Elements and principle
- 1. Line Path made by a moving point
- 2. Vertical Line • Vertical lines in art represent strength and stability
- 4. Horizontal Line • Horizontal lines represent calm in an artwork.
- 6. Diagonal Lines • In artwork diagonal lines represent energy or movement.
- 8. Shape The area enclosed by a line 2-D
- 9. Organic Shapes • Shapes found in nature or have a natural flow.
- 11. Geometric Shapes • Man made shapes found in mathematics
- 13. Form Area enclosed by shapes (3D)
- 14. Like shapes there are organic and geometric forms • Organic • Geometric
- 16. Value Relationship between lights and darks.
- 17. Value • In a 2 dimensional work (painting, drawing, photograph, etc.) Value is used to show form and depth. Also called shading.
- 19. Texture • Surface quality of an object, how it feels.
- 21. Space Area in or around an object
- 22. Positive Space • The space that is the subject of an image.
- 23. Negative Space • The area between or around an object
- 25. Color • How light reflects off of an object. Has intensity, hue, and value
- 27. Primary Colors • Can not be made by mixing other colors. – Primary = 1st
- 29. Secondary Colors • Colors made by mixing 2 primary colors – Secondary = 2nd
- 30. Tertiary Colors • The third tier of colors, comes from mixing a primary color with a near secondary color. Names are primary first then secondary. – Example : Red-violet
- 31. Red – Facts about red • Red is the universal sign for stop. • Red is a color of extremes, extreme love and extreme anger. • Red is a very powerful color and should be used sparingly in artwork.
- 32. Yellow – Facts about yellow • Yellow is the first color your eye sees • In most cultures yellow symbolizes happiness, sunshine, and warmth. • Yellow is the only color that reacts badly to black.
- 33. Blue • Facts about blue. • Blue is the number one favorite color in the world. • Where red is an appetite stimulant blue is an appetite suppressant. • Blue in artwork can evoke sadness or depression.
- 34. Principles of Design • How you use the elements in a composition • Composition- layout • If the elements are of an artwork. the tools, principles are the rules for using them.
- 35. Balance • Symmetrical – In symmetrical balance both sides of the image are the same. • Asymmetrical – In symmetrical balance both sides of the image are different, but have equal visual weight.
- 36. Leonardo Da Vinci, The Last Supper, 1495-1498
- 37. • Salvador Dali, Persistence of Memory, 1931
- 38. Repetition • Repeating of the elements in an artwork.
- 39. Variation • The changing of elements in an artwork. Piet Mondrian, Diagonal Composition, 1921
- 40. Scale • Size relationships of objects in an artwork.
- 41. Emphasis • Focusing the viewer to one or some areas of an artwork. Leonardo Da Vinci, The Last Supper, 1495-1498
- 44. Pattern • Structured repetition of elements in an artwork.
- 45. Unity • Feeling of togetherness or completeness in an artwork.