Form: an element of design that is three dimensional and encloses volume
Contour - a line that goes around the surface of a form.
Color: an element that brings life to paintings – three primary colors – yellow, red& blue mix to create three secondary colors orange, purple and green. Colors across from each other on the color wheel are called complimentary colors.
Value:light or dark quality of a color or shape – in terms of would it be grey (and which grey), black or white in a black and white photo.
Space: the allusion of three-dimensional depths in a drawing or painting on a two dimensional picture plane
Rhythm: established in a work when elements of the composition are repeated – a repeated pattern
Contrast: strong differences in elements used to achieve emphasis – for instance black against white or smooth against strong texture
Texture: three dimensional surface quality – smooth or bumpy or rough or…
Positive Space: part of the image that describes a motif – an object or living thing
Negative Space: the part of the image that is not a motif – the background
Parallel lines – lines that never meet – in perspective they are also usually parallel to the implied ground or wall planes
Orthogonal lines that go to the vanishing point
Vanishing Point: point where figure vanishes into background and is no longer visible
Horizon line – where the eye lines up to the line where the sky meets the earth - vanishing point lies on the horizon line