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1 Art Elements & Principles of Design
An introduction to art & design

2 VOCABULARY TO KNOW SUBJECT MATTER COMPOSITION RULE OF THIRDS
MEDIA/MEDIUM POSITIVE vs. NEGATIVE SPACE GESTURE vs. CONTOUR LINE HUE CONTRAST GEOMETRIC vs. ORGANIC SHAPE/FORM THUMBNAIL SKETCH PICTURE PLANE JUXTAPOSITION SYMMETRY vs. ASYMMETRY

3 THE 7 ART ELEMENTS LINE SHAPE TEXTURE COLOR VALUE FORM SPACE

4 LINE & SHAPE Using line to construct the shapes that make up the subject.

5 TEXTURE Implied Actual

6 COLOR THE COLOR WHEEL Sets the mood and/or temperature
within your image. Example: Warm colors vs. Cool colors THE COLOR WHEEL

7 VALUE Helps give shape the illusion of both form & texture.

8 FORM Has three dimensions and can be seen from all angles.

9 SPACE Area around and in between people and objects.
Entails a foreground, middle ground, and a background. Scale, overlapping, placement, value, and color all create space, or the illusion thereof.

10 THE 8 PRINCIPLES of DESIGN
CONTRAST EMPHASIS/FOCAL POINT BALANCE RHYTHM/MOVEMENT PATTERN SCALE/PROPORTION UNITY/HARMONY HIERARCHY

11 CONTRAST The juxtaposition of light and dark to create a visually striking image.

12 EMPHASIS/FOCAL POINT Something that immediately catches the viewer’s eye.

13 BALANCE Even distribution of “visual weight” within an image through the use of both positive and negative space.

14 RHYTHM & MOVEMENT Using the art elements to deliberately lead the viewer’s eye through the composition.

15 PATTERN Repetitive arrangement within an image.

16 Scale/Proportion Realistic vs. exaggeration

17 Unity/Harmony The unified cohesion of both the subject matter & the elements of art.

18 Hierarchy


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