Elements of Art and Principles of Design.

Line 
Line - marks made by a pointed tool: brush, pencil, pen, etc. Lines can vary in width, direction, curvature, length, or color.

I chose this photo for the way it goes to one point of the picture and looks like it goes on forever and into nothing. 

This painting has lines value because of the way the bar goes out to the left and the borders of the windows. 

Shape  -formed wherever the ends of a continuous line meet. Geometric shapes such as circles, triangles or squares have perfect, uniform measurements and don't often appear in nature. Organic shapes are associated with things from the natural world, like plants and animals.

I chose these bottles with drops of dye because of the way the dye bends and twist make all new unique shapes.

The Painting/drawing of this flower has beautiful arch shaped petals and the values and the colors of it make the whole painting come together very nicely.

Color - formed wherever the ends of a continuous line meet. Geometric shapes such as circles, triangles or squares have perfect, uniform measurements and don't often appear in nature. Organic shapes are associated with things from the natural world, like plants and animals.

I chose this photograph to represent color because the street lights are various colors and look pretty amazing. The color lights themselves have values to them as well.

This Painting has many types of colors that make a the painting really bold and mysterious.

Value (Tone) - or tone, refers to dark and light; the value scale refers to black and white with all gradations of gray in between. Value contrasts help us to see and understand a two-dimensional work of art.

I chose this photo for its dark grey and black shades mixed in with white.

I chose this photo because of its shading and different types of shading. 

Form-   describes objects that are three-dimensional, having length, width, and height.

I picked this photo for its unique way of how it looks and the way it bends and pops out to you a little.

This painting has many different lengths when it comes to the people and the height of the arch gate thing.

Texture- can be rough, bumpy, slick, scratchy, smooth, silky, soft, prickly--the list is endless. Texture refers to the surface quality, both simulated and actual, of artwork.

To me this looks like this would have a prickly fuzzy type of feeling to it if I ever touched it.

The painting here seems to have a rough ridged texture to it like if the artist wanted to make it seem like that.

Space - refers to distances or areas around, between, or within components of a piece. Space can be positive (white or light) or negative (black or dark), open or closed,shallow or deep, and two-dimensional or three-dimensional.

This cheetah is in an open field alone with nothing near it. 

The swordfish is in a empty space with no other object near it.

Balance- Symmetrical lines either straight down or across and each one will be even.

The photograph is perfectly symmetrical.

Contrast-is created using complementary colors or extremely light and dark values.

This photo has contrast from the whites and grey colors on this child. 

Emphasis-the viewer will focus on the area of emphasis or center of interest first, then take in the rest of the composition.

Since the red heart stands out the most and is the first thing you see I chose this as the Emphasis.

Movement-is a visual flow through the composition. It can be the suggestion of motion in a design as you move from object to object by way of placement and position

This photo depicts a man moving but it seems as if he is frozen in time. This type of motion is what makes me think if he got hit with something in the back.

Patterns are made in art when the same shapes or elements are repeated again and again.

The natural pattern of this flower is truly beautiful. It is repetitive but in a stunning way.

Rhythm is the repetition of shapes, lines, and forms.

The repetition of the design on the cylinders are beautiful.

Unity means that all elements in an artwork are in harmony. Unity brings together a composition with similar units.

This photo I chose for the reason that it seems very peaceful and just relaxed. Everything blends in together very well and it is overall a very good photo.