1. Elements and Principles of Design
Line
Shape
Form
Color
Value
Texture
Space
Principles:
Balance
Emphasis & Focal Point
Contrast
Movement
Variety
Pattern & Repetition
Unity
Harmony/Gestalt

2. Line
A line is defined as a mark with length and direction, created by a point that moves across a surface. A line can vary in length, width, direction, curvature, and color.
Contour, Diagonal, Broken, Curved, Outline, Implied, Vertical, zigzag, Horizontal, Wavy, Slanted, Continuous, Solid, Narrow, Bold
Jasper Johns, 0-9 (continuous line)
Gesture drawing

3. line
Jackson Pollock, Autumn Rhythm

4. LINE
Andy Goldsworthy

5. Keith Haring

6. Matisse, from the series “Jazz”
Shape
Shape is an enclosed space defined by other elements of art. Shape is 2-Dimensional
Shape can be:
Geometric: Angular, man-made concept
Organic: curvilinear - found in nature
Fernana Leger, The City
Matisse, from the series “Jazz”

7. Picasso, Three Musicians

8. FORM
3 Dimensional Shape. Volume

9. MC Escher, Self Portrait

10. Vincent Van Gogh, Shoes
Tamara de Lempicka
Portrait of Ira P. 1925

11. Value is an especially important element in works of art
An element of art that refers to luminance or luminosity – the lightness or darkness of a color.
Value is an especially important element in works of art
when color is absent. This is particularly likely with drawings, printmaking, and photographs
Kathe Kollwitz,
Self portrait

12. Value Chuck Close (made w/ thumbprints!) Edward Weston, Pepper
(photograph)

13. Texture
Texture refers to the surface quality or "feel" of an object, such as roughness, smoothness, or softness. Actual texture can be felt while simulated textures are implied by the way the artist renders the surface area
Oppenheim
Fur-lined cup

14. Texture Actual and Implied
Albrecht Durer
Rhinocerus
Golsdworthy

15. Color Is an element of art with three properties
1) Hue, the name of the color, e.g. red, yellow, etc. 2) Intensity or the purity and strength of the color 3) Value, or the lightness or darkness of the color
Jasper Johns, Target
(primary colors)
Delauney

16. Primary Colors

17. Wassily Kandinsky
Piet Mondrian

18. Warm Colors
Colors that are often described as being higher in temperature
Reds, oranges, yellows
Associated with fire and sun
Optically, appear to advance
Stimulating and passionate

19. Ex. Warm

20. Cool Colors that are often described as being lower in temperature
Greens, Blues, and Violet
Associated with water, sky, and spring
Optically, they appear to recede
Calming and depressing

21. Ex. Cool

22. Picasso, the Old Guitarist
Color and Mood
Van Gogh, the Night Cafe
Picasso, the Old Guitarist

23. Space
Space is the empty or open area between, around, above, below, or within objects. Shapes and forms are made by the space around and within them. Space is often called three-dimensional or two- dimensional.
MC Escher

24. Space
Positive space is filled by a shape or form. Negative space surrounds a shape or form.

25. Space/Depth May be created by overlapping, change in scale, perspective placement, color theory, or projection toward the viewer.
David Hockney
Place Furstenberg, Paris, August 7,8,9, #11985

26. Balance Balance is a sense of stability in the body of work.
Balance can be symmetrical (formal) or assymmetrical (informal)
Wayne Thiebaud, Around the Cake (formal balance)

27. Symmetrical/Formal Balance
Diane Arbus, Twins

28. Symmetrical Balance
Leonardo da Vinci, The Last Supper

29. Edgar Degas (informal balance)
Asymmetrical Balance
Edgar Degas (informal balance)

30. Asymmetrical Balance

31. Variety When elements are changed in scale, color, or form.
Stuart Davis
Andy Warhol

32. Edward Munch, the Scream
Movement
Movement adds excitement to your work by showing action and directing the viewers eye throughout the picture plane.
Edward Munch, the Scream

33. Movement Umberto Boccioni, Unique forms of continuity in space
Marcel Duchamp, Nude Descending Staircase

34. Dominance & Subordination
The part of a composition that is emphasized, has the greatest visual weight, the most important, powerful, or has the most influence.

35. Emphasis & Focal Point
Emphasis - Any forcefulness that gives importance to some feature or features of an artwork; something singled out, stressed, or drawn attention to by means of contrast, anomaly, or counterpoint Focal Point = portion of an artwork's composition on which interest or attention centers
David Hockney

36. Emphasis & Focal Point
Barbara Kruger
Rene Magritte

37. Arts and Crafts Movement
Pattern & Repetition
Involves multiples of the same element. Repeated elements can vary in size, color, or axis placement. Repeated elements can create a pattern. The use of repetition may be applied to all Visual Elements. Motion can be created by repetition.
William Morris
Arts and Crafts Movement

38. Chuck Close, Self Portrait, detail
Pattern & Repetition
Chuck Close, Self Portrait, detail

39. Contrast A large difference between two things,
such as light and shadow, color and black/white
Andy Warhol

40. David, the Death of Marat
Contrast
David, the Death of Marat

41. Economy

43. Unity & Harmony
The quality of wholeness or oneness (Gestalt) that is achieved through the effective use of the elements and principles of design.
Claude Monet
Haystacks

44. Unity
Cezanne
Wayne Theibaud

45. Van Gogh “Starry Night”
Unity
Van Gogh “Starry Night”

46. What Elements and Principles stand out?

47. What Elements and Principles stand out?
Goya, “The 5th of May”

48. What Elements and Principles stand out?
Gauguin

49. What Elements and Principles stand out?