Elements of Design

The Elements of Design consists of Line, Shape, Color, Tone, Texture, Direction, Perspective Size and Mass.


LINE

• A line is the connecting of two or more points.
• It is the fundamental stroke first made.
• Combined lines can form shapes or an image easily recognize.
• Lines, depending on it's thickness, mass, and the way it's drawn can show movement, direction, show different textures as well as patterns.
• Lines created the outer line of and image. It is sometimes the base of an image.
• There are straight, curvy, horizontal, vertical and squiggly lines.

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SHAPE

• A shape is is a line that is closed. It is the area in the closed lines.
• Every object is made out of shapes.
• Shapes can come in many forms and sizes.
• Pentagon, Square, Circle and Triangle are all examples of shapes.

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Color

• There are 3 primary colors; Red, Blue and Yellow.
• Secondary are the mixture of two primary colors.
• Colors gives the picture a meaning. It can show the viewer the temperature of the picture, the intensity of the picture. In fact, color can tell you the era of when the picture was taken or drawn.
• Colors are important and it has a guide on which color to mix with which as well as when to use which color.

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Tone/Value

• Tone is the lightness and darkness of the object, image. Light can be bright and clear. Dark can be the shadows.
• Tone can give and image it's solidness, the weight and also it's volume.

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Texture

• It is the surface you can either see or touch.
• It can be rough, spiky, velvety, regular, irregular or smooth.
• Added to make the object more special in terms of looks and feel.

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Direction

• Is the way the picture is drawn that your eyes automatically follow it from point A to point B.
• The direction can be from top to bottom, left to right, upper slope to lower slope .
• The direction can show the speed of the movement.
• Balance directions give stability whereas imbalance directions give tension.

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Perspective

• Is the way a picture is captured. It is the angle taken so that the viewer sees the picture from one point of view.
• It helps give a depth and insight to the viewers into understanding the picture or image better.

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Size

• Is the big or small of an object or area.
• Size can help give space, show power and importance.

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Mass

• Helps indicate how heavy an object is.
• It can show the amount of material in any sculptural works.

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