Design principles. Design principles are ways of arranging or organising design elements.
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The Principles of Design
ORGANIZE
the Elements of Design
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Shape
Form
Value
Color
Texture
Space
Emphasis
Contrast
Rhythm
Pattern
Movement
Unity/Variety
Balance
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D E F I n E I T S E E I T I N a C T I O N
Create Emphasis
EmphasisMarc Chagall
The Sun of Paris
Jean-Honore Fragonard
The Swing
Emphasis
A principle of
design in which one
element, or a
combination of
elements, create elements, create
more attention than
anything else in a
composition.Adolph Gottlieb, Dialogue I
Ways to Create EmphasisConverging Elements
Other elements in the
composition point or direct the
eye to the emphasis.
Contrast
Create a large difference in
size, value, color, texture, line,
or any other element.
Grouping/ Placement
Rembrandt van Rijn,
The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp
Grouping/ Placement
Place similar items together to
create attention to a particular
area.
Isolation
Make the subject the only thing
in the image.
Unusual or unexpected
Something strange or different
is used to draw attention
BalanceJean Delville
Mysteriosa
(or Portrait of Mrs. Stuart Merrill)
Georgia O’Keefe
Pink Moon and Blue Lines
BalanceA principle of design
referring to the
arrangement of visual
elements to create
stability in an artwork.stability in an artwork.
Jean Delville, Parsifal
Types of Balance
Symmetrical
Elements are
equally distributed
on either side of a
central axis.
Kenneth Noland,
Jazz
Joan Miró,
Danger
M.C. Escher
Circle Limit IV
Asymmetrical
The artwork is
visually balanced
but different on
either side.
Radial
Elements are balanced
by radiating outward
from a central point.
ContrastMark Rothko
Earth and Green
Theo van Rysselberghe
Portrait of Marguerite van Mons
ContrastA principle of design
that refers to
differences between
elements such as color,
texture, value, and texture, value, and
shape.
John Bauer, She kissed the bear on the nose
Ways to Create ContrastLine
Color
Value
Texture
Shape
RhythmCharles Demuth
The Figure 5 in Gold
Guariento di Arpo
Army of Angels
RhythmA principle of
design that refers to
ways of combining
elements to
produce the
appearance of appearance of
movement in an
artwork. Jackson Pollock
Blue Poles Number 11
Types of Rhythm
Jasper Johns
Three Flags
Paul Ranson
The Clearing
Andy Warhol
Marilyn Dyptich
Regular
Elements repeat in a
predictable manner.
Progressive
Elements get bigger or
smaller (like louder or
softer).
Irregular
Elements repeat in a
unpredictable manner.
PatternMary Cassatt
The Letter
Aubrey Beardsley
The Peacock Skirt
PatternA principle of design
that refers to the
repetition of elements
(motif) or
combinations of
elements in a elements in a
recognizable
organization.
Rene Magritte, Goldconda
Types of Patterns
Grid Pattern
William Morris, Brer RabbitWilliam Morris, Brer Rabbit
Half-Drop
Pattern
Moroccan TileMoroccan Tile
Radial Pattern
M.C. Escher, Smaller and SmallerM.C. Escher, Smaller and Smaller
Random Pattern
Vassily Kandinsky, Several CirclesVassily Kandinsky, Several Circles
MovementGeorgia O’Keefe
St. Christopher
Erik Demaine
Curved Crease Sculpture
MovementA principle of design
referring to the
arrangement of parts
in an artwork to create
a sense of motion to a sense of motion to
the viewer’s eye
through the work.
Paul Ranson
Nabi Landscape
Ways to Create Movement
Repeating the Same ElementSuch as a shape or figure with little or no variation
Repeating Two or More ElementsRepeating Two or More Elementsin an alternating basis.
ProgressionAn element gradually changes shape, size, position
or color.
Utagawa Kuniyoshi,
Ayus Swimming Upstream with Hagi Branch
Unity and Variety
Red Dust Ceramics
Flowerhead
Maxfield Parrish
The Latern Barrers
Unity and
VarietyA principle of design
related to the sense of
wholeness that results
from the successful from the successful
combination of the
elements within in a
work of art.
When you change the
elements you create
variety and a more
interesting
composition results.
Jasper Johns, Map
Ways to Create UnityProximity
Overlap, touch, or place object
close together
Similarity
Create similar colors, textures,
shapes, etc.shapes, etc.
Continuation
Create a flow of vision directed
by the arrangement of elements.
Repetition
Repeat the same elements
through the work.
Piet Mondrian, Trees