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Principles of Arts

The document outlines the principles of design in art, focusing on how elements are organized to enhance composition. Key principles include balance, contrast, emphasis, harmony, movement, rhythm, proportion, and variety, each contributing to the overall effectiveness of an artwork. Mastering these principles can significantly improve drawing and painting skills.

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Principles of Arts

The document outlines the principles of design in art, focusing on how elements are organized to enhance composition. Key principles include balance, contrast, emphasis, harmony, movement, rhythm, proportion, and variety, each contributing to the overall effectiveness of an artwork. Mastering these principles can significantly improve drawing and painting skills.

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PRINCIPLES OF

ARTS
🠶 T h e principles of design refer to the manner
in which the elements of art are arranged in a
work of art. Since the principles of art mostly
deal the organization of a work of art, they
mainly influence the composition. By
mastering the principles of art, we can
improve our drawing and painting
compositions.
1.
Balance
🠶 Balance refers to the overall distribution of visual weight in a
composition.
A well-balanced composition feels comfortable to look at.
🠶 Each visual component of an artwork has visual weight.
Different than actual weight, visual weight is not measured using
a scale but must be observed instead. Visual weight balances
around an artwork’s axis. The axis may be vertical, in which
visual elements balance on both sides of the axis. Artworks may
also balance around a horizontal axis, in which visual elements
balance from top to bottom.
Symmetrical Assymetrical
Balance
a type of formal balance in which two Balance
Asymmetry is informal and seems less
halves of an artwork mirror each other. This organized than symmetry. The two halves
type of balance is familiar and common. of a balanced asymmetric artwork do not
The human body is balanced look the same but have similar visual
symmetrically as is our planet, our cars, weights. Asymmetric balance is more
clothes, furniture etc. Symmetry imposes a subjective than symmetry. It provides the
strong sense of order and stability on both same “comfortable” feeling as symmetry
the composition and the subject. without using like elements on each side
of a central axis.
2.
Contrast
The difference in quality
between two instances of
an art element or using
opposing qualities next to
each other. It can be
contrast in color, contrast
in shape etc. Example:
White-Black, Rough-
Smooth
3. Emphasis
The principle of art that is defined as an area of the
composition that is visually dominant and
commands the viewer's attention. It is created by
visually reinforcing something in artwork by toning
down the other elements. Focal point/s is/are areas
that
catches the viewers’ attention. All the other
elements that are toned down are called the
subordinates.
Ways on how to create emphasis in an artwork are
varying the size, applying contrast, isolation,
making the subject unusual and making use of
lines to direct the eyes of the viewers.
Ways on how to create emphasis
1. Size- Vary the size of 2. Color- Borrowing the
the object you want to principle of color
emphasize.
🠶 You can
contrast.
make it bigger and the
subordinates smaller or
vice versa.
3. Isolation- Place an 4. Location-Placing an
object of emphasis object in the middle will
outside of a grouping add
and with this, our more emphasis.
audience will be forced
to
take notice of it.
5. Making the object unusual- 6. Lines directing- we
So making an object different
and making it standout above use the element of
the rest. So if you want lines to
something to stand out, then direct the viewer’s
you should think of way on
how you can make it eye to our focal point
“unusual”
🠶 Let’s think! Question: On the picture below, do you
see any focal point? sI it possible for an artwork to
have no focal point?
🠶Answer: There is a focal point in the
artwork. All artworks have focal point. If
there’s really no focal point because
all the elements are exactly the same
and equal, then the whole artwork
itself become.
4. Harmony and Unity

Harmony is a principle of art that refers to how


well all the visual elements work together. It
creates cohesiveness/link by stressing the
similarities of separate but related parts.
Unity is the principle of art
that gives an artwork a
feeling of “oneness”. Unity
and harmony are similar, but
unity is more broad.
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5. MOVEMENT
-Movement is a principle of art that
uses art elements to direct the
viewer’s eye along a path and gives
him/her a sense of motion. Can be
created through fuzzy outlines,
optical illusions, multiple images etc
WAYS ON HOW TO CREATE MOVEMENT
1. LINES
Lines can
communicate
movement . A drawn
line can show the path
of. The locations where
a line begins and ends
reveal the movement
of the subject.
2. MULTIPLE IMAGES

Showing or doing multiple, overlapping images/figures


gives us the impression of motion. We can see that the
person or figure has moved through a series of poses.
3. COLOR
Just as dynamic lines add movement to an
otherwise “still” work of art, the dynamic use of
color can enhance the feeling of movement as
well
4. OPTICAL ILLUSIONS
We can create movement through
repetition and contrast. Having no
representational subject, Optical
Art makes use of the brain’s
natural efforts to organize
complex visual sensory
information. We can think of this
approach as overloading the
sense of sight. Creating the
sensory experience of movement
in a still image is engaging and
exciting to the viewer.
6. RYTHM
Repeating art elements
in regular, alternating or
random patterns to
create a visual tempo.
5 Types of Rhythm
7. PROPORTION
Proportion is largely about the relationship of
the size of one element when compared to
another. When drawing or painting realistically,
proportion is important. If the proportions are
incorrect, then the resulting image will look less
realistic or abstracted.
Variety
It is a principle of design that allows artist to add
depth, dimension, and complexity to their
composition and enhances the viewers overall
visual experience

Using a range of different qualities or instances of


an art element to create a desired visual effect.
Variety is simply the usage of diverse, varied and
different elements in an artwork.

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