ELEMENTS OF DESIGN

The elements are components or parts which can be isolated and defined in any visual design or work of art.

• Point

• Line

• Form, shape and space

• Movement

• Color

• Pattern

• Texture

POINT

Concepts that the eye/minduse to group points into meaning

• Closure• Continuity• Proximity

LINE

•Line can be found in Nature

•Line can function independently

•Lines can be combined with other lines to create textures and patterns

Characteristic of Line are:

• Width- thick, thin, tapering, uneven

• Length - long, short, continuous, broken

• Direction- horizontal, vertical, diagonal, curving, perpendicular, oblique, parallel, radial, zigzag

• Focus- sharp, blurry, fuzzy, choppy

• Feeling- sharp, jagged, graceful, smooth

HORIZONTAL LINE suggests a feeling of rest or repose

VERTICAL LINE communicate a feeling of loftiness and spirituality

DIAGONAL LINE suggest a feeling of movement or direction

SHAPE

When a line crosses itself or intersects with other lines to enclose a space it creates a shape.

Shape is two-dimensional it has heights and width but no depth.

• Geometric• Organic

FORM

• An element of art that is three dimensional • height, • width, and • Depth

• Encloses volume

A triangle, which is two dimensional, is a shape, and a pyramid, which is three dimensional is a form.

TEXTUREThe surface quality of an

object.

• Rock - rough and jagged.

• Silk - soft and smooth

• Wood - hard and smooth.

Texture also refers to the way a picture is made to look rough or smooth.