1. Design and Layout (part two)
Art Principles of Design
(Drawing Concepts)

2. Review: Elements of Art
The Elements of Art are fundamental ideas about the practice of good visual design. They include:
Line
Tells the eye where to look.
Shape / Form
An enclosed space whose boundaries are defined by other art elements (i.e space, line, texture, value, color, or shape).
Value
The relative difference between light and dark in an image

3. Review: Elements of Art
The Elements of Art are fundamental ideas about the practice of good visual design. They include:
Space / Perspective
Perceived distance between objects.
The approximate representation of a 3D object on a flat (2D) surface
Texture
How an image appears to “feel” if touched
Color
Represents emotion
Helps objects to stand out from the background

4. Does this work of art contain all or only some of the elements of art?
Art Elements
Line
Shape
Form
Value
Space Perspective
Texture
Color

5. Art Principles of Design: Vocabulary Assignment (with pictures)
Balance
Repetition
Symmetrical
Variety
Asymmetrical
Unity
Radial
Harmony
Emphasis
Proportion
Contrast
Movement
Pattern

6. Art Principles of Design (Drawing Concepts)
The principles of design are the ways that artists use the Elements of Art to create good compositions (artwork). The tools used to organize the elements of art are:
Balance
Emphasis
Contrast
Movement
Pattern
Repetition
Variety
Unity
Harmony
Proportion

7. Three Types of Balance
Balance is a way of combining elements to add a feeling of equilibrium or stability to a work of art.
Symmetrical
sides are exactly the same
Asymmetrical
sides appear visually weighted the same
Radial
everything is arranged around a center

8. Symmetrical Balance

9. Asymmetrical Balance

10. Radial Balance

11. How Balance Is Used
Symmetry is when a page or its elements are perfectly balanced. There are four (4) types of symmetry:
Reflection (Bilateral)
Rotational (Radial)
Translational
Asymmetry

12. Reflection Symmetry
Reflection (Bilateral) Symmetry – mirror effect, an image reflected across a vertical axis.

13. Rotational Symmetry
Rotational (Radial) Symmetry – when an object is rotated in a certain direction around a point. (Radial Balance)

14. Translational Symmetry
Translational Symmetry – when an object is relocated to another position while maintaining its general or exact orientation.

15. Asymmetry
Asymmetry – when one or more elements on a page are not balanced; used to create interest.

16. EXERCISE
In pairs, identify as many of the principles of design that we have covered so far as you can from the graphic below and present your findings to the class.
Find items exemplifying Symmetrical, Asymmetrical, and / or Radial balance, Reflection, Rotational, Translational and Asymmetrical Symmetry.

17. EXERCISE Campus Walk Objective:
Have something to take notes with: paper, pen / pencil, phone, notebook, handbook, etc.
Objective:
Find items on campus that exemplify Symmetrical, Asymmetrical, and / or Radial balance. Explain the types of balance that are used in the object.

18. Emphasis Emphasis The foreground or any focal piece in a work of art
Emphasis is created by combining elements to stress the differences between them

19. Contrast
Contrast
When two related elements are different (color, shapes, lines, space - proximity)
Adds visual interest

20. Movement
Movement
patterns or flow that leads the eye to key details

21. Pattern
Pattern
A discernible regularity that occurs in the natural or a manmade environment

22. Variety
Variety is achieved when the art elements are combined in various ways to increase visual interest.

23. Unity
Unity is when all of the main design principles are combined to create an image that makes sense to the viewer.
Balance Emphasis Contrast Movement
Pattern Repetition Variety Unity
Harmony Proportion

24. Harmony
Harmony means all parts of the visual image relate to and complement each other.

25. Proportion
Proportion describes the size, location or amount of one element to another (or to the whole) in a work.

26. Summary
The Principles of Design are the ways that artists use the Elements of Art to create good compositions (artwork).
The Elements of Art are fundamental ideas about the practice of good visual design. They include:
Line
Form
Shape
Value
Space
Texture
Color

27. Summary
The principles of design are tools used to organize the elements of art are:
Balance
Emphasis
Contrast
Movement
Pattern
Repetition
Variety
Unity
Harmony
Proportion