2. PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN -The arrangement of elements of art in a composition. Balance Rhythm Movement Variety Proportion Emphasis Unity Home

3. BALANCE (visual weight) Symmetrical Asymmetrical Radial Unbalanced Principles

4. Symmetrical Balance A feeling of balance attained when elements on either side of a vertical axis are very similar or mirror one another Back to Balance Back to Balance

5. Asymmetrical Balance A feeling of balance attained when the elements on either side of a vertical axis are different but of equal visual weight. Back to Balance Back to Balance Click to Enlarge

6. Asymmetrical Balance Back The bright highlighted area on the left is balanced by the bright highlighted area on the right. The dark figure against the bright yellow on the right balances the dark area on the left.

7. Back to Balance Back to Balance Radial Symmetry The parts of the design turn around a central point.

8. Unbalance in an work of art Back to Balance Back to Balance

9. Rhythm / Pattern Repetition of art elements with a visual tempo or beat Regular Alternating Progressive Principles

10. ReGuLaR RhYhHm Repeating the same element with same amount of space Back to Rhythm

11. A LTERNATING RHYTHM Back to Rhythm Rhythm

12. PROGRESSIVE RHYTHMPROGRESSIVE RHYTHM BackBack to Rhythm Back

13. Movement (The appearance of action in a work of art.) Implied Sympathetic Kinetic Visual Animation Principles

14. Sympathetic The viewer physically moves around the work of art Back to Movement Movement

15. Kinetic Back to Movement Movement

16. Visual Movement Using elements to direct the viewers eye throughout the composition Back to Movement Movement

17. Animation Wallace and Gromit Claymation Back to Movement Movement

18. Implied Movement: not visible but sensed Back to Movement Back to Movement

19. Variety (creating interest in a composition to offset unity through at least three variations of many elements.) Principles

20. Proportion / Scale Relationship of parts to the whole and to each other Use of proportion / scale Exaggerated Accurate Human Proportions Principles

21. Exaggerated Proportions Artists exaggerate scale purposely to illustrate a concept. Back

22. Accurate Proportions Back

23. Human Proportions Back

24. E mphasis Dominance, focal point, area of interest Principles

25. Unity (Harmony) Use of similar elements to create oneness or wholeness in a work of art. Principles In Keith Harings painting, Unity is shown through similar use of thick black line throughout the composition. The texture is consistent within each shape. The light cyan color throughout the entire background unifies the imagery.