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• Elements of Arts


  • Line
  • Color
  • Value
  • Texture
  • Shape
  • Composition in Space
  • Movement
• Rhythm


  Repetition of certain elements to produce a pattern
• Movement


  The illusion of motion in a painting, sculpture, or design
• Principles of Composition


  • Balance
  • Proportion
  • Contrast
  • Variety
  • Emphasis
  • Harmony
• Balance


  The visual weight in a picture, referring to the even distribution of positions of elements in an artwork. Can be symmetrical or asymmetrical.
• Symmetrical balance


  An artwork wherein both sides have the same elements in the same position
• Asymmetrical balance


  An artwork wherein it is balanced through the contrast or differences of any of the elements of art
• Proportion


  The relationships of the size of objects in a body of work
• Contrast


  Showing differences between elements of art in an artwork, making each element stronger in relation to one another
• Variety


  The diversity or the different elements used in an artwork to make it more interesting
• Emphasis


  The greater impact or highlight given to a certain element in an artwork
• Harmony


  The unity of an artwork, the arrangement of the related elements that makes an artwork to be viewed as a whole
• Line


  Associated with the body's axis as it moves toward different directions and adjusts to a point of reference through various positions and actions. Also refers to the quality of the line, whether thin, broken, thick, or blended.
• Color


  Associated with our experiences of cold and warmth, and the quality of light in our tropical environment, the cycles of night and day, of darkness and light. Hue refers to how light waves of various lengths and rapidity of variations bounce off objects and enter our eyes. Warm hues have longer wavelengths, cool hues have shorter wavelengths.
• Value


  Gradations of tone from light to dark, which can be an aspect of color, but could also specifically refer to the play of light on an object or a scene.
• Texture


  How objects and surfaces feel, associated with the sense of touch or tactility. Can be described as smooth, translucent, fine, silky, satiny, velvety, sandy, furry, feathery, slimy, gritty, rough, rugged, coarse, porous, irregular, jagged, thick, thin, and so on.
• Types of Shapes


  • Geometric (rectilinear or curvilinear)
  • Biomorphic
  • Free inventions
• Geometric Shapes


  Circles, squares, rectangles, triangles, and other geometric shapes
• Organic Shapes


  Shapes found in nature, free flowing, informal and irregular (abstract shapes)
• Positive Shapes


  The solid forms in a design
• Negative Shapes


  The space around the positive shape
• Static Shapes


  Shapes that appear stable and resting
• Dynamic Shapes


  Shapes that appear moving and active
• Composition in space


  Involves the relationship between figures and elements, and how these elements are organized and composed according to principles of organization
• Positive space


  The part which is enclosed in a shape
• Negative space


  The opposite part which the shape is enclosing
• Perspective


  A technical means by which we perceive distance in painting, by which we are made to see the position of objects in space
• Movement


  May occur in two-dimensional design as rhythm of through the recurrence of motifs, their alternation or progression unfolding in a series. Also very much related to line and the direction of the eye.