Elements of Art and Principles of Design Example

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

Shape:formed wherever the ends of a continuous line meet

Color: primary colors, secondary colors, and the tertiary, relationships between complementary colors across from each other.

Value : refers to dark and light; the value scale refers to black and white with all gradations of gray in between.  Value contrasts help us to see and understand a two-dimensional work of art.

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

Texture:How a picture looks it feels relationships between complementary colors across from each other.

Space: the background behind the object

Balance: unified

Contrast: elements that conflict with one another. Often, contrast is created using complementary colors or extremely light and dark values.

Emphasis: focal area where it focuses on

Movement: lines, edges, shapes, and colors often leading to the focal area.

Pattern: same shapes or elements are repeated again and again.

Rhythm: Repetition

Unity : how the picture looks like a whole .