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Elements and Principles of Art

A game to help learn the elements and principles

AB
linea moving mark, curved, straight
shapea flat line that closes itself, (square, circle, triangle, and free-form 2-D
spacea way to show distance (foreground- positive, background- negative
texturehow an object feels or how it LOOKS like it feels - (rough, smooth)
value-a light or dark tone (contrast)
colora light reflection (warm, cool, and neutrals)
formsomething that looks as though you could walk around it (3-D)
proportionhow the size fits with the things around it (in/out)
repetition/rythmuse of something over and over (pattern)
unityhow everything seems to fit together and look right
varietyuse of lots of different elements
emphasis-the main thing your eye sees (focal point, main elemnt)
movementhow your eye moves through a picture
balancehow things are arranged (equal/unequal, symmetrical/asymmetrical)
elementsthe beginning things
principlesyou get my mixing elements together
imotinalismperfectly real
emotionalismis a little bit real
formalismis just a design
interprettell what you think is the meaning and feeling of this art (theme) Prove your ideas with things in the picture and give it a title
Evaluate/ JudgeDecide for yourself it the work it a success or a failure and why. Try to list good thing and a bad thing using elements and principles


Carrie

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