principles and elements of art

Principles of Design

Principles of Design

• Balance

• Composition

• Emphasis

• Harmony

• Proportion

• Repetition

• Rhythm

• Unity

• Variety

Balance

Balance is the consideration of visual weight and importance.

It is a way to compare the right and left side of a composition.

Balance

Symmetrical Balance

Radial Symmetry Balance

Variety - You create variety when elements are changed. Repeating a

similar shape but changing the size can give variety and unity at the same

time. Keeping the same size, but changing the color can also give variety

and unity at the same time. In visual composition, there are many ways

you can change something while simultaneously keeping it the same.

Variety

Size Variety

Repetition

Repetition can be used on all of the Visual Elements. If things are

repeated without any change they can quickly get boring. However,

repetition with variation can be both interesting and comfortably

familiar. Repetition gives motion.

Principles of Design

Identify the principles of design in each of the

following paintings.

Street Story Quilt

Faith Ringgold (American,

born New York City, 1930)

Elements of Art

• Line

• Shape

• Color

• Form

• Space

• Texture

• Value

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Brooklyn Bridge by Stella

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Line

Sea Shell by O’Keefe

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Form

Picking Flowers

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Color

Shoes by Van Gogh

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Texture

The Thinker by Rodin

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Form

Yosemite by Moran

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Value

What Elements Do You See in

the following Olympic Posters?

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Rio de janeiro 2016

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What elements do the posters share? How are they alike? How are

they different?

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What design symbols do these posters share?

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Do these poster reflect the style of the times?

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