This online textbook: 'Art, Design, and Visual Thinking' provides information about the elements and principles of design. Topics include: point, line, form, movement, colour, pattern, texture, balance, proportion, rhythm etc.
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Definitions of the elements used by artists to create work.
Principles of Design
Elements of Design
Library Collection
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