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The Elements and Principles of Art Design

The document outlines the elements and principles of art design. The elements are the basic parts that make up a work of art, including line, form, space, texture, shape, and color. The principles are concepts that affect the content and message, such as emphasis, movement, unity, rhythm, contrast, and variety. Elements structure the work, while principles affect the content and message conveyed.

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The Elements and Principles of Art Design

The document outlines the elements and principles of art design. The elements are the basic parts that make up a work of art, including line, form, space, texture, shape, and color. The principles are concepts that affect the content and message, such as emphasis, movement, unity, rhythm, contrast, and variety. Elements structure the work, while principles affect the content and message conveyed.

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The Elements

and Principles
of
Art Design
What Are They?
Elements of design (Art) are the parts.
They structure and carry the work.

Principles of design(Art) are concepts.


They affect content and message.
Line

Form

Space

Texture

Shape

Color
Elements of Design(Art)

Value
Line

Strokes that show motion and connect two points. May


be vertical, horizontal or diagonal, curved, straight,
zigzag, or show emotion.
Form

Shows an object in space, the mass or positive space it


occupies. The term usually used when describing 3-D
objects.
Space

What is between objects, also known as negative


space.
Texture

The feel, real or implied, on an object or its surface.


Shape

Area enclosed when both sides of a line meet. Shapes


can be geometric or organic.
Color

Hue. May be complimentary, analogous, primary,


secondary, tertiary, or part of a color wheel.
Value

The lightness of darkness of an object or color. Often


used with drawings.
Emphasis

Movement

Unity

Rhythm

Contrast
Principles of Design(Art)

Variety
Emphasis

When one area in a work of art stands out more than


another. The part that catches your attention first.
Movement

The motion created in a work of art. Often uses the


principle of rhythm to achieve this.
Unity

The feeling of wholeness or the parts belonging


together.
Rhythm

The repetition of lines, shapes, or colors to create a


feeling of movement.
Contrast

A difference created when elements are placed next to


each other in a work of art.
Variety

The use of different lines, shapes, and colors in a piece


of work.

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