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1. ELEMENTS AND
PRINCIPLES OF ART

2. ELEMENTS AND PRINCIPLES OF ART
⯈ The elements and principles of art are the building blocks or
foundations upon which a work of art is created.
⯈You will not use all of them all the time but will you will some of
them most of the time.

3. ELEMENTS OFART

4. LINE– LINES ARE THEPATH OF A MOVING
POINT
. T
HEY DEFINE T
HE EDGES OF SHAPES
AND FORMS.

6. SHAPE- 2-
D, FLAT
, WHEN A LINE CONNECT
S
TO ITSELF

8. FORM – 3-
D FORMS CAN BE ACT
UAL OR
IMPLIED, T
HEY HAVE HEIGHT, WIDT
H, AND
DEPTH

10. IMPLIED FORM,
CREATED WITH
SHADING AND
MODELING.
ACTUAL FORM, IS A
WORK THAT YOU CAN
SEE FROM ALL SIDES.
SCULPTURE

11. COLOR – HUE OF AN OBJECT WHEN
LIGHTIS REFLECTED OFF OF IT.

12. PRIMARY COLORS: RED, YELLOW, BLUE
SECONDARY COLORS: ORANGE,
GREEN, PURPLE
WARM COLORS: ORANGE, YELLOW,
RED
COOL COLORS: BLUE, GREEN, PURPLE

14. TEXTURE – THE WAY SOMETHING FEELS
OR THE WAY ITLOOKS LIKE ITFEELS.

15. TEXTURESARE
CREATED BY
USING PATTERNS

16. SPACE-T
HE AREA AROUND A SUBJECTIN A
WORK OF ART
. SHOWN WITH SIZE,
OVERLAP, AND PROPORTION

18. VALUE– T
HE LIGHTS AND DARKS OF A
COLOR WITHIN A WORK OF ART.

20. PRINCIPLES OF ART

21. PATTERNS – REPEAT THEY CAN BE CREATED
WIT
H LINES, SHAPES, AND COLORS.

23. CONTRAST – DIFFERENCES IN A WORK OF
ART. LIGHT& DARK, ROUGH & SMOOT
H,
CURVED LINE & STRAIGHT

25. BALANCE – IS T
HE DIST
RIBUT
ION OF T
HE
VISUAL WEIGHT OF OBJECTS IN A WORK
OF ART. COLOR, SIZE, T
EXT
URE

27. RADIAL BALANCE

28. EMPHASIS – MAIN IDEA, T
HE MAIN FOCUS,
T
HE T
HING YOUR EYE SEES FIRST
.

30. UNITY – A SIMILAR ELEMENT
T
HROUGHOUT A WORK OF ART T
HAT
BRINGS T
HE PARTS TOGETHER

32. PROPORTION/ SCALE – T
HE SIZE OF
SOMET
HING COMPARED TO WHATIS
NEXT TO IT

34. RHYTHM/MOVEMENT – VISUAL ELEMENT
S IN
A WORK OF ART T
HATCREAT
E A SENSE OF
ACTION OR IMPLIED MOTION