1. The Elements and Principles of Art

2. The Elements of Art The building blocks or ingredients of art.

3. LINE A mark with length, direction and width. A continuous mark made on a surface by a moving point. It can be actual or implied. Ansel Adams Gustave Caillebotte

4. Line The path of a point moving through space is a line. Lines may be actual, (left, Matisse) or implied (right, Hopper)

5. Pablo Picasso

6. TEXTURE The surface quality or "feel" of an object, its smoothness, roughness, softness, etc. Textures may be actual or implied.

7. Cecil Buller

8. VALUEVALUE Describes the degree of light and dark in a composition. Colors can also have a range of values. MC Escher Pablo Picasso

9. Value Value can be created using a variety of drawing techniques including: Blending, Cross-hatching, and stippling. (left, Raphael)

10. COLORCOLOR Consists of Hue (another word for color), Intensity (brightness) and Value (lightness or darkness). Henri Matisse Alexander Calder

11. Color All of the colors are derived from the three primary colors (red, blue, and yellow) Secondary colors are violet, green, and orange)

12. SHAPE Shape implies form and is perceived as 2- dimensional. It can be geometric or organic. Joan Miro

13. Gustave Caillebotte

14. A 3-dimensional object that has mass and volume. It can be geometric or organic. For example, a triangle, which is 2- dimensional, is a shape, but a pyramid, which is 3-dimensional, is a form. Jean Arp Lucien Freud FORM

15. Robert Mapplethorpe Claude Monet S P A C E The distance or area between, around, above, below, or within things. Positive (filled with something) and Negative (empty areas). Foreground, Middleground and Background (creates DEPTH)

16. Space & Perspective Space is the area in which art is organized. Perspective is representative of volume of space or a 3-D object on a flat surface (above, Escher, right, Da Vinci)

17. The Principles of Art What we use to organize the Elements of Art, or the tools to make art.

18. BALANCEBALANCE The way the elements are arranged to create a feeling of stability or equal weight in a work. Alexander Calder

19. Symmetrical Balance The parts of an image are organized so that one side mirrors the other. Leonardo DaVinci

20. Asymmetrical Balance When one side of a composition does not reflect the design of the other. James Whistler

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

22. CONTRAST A large difference between two things to create interest, drama and tension. Ansel Adams Salvador Dali

23. PATTERN and Repetition Repetition of a design or motif. Gustav Klimt

24. Pattern Pattern is the repetition or reoccurrence of a design element that establishes a visual beat or rhythm. (left, Warhol and above, Klimt)

25. RHYTHM and MOVEMENT A regular repetition of elements to produce the look and feel of movement. Marcel Duchamp

26. Rhythm & Movement Rhythm or movement is the suggestion of motion through the use of various elements (above, Pollock, and right, an unknown artist, India)

27. Vincent VanGogh

28. UNITY and Harmony When all the elements and principles work together to create a pleasing image. Johannes Vermeer

29. Unity Unity is achieved when the components of a work of art are perceived as harmonious, giving the work a sense of completion (right, Hokusai, above, Manet)

30. VARIETYVARIETY Using many different elements in a work such as different shapes, textures, colors and values to create interest. Marc Chagall

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