLOR
CREATES INTEREST

17. VARIETY

18. IN SHAPE, TEXTURE AND COLOR
CONTRAST
IN SHAPE, TEXTURE AND COLOR

19. UNITY
...IS HARMONIOUS

20. COMBINATION

21. COMBINATION of POA’s

22. OTHER TIPS/TECHNIQUES

23. OVERLAP & STAGGER
CREATES A RELATIONHIP

24. OVERLAP & STAGGER

25. ALLOWS VIEWER TO ENTER AND EXIT THE ARTWORK
CROP
ALLOWS VIEWER TO ENTER AND EXIT THE ARTWORK

26. CROP

27. ROTATE
ADDS INTEREST

28. Rotation of multiple things, specifically in design work
ROTATE
Rotation of multiple things, specifically in design work

29. ROTATE
Rotation of one object