Elements of design

ELEMENTS OF DESIGN

BY: MELANIE RODRIGUEZ
PERIOD: 3RD
DATE: 1/16/18

LINE

• Lines enclose and contain the parts of a design by creating outlines. They can

be smooth, rough, continuous, broken, thick or thin.

• Examples: buildings, branches of a tree, a horizon, or a set of train tracks

COLOR

• Color is incredibly important and should never be an afterthought. Even a

design set entirely in grayscale needs to be balanced and contrasted
appropriately.

• Examples: red, blue, green, purple, etc.

SHAPE

• shape is a flat, enclosed area of an artwork created through lines, textures,

colors or an area enclosed.

• example: triangles, squares, circles, etc.

TEXTURE

• Texture is everywhere as we navigate the world around us by both sight and

touch.

• Example: walls, rocks, sand, etc.

PATTERN

• pattern is a kind of pattern formed of geometric shapes and typically

repeated like a wallpaper design.

• Examples: wallpapers, etc.

FORM

• Form can be measured, from top to bottom (height), side to side (width), and

from back to front (depth). Also defined by light and dark.

• Examples: shadows, light peeking through something.