Composition and Line Terms

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The combination of the basic elements of line, shape, value, texture, space, and color represent the visual language of the artist.

A line that creates a boundary separating an area of space from its surrounding background.

A visual element or combination of visual elements that is repeated often enough in a composition to make it the dominating feature of the artist's expression.

A continuance,, a flow, or a feeling of movement achieved by the repetition of regulated visual information.

A repetitive configuration of elements that is distributed in a regular or irregular systematic organization.

A form of balance achieved by the use of identical balance compositional units on either side of a vertical axis within the picture plane.

The principle of visual organization that suggests that certain elements should assume more importance than others in the same composition. It contributes to organic unity by emphasizing the fact that there is one main feature.

The path of a moving point; that is, a mark made by a tool or instrument as it is drawn across a surface. Its length is distinctly greater than its width.