• ELEMENTS: the basic ingredients (things that can be seen) that an artist uses separately or in combination to produce artistic imagery
  
  
• LINE: a basic element of art referring to the path between two points that can make shapes, show movement or mood
  
  
• SHAPE: a flat enclosed space with edges made by line, color, value, or texture
  
  
• FORM: a shape in 3-dimensions (width, length, depth)
  
  
• VALUE: the range from light to dark of a color
  
  
• COLOR: an element of art that is produced when light, striking an object, is reflected back to the eye
  
  
• TEXTURE: the real or simulated surface quality or "feel" of an object, its smoothness, roughness, softness
  
  
• SPACE: the area around, above, and within an object
  
  
• POSITIVE SPACE: the areas in a work of art that are the subjects, or areas of interest
  
  
• NEGATIVE SPACE: the area surrounding the subjects
  
  

• PRINCIPLES:  the ways that artists arrange the basic things (elements) in a work of art or photograph to create a composition
  
  
• CONTRAST: the arrangement of opposite elements to create visual interest, excitement and drama
  
  
• BALANCE: the distribution of the visual weight of elements such as colors, texture, and space to create stability and equilibrium
  
  
• EMPHASIS: giving importance to certain elements to communicate a message
  
  
• PATTERN: a combination of elements or shapes repeated in a recurring and regular arrangement to add visual interest or symbolism
  
  
• VARIETY: the use of several different elements of design to add visual interest and to guide the viewer’s eye
  
  
• UNITY & HARMONY: all elements of the artwork combine to create a sense of completeness, singleness or wholeness
  
  
• RHYTHM: when elements are used repeatedly to create a feeling of movement to guide the viewer's eye through the artwork
  
  
• PROPORTION: the relationship between the size and scale of objects in a design
  
  
• ASYMMETRICAL BALANCE: When visual weight in an image is balanced by the use of colors, shapes, and lines
  
  
• SYMMETRICAL BALANCE: When an image is the same on either side of the center (i.e. mirror image)
 

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