Elements
Principles
Analyzing Elements and Principles!
Elements
Principles
100
Negative and positive...
Space
100
What are the two different types of balance?
Symmetrical and asymmetrical
100
Name 2 Elements that stand out from this artwork!
Form, Line, Space
100
What are implied and actual texture?
Implied - When something looks like how it would feel, but you can't actually feel it.
Actual - When you can physically feel a texture.
100
A large difference between two elements.
CONTRAST
200
What is FORM?
Any three dimensional object that can be measured by height, width and depth.
200
What type of balance is NOT a mirror or reflection?
Asymmetrical balance
200
Name 2 Principles that stand out from this artwork!
Pattern, Rhythm, Contrast, Unity
200
What can be added to create TINTS and SHADES of a colour?
White and black.
200
What is pattern?
The repetition of a design.
300
Visually implied smoothness, roughness, softness...
Texture
300
A feeling that all of the parts are working together as a team - the quality of wholeness and harmony.
UNITY
300
Name 1 Element and 1 Principle that stand out in this artwork!
Element: Line, Colour, Texture
Principles: Rhythm, Movement, Unity
300
How do you turn a SHAPE into a FORM?
By adding dimension and value to it
300
What does rhythm create in a piece of artwork?
A sense of movement and dynamism
400
What is VALUE?
Lightness and darkness
400
What is VARIETY?
The use of different lines, shapes, textures, colours and other elements of design to create visual interest in a work of art.
400
Name 1 Element and 2 Principles that stand out and EXPLAIN how with examples from the artwork!
Elements: Space, Colour
Principles: Emphasis, Movement, Unity
400
Name 3 sets of Complementary Colours!
Orange and Blue, Yellow and Purple, Red and Green
400
How do you create ASYMMETRICAL Balance?
By using more Negative Space to balance out small amounts of Positive Space
500
What is LINE?
A mark with length and direction, created by a point that moves across a surface.
500
What is EMPHASIS and how do you create it in a composition?
Area in a work of art that catches and holds the viewer's attention.
You can create it with leading lines, centering, contrast in colour, texture, value, proportion...
500
Name 2 Elements and 2 Principles that stand out and EXPLAIN how with examples from the artwork!
Elements: Colour, Shape, Line
Principles: Unity, Movement, Contrast
500
What are the three components of colour and what do they mean?
1. Value: lightness or darkness of a colour
2. Intensity: brightness and dullness of a colour; saturation
3. Hue: the colour itself (ex. red, blue, yellow...)
500
What are 3 main ways we can create UNITY in a composition?
1. Proximity (ex. overlapping of objects)
2. Similarity (ex. use of same colour)
3. Continuity (ex. one line threading through)