Elements of Arts & Principles of Design

5. Free-formed and curved shapes, like people, animals, trees, and other natural elements.
7. The distribution of visual weight in a composition.
9. An element of art closely related to shape that is always three-dimensional, measurable by length, width, and height, and encloses volume.
13. A principle of art referring to movement or action achieved through repetition of lines, shapes, or colors.
14. The depiction of motion or the visual flow indicated by the path a viewer's eyes take through an artwork.
17. Visual element produced by the way an object reflects or emits light.
18. The areas of an artwork filled with the content.
21. The space in between the content in an artwork.
22. The brightness of a color, often measured by boldness or dullness.

1. The area of an artwork that dominates attention or draws interest.
2. Also known as harmony, refers to the cohesiveness, completeness, and consistency of an artwork.
3. A color's lightness or darkness.
4. The tactile qualities of a surface, referring to the way objects actually feel or look like they would feel.
6. Precise shapes such as squares, triangles, rectangles, and polygons.
8. The placement or arrangement of the elements of art in a work of art.
10. The arrangement of opposite elements and effects in an artwork.
11. The size relationship between the various parts of an artwork.
12. The elements of a composition that differ from one another to create visual interest and energy.
15. The name of a color.
16. How an artwork uses or depicts depth or distance.
19. The path of a point moving through space.
20. An enclosed area of space created through lines and other elements of the composition.