1. The Elements of Art + The Principles of Design
The building blocks used
to create beautiful and
quality works of Art.

2. Elements of Art
-are a group of aspects used in teaching and studying works of Art.
- “Good” and “Bad” works of art will contain most of if not all of the Elements of Art.
- There are 9 Elements of Art.

3. 1: LINE - Line has different “Direction” that creates “Movement”
- types of Line, “Quality of a Line”

4. 2: SHAPE
- Shapes can be geometric or organic

5. 3: SPACE Positive: is the space taken up by something in an area.
Negative: is the space around something in an area.

6. 4: VALUE -...refers to the lightness or darkness of a object or color
- It provides depth and perception.
- Tone or Shade

7. 5: FORM - “The Make Up of a Composition...”
- what the thing (composition) is made of...

8. 6: TEXTURE - Two types Texture: - Tactile (touch) - Optical (visual)
-surface quality

9. 7: COLOR
- Colors convey feelings or create a sense of mood

10. 8: SIZE - also referred to as Scale
-the relationship of one shape to that of another.

11. 9: DIRECTION - Horizontal = calmness, stability, and tranquility
- Vertical = balance, formality, and alertness
- Oblique = movement and action.
- Direction creates movement.

12. The Principles of Design
-are a set of guidelines to be considered when designing a work of Art.
- There are 9 Principles of Design.

13. 1: BALANCE
- Asymmetrical: is the balance that does not weigh equally on both sides.
- Symmetrical: balance that is equal on both sides
- Radial: balance that is equal in length from the middle

14. 2: PROPORTION
-is a measurement of the size and/or quantity within a composition.

15. 3: GRADATION
-how the eye moves throughout a piece..

16. 4: REPETITION
- Pattern and Rhythm is showing consistency with Elements of Art.

17. 5: CONTRAST
-is a combination of opposites “Juxtaposition”

18. 6: HARMONY
-creates a quality of wholeness, oneness, or completeness in a piece

19. 7: DOMINANCE
-adds a sense of emphasis.

20. 8: MOVEMENT
-creates action in art...

21. 9: VARIETY
-the quality of having different forms or types of Elements in a composition.