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Elements & Principles of Art & Design - LINE

Posted by Heidi Denessen on

Hi all! I thought I would start sharing some tid bits about šŸ…°ļøRT that I thought you might find interesting.

So many people say that they ā€˜donā€™t understand artā€™ and I want to try to demystify it cause art is here for YOU!

The elements and principles of art and design are the foundation of art. Honestly, words like ā€˜elementsā€™ and ā€˜principlesā€™ make me gloss over with boredom and I can recall clear as day how much I hated learning this stuff in art school.

But it can be fun! We are talking about paint and scribbles and beautiful compositions for goodness sakes - lets get inspired!

Hereā€™s the simple breakdown: Elements are like words, and principles are like sentences. Understanding these gives you visual literacy and takes the mystery away. Once you learn these simple bits you can look at a piece of art and describe what you see using a common language. If you have deeper insight into how something was created or built, like a song, a movie or a beautiful building, it will hold more value for you. But thatā€™s not to say you canā€™t just love a piece of art cause you love it - of course you can! This is just here for you if you are curious to dive a little deeper.

Once you are familiar with this visual language you might find yourself looking at the world from a new perspectiveā€¦ seeing the elements and principles of art & design as you walk through your day or look through your camera lens.

Line
The first element we are going to talk about is LINE. Line is a path created by a point moving in space. Different tools make different kinds of lines. Lines can be thin and smooth or wide and rough. Pencils make lines, brushes can make lines, scratching a surface can make a line, planes make lines as they fly across the sky, or a snowboarder can draw a beautiful line as she carves down the hill. Try to find an interesting line in the next photo you take.

Iā€™ll be back soon to talk about the next element: SHAPE
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Heidi

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