Monday, September 24, 2012

The Seven Elements of Design

The Seven Elements of Design

Color:

Color is an element of design that can do many things for a picture. It can set a mood or tone. For example, if you use lots of warm colors, like red and orange, it can mean anger. To bring a relaxed mood, you might use blue. 

Line:

http://planetgreen.discovery.com/games-quizzes/green-thumb-quiz/

Lines are a very important element of design. They can be formed in all different ways. Such as straight, wavy, dotted, and curved. They help to make up all different shapes and make a picture complete.


Shape:

Shapehttp://www.teachingideas.co.uk/maths/shapes.htm

Shapes make up figures. Underneath everything, basic shapes help create the way figures look. Different shapes consist of a different number of lines. In addition to lines, shapes are made up of a variety of number of points.

Form:
http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_ideas/Math_p045.shtml

The element of form brings dimension to a piece. Without form, everything would be flat and not very interesting. Form takes basic shapes and makes them more appealing to the eye. Form brings shape to life.

Value:
http://www.ebsqart.com/Education/Articles/Printmaking-Pyrography-Scratchboard/11/Live-Studio-Scratchboard-I/50/

Value brings contrast in a piece. Value is the range of color. It can help to show where items are located in the foreground, mid-ground or background of a piece. Having value brings attention to different details. If there was no range of value in a piece, you would not be able to tell items apart.



Texture:
http://spiteful-pie-stock.deviantart.com/art/Paper-Texture-78307923

Texture brings depth to items. The appearance of an object's surface is the texture. Someone's eye would be drawn more to something that is textured than something that has a flat surface. Texture adds interest to the surface of an item.

http://www.squidoo.com/the-basics-on-art-composition

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