Transcript Picture by Piet Mondrian

2 week lesson plan
Weeks of September 16-20 and September 23-27
I CAN:
UNDERSTAND THE ELEMENTS OF ART
DRAW A PICTURE USING THE ELEMENTS OF ART
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What are the Elements of Art?
The elements of art are the
basic visual symbols that an
artist uses to create art.
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The Elements of Art
Color
Form
Line
Shape
Space
Texture
Value
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• The absorption or reflection of light by a
surface.
• We will discuss color theory and the
psychological power of color in other
notes.
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 A mark
drawn by a
moving
point.
Picture by Piet Mondrian
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Picture by Piet Mondrian
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When used in an artwork LINES can relate Feelings…………
VERTICAL LINES
HORIZONTAL LINES
show dignity , strength , and formality
feel calm, relaxed, and
comfortable.
DIAGONAL LINES
show action and excitement!
They can make us feel tense and
uncomfortable!
ZIGZAG LINES
can suggest action, nervous
excitement, and confusion.
CURVED LINES
express graceful, flowing
movement.
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Line at work…
Above: Grant Wood, Stone City
Upper Right: Marcel Duchamp,
Nude Descending a Staircase No. 2,
1912, oil on canvas,
Right: Geoff Slater, Wind on
Passamaquoddy Bay
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Shape is the area set off by one or more of
the art elements.
Shapes can be classified into two classes:
Geometric shapes are precise shapes that can be described using
mathematical terms.
Organic shapes are irregular or uneven and are often found
in nature.
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Shape at work…
Above: Pablo Picasso, The Three Musicians
Upper Left: Georgia O’Keeffe, Red Canna
Left: Curt Brock, Art Glass
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Form is an object with three dimensions.
Form may be actual or a created illusion of
three-dimensional space on a two-dimensional
surface.
Two-dimensional
Three-dimensional
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can refer to an actual 3-dimentional
object such as a sculpture or building
or a photo of the 3-dimensional object.
The White House
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Statue of Liberty
Value is the degree of
lightness or darkness of
a color or hue.
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Shading or blending is a way of creating value
and making objects look more three
dimensional.
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Space is the distance or area between,
around, below, and within objects.
*There are two basic kinds of Space : positive and negative.
Positive space is the object itself;
Negative space is the area in and around the object.
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Parts of Space
Negative
Positive SpaceThe objects in the
Art work.
Positive
Negative SpaceThe empty spaces
Between and
Behind the shapes
American Gothic
By
Grant Wood
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Space……………………
Artists use various technique to give the illusion of DEPTH in their
works of art. Some of these include :
1.= Overlapping
2.= Size
3.= Focus
4.= Placement
5.= Intensity and Value
6.= Linear Perspective
Lets take a look at some of these……………..
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Space……………
1.OVERLAPPING is when the artist has one shape in
front of the other.
In this image by Mary Cassatt, In the Box, the girl in the
foreground is “overlapping” the girl looking thru the binoculars.
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SPACE………………………………
SIZE = is making distant shapes smaller than closer ones.
In Van Gogh’s Terrace Cafe the objects in the background are
smaller than the ones in the foreground.
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FOCUS = Artists add more detail to objects in the foreground,
less detail to objects in the background.
Vincent van Gogh’s Irises are more distinct in the foreground than the background.
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Space…………………..
PLACEMENT: Artists also show space by placing distant objects
Higher up on the picture (background) and closer ones lower down on the
picture ( middle ground and foreground).
Background
Middle ground
Foreground
We also must take into consideration that WARM colors ADVANCE
While COOL colors RECEDE.
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SPACE…..
In this image by John Constable, we can see that objects farther away
Appear higher than those closer to us.
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Space…………….
Intensity and Value:
Artists often used colors lower in intensity and lighter in value for
objects in the distance.
In this artwork by Monet, we can see how the color becomes less
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Intense and lighter in value.
Space…………
Linear Perspective =
An artist uses slanted lines
on buildings and other objects so that they
appear to come together in the distance
and give the appearance of depth.
We can see in the following works how linear perspective draws
the viewer into the artwork.
Vincent van Gogh, Starry Night over the Rhone
Raphael, The School at Athens
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Texture
The way a surface looks or feels.
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Texture
• Actual or real textures
can be felt.
• Implied textures refer
to textures created in
a painting and may
not be felt.
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