Elements and Principles

One of the most important parts of the composition...the first thing you look at

• Emphasis
• Target
• Composition
• Center

2 dimensional enclosed area

• Form
• Square
• Cube
• Shape

The chromatic quality of something is its

• emphasis
• Refraction
• Color
• Shade

Repeated elements that are overlapping to create wholeness

• Unity
• Togetherness
• Variety
• Element

combination of different patterns, shapes, colors

• Unity
• Composition
• Variety
• Monochromatic

continuous visible mark made by a moving point

• Shape
• Line
• Visibility
• Movement

area around and inside an object, There is negative and positive

• Form
• Shape
• Space
• Negative

equal visual weight, stability

• Weighted Line
• Heavy
• Balance
• Wholeness

relationship between the parts of an artwork to each other and to the whole, the further away things get, the smaller they get,

• Proportion
• Composition
• Relationship
• Balance

3 dimensional object. it has height, width, and depth

• Form
• Shape
• Triangle
• Line