Monday, September 29, 2014

elements of art/principles of design

-Lines are marks made by a pointed tool: brush, pencil, pen, etc. Lines can vary in width, direction, curvature, length, or color.

-Shapes are formed wherever the ends of a continuous line meet.

-Color wheels show the primary colors, secondary colors, and the tertiary (intermediate) colors.

-Value, or tone, refers to dark and light; the value scale refers to black and white with all gradations of gray in between.

-Form describes objects that are three-dimensional, having length, width, and height.

-Texture can be rough, bumpy, slick, scratchy, smooth, silky, soft, prickly--the list is endless. Texture refers to the surface quality, both simulated and actual, of artwork.

-Space refers to distances or areas around, between, or within components of a piece.

-Balance is the comfortable or pleasing arrangement of things in art.

-Contrast is created by using elements that conflict with one another.

-Emphasis in the focal area of an artwork gives it importance.

-Movement in an artwork means the artist is taking viewers on a trip through the work by means of lines, edges, shapes, and colors often leading to the focal area.

-Patterns are made in art when the same shapes or elements are repeated again and again.

-Rhythm is the repetition of shapes, lines, and forms.

-Unity means that all elements in an artwork are in harmony.


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