PRINCIPALS of DESIGN (5 of 16)

The principles of design are the fundamental parts of an artwork.  Identifying these principals is one way to understand an artwork.

#5 - VALUE

     Value in art refers to the lightness and darkness of color and is often described in varying levels of contrast.  

     A value scale shows the range of tones from white, which is the lightest, to black which is the darkest.  The closer together the values are on a scale, the less contract we see.  

     Artists utilize a range of techniques to show value, including use of line and intensity of color.  

Henry Ossawa Tanner, Artist
The Banjo Lesson, 1893

Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso

A favorite of mine - I love his work from later in his life when he started the Cubist era.  

As a significant influence on 20th-century art, Pablo Picasso was an innovative artist who experimented and innovated during his 92-plus years on earth. He was not only a master painter but also a sculptor, printmaker, ceramics artist, etching artist and writer.

PRINCIPALS of DESIGN - SHAPE (4 of 16)

The principles of design are the fundamental parts of an artwork.  Identifying these principals is one way to understand an artwork.

#4 - SHAPE

     A shape is an enclosed area of space created through lines and other elements of the composition.  Shapes can be geometric or free-form.  

     Geometric shapes are precise - like squares, triangles, rectangles, polygons, etc. 

     Organic shapes are free-formed and curved, like people, animals, trees, and other natural elements.   (Below chart also includes geometric as mentioned above).

Look at shape:

Pablo Picasso, Artist

Three Musicians, 1911

PRINCIPALS of DESIGN - FORM (3 of 16)

The principles of design are the fundamental parts of an artwork.  Identifying these principals is one way to understand an artwork.

#3 - FORM

    Form is an element of design closely related to shape, but form is always three demensional.  A form is measurable by length, width, and height, and encloses volume.  Forms can be actual 3-D forms created with sculpture or architecture, or they can be implied forms where the artist creates the illusion of the form onto a flat surface.  

While a two-demensional shape can be seen from only one side, a three-demensional shape can be viewed from any side.  

PRINCIPALS of DESIGN - TEXTURE (2 of 16)

The principles of design are the fundamental parts of an artwork.  Identifying these principals is one way to understand an artwork.

#2 - TEXTURE

       Texture refers to the tactile qualities of a surface -- the way objects actually feel or the way they look like they would feel.

       Sculptures, ceramics, mixed-media collages, fiber art, etc., may have bumpy or varied surfaces - actual textures you can feel.  A painting, drawing, print, or other two-dimensional work can be made to look like a textured surface - implied texture.  

Great example of line work in art:

Jan Van Eyck - Artist

Arnolfini Portrait, 1434

PRINCIPALS of DESIGN - LINE (1 of 16)

The principles of design are the fundamental parts of an artwork.  Identifying these principals is one way to understand an artwork.

#1 - LINE

         A line can be described as the path of a point moving through space.  In an artwork, there are many types of line.  We can look for the direction of the line, the feeling of the line, the quality of the line, and how the lines move our eye through artworks.  

Line can be described in many ways:

                 active - passive                            bold - delicate              
           flowing - light                              straight - curved
           thick - thin                                   long - short
           broken - continuous                   geometric - organic
           implied - actual                          precise - irregular
           contour - outline                        vertical - horizontal
           perpendicular - parallel            zig-zag - direct

Great example of line work in art:

Marc Chagall, Artist

I and the Village, 1911

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