Art Elements
Art Principles
The Artistic Process
Composition
Color Theory
100
The path of a moving point.

Line

100

The feeling of harmony between all parts of the work of art, which creates a sense of completeness.

Unity

100

Use resources available to plan how you will make your project and what you will include.

Plan

100

Place objects slightly over one another.

Overlap

100

Red, Yellow and Blue

Primary Colors

200

The degree of light or dark tones in a color.

Value

200

Arranging elements so that no one part of a work overpowers, or seems heavier than any other part.

Balance

200

Practice using new and different materials.

Experiment

200

Have objects go off the edges of the page.

Crop

200

The part of an object’s appearance that can be described in terms of hue, lightness and saturation.

Color

300
An area enclosed by an outline.

Shape

300

Decorates the artwork with regularly repeated elements such as line or shape.

Pattern

300

Collect your materials and use your plans to make the project.

Create

300
Place objects at an angle.
Rotate
300

A color scheme associated with Blue.

Cool Colors

400

The surface quality of an object.  It can be actual (how things feel) or implied (how things look like the feel).

Texture

400

The creation of a focal point in an artwork.  It draws a viewer’s eye to a certain area of the work first.

Emphasis

400

Have someone else look at your project and give you good feedback on how to improve it.

Review

400

Create an area of importance.

Focal Point

400

Colors that are opposites on the Color Wheel.

Complimentary

500

An element of art that refers to the distance or area between, around, above, below, or within things

Space

500

The arrangement of opposite or different elements to create visual interest.

Contrast

500

Finish your work based on these observations and the feedback given to you by your classmates

Fix

500

Avoid placing objects in the cent of the page.

Off-Centering

500

A color + White

Tint