The Principles of Design

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the Elements of Design

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Shape

Form

Value

Color

Texture

Space

Emphasis

Contrast

Rhythm

Pattern

Movement

Unity/Variety

Balance

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D E F I n E I T S E E I T I N a C T I O N

Create Emphasis

EmphasisMarc Chagall

The Sun of Paris

Jean-Honore Fragonard

The Swing

Emphasis

A principle of

design in which one

element, or a

combination of

elements, create elements, create

more attention than

anything else in a

composition.Adolph Gottlieb, Dialogue I

Ways to Create EmphasisConverging Elements

Other elements in the

composition point or direct the

eye to the emphasis.

Contrast

Create a large difference in

size, value, color, texture, line,

or any other element.

Grouping/ Placement

Rembrandt van Rijn,

The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp

Grouping/ Placement

Place similar items together to

create attention to a particular

area.

Isolation

Make the subject the only thing

in the image.

Unusual or unexpected

Something strange or different

is used to draw attention

BalanceJean Delville

Mysteriosa

(or Portrait of Mrs. Stuart Merrill)

Georgia O’Keefe

Pink Moon and Blue Lines

BalanceA principle of design

referring to the

arrangement of visual

elements to create

stability in an artwork.stability in an artwork.

Jean Delville, Parsifal

Types of Balance

Symmetrical

Elements are

equally distributed

on either side of a

central axis.

Kenneth Noland,

Jazz

Joan Miró,

Danger

M.C. Escher

Circle Limit IV

Asymmetrical

The artwork is

visually balanced

but different on

either side.

Radial

Elements are balanced

by radiating outward

from a central point.

ContrastMark Rothko

Earth and Green

Theo van Rysselberghe

Portrait of Marguerite van Mons

ContrastA principle of design

that refers to

differences between

elements such as color,

texture, value, and texture, value, and

shape.

John Bauer, She kissed the bear on the nose

Ways to Create ContrastLine

Color

Value

Texture

Shape

RhythmCharles Demuth

The Figure 5 in Gold

Guariento di Arpo

Army of Angels

RhythmA principle of

design that refers to

ways of combining

elements to

produce the

appearance of appearance of

movement in an

artwork. Jackson Pollock

Blue Poles Number 11

Types of Rhythm

Jasper Johns

Three Flags

Paul Ranson

The Clearing

Andy Warhol

Marilyn Dyptich

Regular

Elements repeat in a

predictable manner.

Progressive

Elements get bigger or

smaller (like louder or

softer).

Irregular

Elements repeat in a

unpredictable manner.

PatternMary Cassatt

The Letter

Aubrey Beardsley

The Peacock Skirt

PatternA principle of design

that refers to the

repetition of elements

(motif) or

combinations of

elements in a elements in a

recognizable

organization.

Rene Magritte, Goldconda

Types of Patterns

Grid Pattern

William Morris, Brer RabbitWilliam Morris, Brer Rabbit

Half-Drop

Pattern

Moroccan TileMoroccan Tile

Radial Pattern

M.C. Escher, Smaller and SmallerM.C. Escher, Smaller and Smaller

Random Pattern

Vassily Kandinsky, Several CirclesVassily Kandinsky, Several Circles

MovementGeorgia O’Keefe

St. Christopher

Erik Demaine

Curved Crease Sculpture

MovementA principle of design

referring to the

arrangement of parts

in an artwork to create

a sense of motion to a sense of motion to

the viewer’s eye

through the work.

Paul Ranson

Nabi Landscape

Ways to Create Movement

Repeating the Same ElementSuch as a shape or figure with little or no variation

Repeating Two or More ElementsRepeating Two or More Elementsin an alternating basis.

ProgressionAn element gradually changes shape, size, position

or color.

Utagawa Kuniyoshi,

Ayus Swimming Upstream with Hagi Branch

Unity and Variety

Red Dust Ceramics

Flowerhead

Maxfield Parrish

The Latern Barrers

Unity and

VarietyA principle of design

related to the sense of

wholeness that results

from the successful from the successful

combination of the

elements within in a

work of art.

When you change the

elements you create

variety and a more

interesting

composition results.

Jasper Johns, Map

Ways to Create UnityProximity

Overlap, touch, or place object

close together

Similarity

Create similar colors, textures,

shapes, etc.shapes, etc.

Continuation

Create a flow of vision directed

by the arrangement of elements.

Repetition

Repeat the same elements

through the work.

Piet Mondrian, Trees