Elements of art

• Elements of Art


  • Line
  • Shape
  • Form
  • Tone
  • Colour
  • Texture
  • Space
• Line


  Edge, outline, geometric, organic
• Principles of Design


  • Unity/Harmony - Elements that bring a work together and make it work as a whole
  • Balance - Similar composition on either side of a work, symmetry, lack of symmetry is asymmetrical balance
  • Rhythm/Movement - Musical feeling relating to a series of repeated lines or shapes
  • Contrast - Difference which is notable and can relate to colour, tone shape and form
  • Dominance - A part of the work that seems to overwhelm the rest
  • Emphasis - The part of the work that draws the viewers' attention
  • Direction/Focal Point - The way the eye of the viewer is moved around the work
  • Scale/Proportion - The relative size of objects to each other and to the picture lane or environment
  • Pattern/Repetition - Repetitive shape and line that accumulates to become decorative
  • Depth and Perspective
• Shape


  Two dimensional area usually defined by a line
• Form


  Three dimensional object, actual or illusionary
• Tone


  The relative light or dark of an object
• Colour


  Primary, secondary, complementary, analogous
• Texture


  The feel of a surface, illusionary or actual
• Space


  The illusion of three dimensional space created by; Overlapping, Diminishing size, Raised baseline, Foreshortening, Linear perspective, Aerial perspective
• scale/proportion


  the relative size of objects to each other and to the picture lane or environment