Elements of Art & Principles of Design in Photography

Elements of Art

1. Line - marks made by a tool and can vary in width, direction, curvature, length, or color.
   
2. Shape - are formed wherever the ends of a continuous line meet. Geometric shapes uniform measurements and don't often appear in nature. Organic shapes are associated with things from the natural world.
   
3. Color  - color wheels show the primary colors, secondary colors, and the tertiary colors. They also who the relationships between complementary colors across from each other, and analogous colors next to each other.
   
4. Value (Tone) - refers to dark and light. It helps us to see and understand a two-dimensional work of art
   
5. Form - describes objects that are three-dimensional, having length, width, and height.
   
6. Texture - refers to the surface quality, both simulated and actual, of artwork.
   
7. Space - refers to distances or areas around, between, or within components of a piece. It can be positive or negative, open or closed, shallow or deep, and two-dimensional or three-dimensional.

Principles of Design

1. Balance - is the comfortable or pleasing arrangement of things in art. There are 3 different types of balance: symmetrical, asymmetrical, and radia.
   
2. Contrast - created by using elements that conflict with one another, and it is often created using complementary colors or extremely light & dark values.
   
3. Emphasis - The focal area of an artwork that gives it importance
   
4. Movement - means the artist is taking viewers on a trip through the work by means of edges, shapes, and colors that often lead to the focal areas. It is a visual flow through the composition.
   
5. Pattern - is when the same shapes or elements are repeated again and again.
   
6. Rhythm - is the repetition of shapes, lines and forms, it is a movement in which some elements recurs regularly
   
7. Unity - means that all the elements in artwork are in harmony.

Elements of Art and Principles of Design

Line, shape, color, value, form, texture, space, balance, contrast, emphasis, movement, pattern, rhythm, and unity. 

I chose this photo because it shows most of the elements of art and principles of design. The clear lines, the different shapes, most of the colors of the color wheel, it kinda shows objects that are three-dimensional, the spaces are positive throughout the painting. Also the arrangement of its balance is pleasing.