5 elements of design/5 principles of design

5 Elements of Design

Artwork can be in black and white or it can be in colour. There a many different uses for colour; the choice of colour in a piece of work can determine the mood and emotion in the work, for example, bright colours may symbolize happiness and excitement while dark colours may symbolize sadness or gloominess. Or, dark blue colours can be used to represent dimension, for example in illustrating the different depths of water in an ocean scene. Primary colours are red, yellow, and blue and these colours can be mixed together to create secondary colour of purple, green, and orange.

Pattern is a repetitive motif or design in an art piece. This repetitive design is a decorative tool that can be appeasing to the eye. Patterns are applied to objects such as rugs, woven objects, clothing, and, patternscan also be applied to art work.

There are many different textures in the world around us, for us to experience by touching and feeling. We feel rough surfaces, smooth surfaces, squishy surfaces, and hard surfaces. Texture can also be present in art work and this element is created by overlapping line and shape with drawing ustensils, and by using the technique, cross-hatching.

Diagonal, vertical, horizontal, curved, and broken lines are found everwhere in the world around us; it is a matter of whether we are aware of these simple elements. Lines can create numerous configurations and are an element in our everyday world in everything we see.

Lines creates shape by outlining that shape; for example, lines create circular shapes, oval shapes, square shapes, and triangular shapes etc. Shapes can also be irregular, such as a paint spill that can outlined but does not have a uniform shape.

5 Principles of Design

An object becomes a form when it takes on a three dimensional shape. Artists use form in their art work; in pieces where they want to show the dimensions of an object, and in sculptures with free standing dimensional objects.

The principle of design that deals with the creation of action. In still pictures and paintings, artists and illustrators haev the ability to give the illusion of movement.

An art and design principle that is concerned with the arrangement of one or more elements in a work of art so they appear symmetrical, even, or asymmetrical, uneven, in a design.

The element of emphasis, a principle of design, can be described as the focal point in a picture. There can be detail in the picture or painting however there is one detail that is either centred, or enlarged and emphasized.

Contrast is a prinicple of design created by using opposites near or beside one another, such as a light object next to a dark object, or a rough texture next to a smooth texture.

Lesson Plans-grades 1-5

http://www.lessonplanspage.com/ArtMathPatternsEaster-SpringEgg15.htm

grades K-2

http://www.lessonplanspage.com/ArtScienceColor-EggCartonPaintPalettesIdeaK2.htm