Sunday, December 29, 2013

[FINISHED] Vocabulary review #3

PRINCIPLES OF COMPOSITIONAL DESIGN



Rhythm - regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound

Directional Movement - A principle of visual movement in artworks, which can be carried by line, dots, marks, shapes, patterns, color, and other


Proportion / Scale - a principle of art that describes the size, location or amount of one element to another element


Balance - a sense of stability in the body of work. Balance can be created by repeating same shapes and by creating a feeling of equal weight.


Unity -  the common arrangement of a group of objects or their common characteristics such as color, size, shape etc but this does not mean they are necessarily identical (wholeness) 


Harmony - What looks good together? Color relationships, composition, symmetry.

Contrast - show differences when compared, opposition. 


Emphasis (Focal Point / Center of interest) - the main subject of your piece. 

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