Elements & Principles of Art

Artists use these guidelines to organize and arrange their artworks:

• principles

• elements

• purposes

• styles

Which of these is not an element of art?

• emphasis

• shape

• line

• texture

An artist might use this element of art in a collage or a sculpture to show how a surface feels

• perspective

• texture

• pattern

• value

Principle of art concerned with the size relationships of one part to another

• variety

• unity

• proportion

• balance

This is the part of the design that catches the viewer’s attention:

• focal point

• balance

• color

• pattern

Principle of art in which different shapes, colors, etc. are used to make the work more interesting

• variety

• rhythm

• movement

• pattern

Which principle of art should we use to make all parts of our design fit together?

• variety

• unity

• proportion

• balance

A face, or a butterfly are samples of which kind of balance?

• asymmetrical

• symmetrical

• radial

• uniform

This is the principle of art that uses repetition to show visual motion

• variety

• rhythm

• repetition

• pattern

Artists use this principle of art to guide the viewer’s eye through the work of art

• movement

• rhythm

• repetition

• pattern