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Principles and Elements of Design

The principles of designs are concepts used to organize or arrange the structural
elements of design. These the ways in which these principles are applied the affects the
expressive content, or the message of the work.

A. Principles of Design

1. Balance – the design should be identified on both sides. In this principle it may be
formed in two ways:

a. Symmetrically or the formal balance – it can be described as having equal

"weight" in color, shape and size on each side of a design.

b. Asymmetrically or the informal balance – it is the opposite of formal

balance in which design have unequal proportion.

2. Proportion - A connection of all parts in a whole object. It refers to the size and
scale of the various elements in a design.

3. Emphasis –or the center of interest of a design. The eye catches the most
important part of a design then to the other details.

4. Rhythm – These are smooth movement lines and colors which carry the eyes
along in motion. Rhythm can be created in three ways in a design.

a. Repetition

b. Radiation and

c. Gradation

5. Harmony - a relationship of different portion of design. This principle shows

repetition of line, form, shape and size to give a feeling of oneness.

B. Elements of Design

1.Line– It is skeleton or basic foundation of vertical or horizontal sketch.

2.Texture- it refers to the roughness and smoothness appearance of an object. It can

also be dull or glossy, thick or thin in appearance.

3.Color– is something that affect the appearance of project. It may be cool, warm,
bright or dull. There are categories of colors based on the color wheel.

a. Primary Colors- are 3 pigment colors that cannot be mixed by any

combination of other colors. (Red, yellow and blue)

b. Secondary Colors– It is the sum of two primary colors. (Green, orange and
purple)

c. Tertiary Colors- It is also known as intermediate color. Colors are formed

by mixing primary and secondary color in the color wheel. (Yellow-orange, red-
orange, red-purple, blue-purple, blue-green and yellow-green)

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Color Schemes

The beauty of any color scheme depends upon how well the colors
harmonize. To harmonize, colors must appear to belong together.

1. Monochromatic Color– it is one color harmony in which uses the same

color in different values and intensity.

2. Adjacent color harmony - is also known as analogous color harmony that

are next to each other on the color wheel.

3. Complementary Color Harmony – It is a very pleasing color that are

opposite in the color wheel.

a. Complementary colors – directly opposite in the color wheel.

Example, red and green, blue and orange, yellow and violet.

b. Split complementary colors – Uses two colors adjacent to its

complement.

c. Triad gives quite vibrant version of color. It uses colors that are
evenly spaced around the color wheel.

Methods in Transferring of Design

1. Tracing Method is a method which the design is directly transferred onto

the fabric. In this method it uses light sources, marking chalks or pencil, tracing
wheel and carbon paper.

2. Hot-iron Transfer— it is a ready made design normally printed in black,

blue, or gray ink which activated by the heat of an iron.

3. Stamping– or pouncing method is a common way of transferring

embroidery design by means of stamping and pricking holes along the lines of a
design using soft absorbent cloth, kerosene, newspaper and perforated design.

Activity Week 30

In a pattern paper or short bond paper, copy the picture of any of the embroidery designs.
Then choose the color combination you prefer to use.

Materials :

 Pattern paper or bond paper

 Pencil

 Eraser

 Color/ color pencil

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