Transcript Slide 1

The Elements
of Art
Seven Building Blocks
Line=Element #1
•Line is the most basic
element of art.
•Line can be used to create all
the other elements of art
EXCEPT FOR COLOR!
•Line is the foundation of the
elements.
Types of Line
•Curvy
•Vertical
•Horizontal
•Diagonal
•Zig Zag
Line As Form
•Line can create IMPLIED FORM
in a few different ways.
•Hatching
•Cross-Hatching
•Contour Lines
Line as Shape
•Shape is usually created
through the use of line.
Line as Shape continued
•You can create Organic or
Geometric shapes with line.
Line as Value
•Line creates value using
Hatching and Cross Hatching
•These techniques can also be
used to create form.
Line as Texture
•Line can be used to create the
illusion of various textures.
Smooth
Grainy
Rough
Line as Space
•Artists use lines to create
Perspective.
•Perspective creates an illusion
of space in artwork.
Shape=Element #2
•A shape is created when a
line encloses an area.
Organic vs Geometric
•Geometric
shapes are
made
•Organic
shapes
from
sharp
are
usually
straight
lines or
made
from
perfectly
curved
curvy
lines
and
lines.occur in
often
nature.
•They are usually
man made.
Positive vs Negative
•Positive Shapes are the
visible parts of an object.
•The positive
shapes are black
in this example.
Positive vs Negative
•Negative Shapes are created
by the space around an object
and are more difficult to see.
•The
Negative
•What
do the
Shapes
black
negativeare
shapes
in
this
example.
look
like
now?
Space=Element #3
•Space is the
empty area
in a piece of
artwork.
•Space can be
real (3-d) or
implied (2-d).
2-d Space
3-d Space
Perspective creates
Space in 2-d
•Artists use perspective to create
the illusion of space on a 2-d
surface.
• Perspective is a mathematical
science and artists did not
always know how to use it.
Perspective continued
•Filippo Brunelleschi was a 15th
century architect and was one of
the first artists to experiment
with accurately representing a
3-d world in 2-d.
•Brunelleschi discovered a
method of perspective that
we still use today.
Perspective continued
•Andrea Mantegna (1431-1506)
was one of the first painters to
use perspective to paint a figure.
His most famous painting is
titled “Dead Christ.”
What looks wrong with
“Dead Christ?”
Perspective continued
We can use rulers and a precise
system to draw buildings in
perspective.
Two
One Point
Point
Perspective
Perspective
Space in 3-d
•All of the air around and
between forms are called
space.
•Negative space is the area
around a form.
•Positive space is the area
that a form occupies.
Form=Element #4
•Form is similar to shape and
exists within space.
•Shape is a 2-d concept and
form is a 3-d concept.
•Sculptures, buildings, and
pottery are 3-d forms.
Actual vs Implied Form
•Actual forms have height, width,
and depth so they are 3-d.
•Implied forms are 2-d and
have only height and width but
they appear to have depth.
Actual vs Implied Form
•Actual form
can be created
using clay, wire
wood, stone, or
anything three
dimensional.
Sand Sculpture
Actual vs Implied Form
•Implied form is created in 2-d.
•Artists use Line, Value, Shape,
Texture, Space and Color to
create Implied Form.
•When artists use deep shadows
and proper perspective, Implied
Form is more convincing.
“Drawing Hands” By M.C. Escher
Open vs Closed Form
•An open form
is a form that
has negative
space within it.
•The spaces
between the arms
and legs of the
sculpture make it
an open form
Open vs Closed Form
•A closed form
is a form that
has no negative
space within it.
•Patrick Johnson’s
“Father and Son”
is a closed form.
Texture=Element #5
•Texture is how a surface feels.
•Textures can be rough, smooth,
pointy, hairy, soft, hard, mushy,
bumpy etc.
•Texture can be Actual or
Implied just like form and space.
Actual vs Implied Texture
•Actual Texture is “real” and
can be felt when touched.
•Implied Texture is only an
illusion created by using the
elements of art.
Actual vs Implied Texture
Actual Texture
Implied Texture
Actual vs Implied Texture
•Artists can use Actual Texture
in 2-d artwork.
•IMPASTO is a painting
technique that uses thick paint
to create Actual and Implied
Texture.
Impasto Painting
Value=Element #6
•Value is how dark or light
something is.
•Black is the lowest Value
•White is the highest Value
Value makes Contrast
•Contrast is the difference between
light and dark areas in an image.
Low Contrast
Good Contrast
High Contrast
Color=Element #7
•Color is the way that our eyes
perceive light that is reflected
off of objects.
•White occurs when an object
reflects all light back to our
eyes
•Black occurs when an object
sucks up all incoming light.
The Primary Colors
•The Primary Colors are pure
hues that cannot be made by
mixing other colors.
•All other colors are made by
mixing the primary colors.
•Red, Yellow, and Blue
The Secondary Colors
•Secondary Colors are made by
mixing two Primary Colors
together.
Red+Yellow=Orange
Red+Blue=Violet
Blue+Yellow=Green
The Intermediate Colors
•Intermediate Colors are made by
mixing together Primary and
Secondary Colors.
Yellow+Green=Yellow-Green
Green+Blue=Blue-Green
Blue+Violet=Blue-Violet
Violet+Red=Red-Violet
Red+Orange=Red-Orange
Orange+Yellow=Yellow-Orange
TheINTERMEDIATE
Color Wheel
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Monet’s “Water Lilies” Very Cool
Warm vs Cool Colors
•Warm Colors are…warm!
•Reds, Yellows, and Oranges
•Cool Colors are…cool!
•Blues, Greens, and Violets
Very Warm