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Title: The Elements of Art


1
The Elements of Art
  • Seven Building Blocks

2
LineElement 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.

3
Types of Line
  • Curvy
  • Vertical
  • Horizontal
  • Diagonal
  • Zig Zag

4
Line As Form
  • Line can create IMPLIED FORM
  • in a few different ways.
  • Hatching
  • Cross-Hatching
  • Contour Lines

5
Line as Shape
  • Shape is usually created through the use of line.

6
Line as Shape continued
  • You can create or
  • shapes with line.

Organic
Geometric
7
Line as Value
  • Line creates value using Hatching and Cross
    Hatching
  • These techniques can also be used to create form.

8
Line as Texture
  • Line can be used to create the illusion of
    various textures.

Grainy
Smooth
Rough
9
Line as Space
  • Artists use lines to create Perspective.
  • Perspective creates an illusion of space in
    artwork.

10
ShapeElement 2
  • A shape is created when a line encloses an area.

11
Organic vs Geometric
  • Geometric shapes are made from sharp straight
    lines or perfectly curved lines.
  • They are usually man made.
  • Organic shapes are usually made from curvy lines
    and often occur in nature.

12
Positive vs Negative
  • Positive Shapes are the visible parts of an
    object.
  • The positive shapes are black in this example.

13
Positive vs Negative
  • Negative Shapes are created by the space around
    an object and are more difficult to see.
  • The Negative Shapes are black in this example.
  • What do the negative shapes look like now?

14
SpaceElement 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
15
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.

16
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.

17
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?
18
Perspective continued
We can use rulers and a precise system to draw
buildings in perspective.
Two Point Perspective
One Point Perspective
19
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.

20
FormElement 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.

21
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.

22
Actual vs Implied Form
  • Actual form can be created using clay, wire wood,
    stone, or anything three dimensional.

Sand Sculpture
23
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
24
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

25
Open vs Closed Form
  • A closed form is a form that has no negative
    space within it.
  • Patrick Johnsons Father and Son is a
    closed form.

26
TextureElement 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.

27
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.

28
Actual vs Implied Texture
Actual Texture
Implied Texture
29
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
30
ValueElement 6
  • Value is how dark or light something is.
  • Black is the lowest Value
  • White is the highest Value

31
Value makes Contrast
  • Contrast is the difference between light and dark
    areas in an image.

Low Contrast
Good Contrast
High Contrast
32
ColorElement 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.

33
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

34
The Secondary Colors
  • Secondary Colors are made by mixing two Primary
    Colors together.

RedYellowOrange RedBlueViolet BlueYellowGree
n
35
The Intermediate Colors
  • Intermediate Colors are made by mixing together
    Primary and Secondary Colors.

YellowGreenYellow-Green GreenBlueBlue-Green Bl
ueVioletBlue-Violet VioletRedRed-Violet RedOr
angeRed-Orange OrangeYellowYellow-Orange
36
The Color Wheel
INTERMEDIATE
SECONDARY
PRIMARY
Gray
37
Monets Water Lilies Very Cool
Warm vs Cool Colors
  • Warm Colors arewarm!
  • Reds, Yellows, and Oranges
  • Cool Colors arecool!
  • Blues, Greens, and Violets

Very Warm
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