Art elements

Art elements

• 1. Elements of Art and Principles of Design Elements of Art and Principles of Design
• 2. Elements of Art Elements of Art The building blocks or ingredients of art. They structure and carry the work.
• 3. Elements of Art Elements of Art Line Color Value Shape Form Space Texture
• 4. LINE LINE A mark with length and direction. A continuous mark made on a surface by a moving point. Pablo Picasso
• 5. LINE LINE May be vertical, horizontal or diagonal, curved, straight, zigzag, or show emotion.
• 6. LINE LINE
• 7. LINE Contour lines- outline the edges of forms or shapes Gestural lines- indicate action and physical movement LINE
• 8. COLOR Consists of Hue (another word for color), Value (lightness or darkness) and Intensity (brightness). Henri Matisse Alexander Calder COLOR
• 9. COLOR Color has three properties: 1. HUE: this is the name of the colors 2. VALUE: refers to the lightness or darkness of a hue. 3. INTENSITY: refers to the purity of the hue or strength of a color COLOR
• 10. Neutral Colors Neutral Colors These colors are made by adding a complimentary color (opposite on the color wheel) to a hue. Neutralized hues are called tones.
• 11. Tints and Shades Tints – adding the color white to lighten a hue Shades – adding black to darken a hue Shades- adding the color black. Tints and Shades
• 12. Warm and Cool Colors Warm and Cool Colors Warm – red, orange, yellow Cool – green, blue, violet
• 13. Slide37 The lightness or darkness of a color. MC Escher Pablo Picasso VALUE
• 14. Slide38 High Range in Value Low Range in Value VALUE
• 15. Slide39 2-dimensional and it encloses space Joan Miro SHAPE
• 16. Slide9 SHAPE Shapes can be geometric or organic. GEOMETRIC: square, triangle, rectangle, rhombus, circle, cone ORGANIC: free form shapes, shapes in nature; for example: leaves, trees, animals
• 17. Organic vs. Geometric Organic vs. Geometric SHAPE
• 18. Slide42 The appearance of a 3 dimensional object which is encloses and holds volume Jean Arp Lucien Freud FORM
• 19. Slide4 Shows an object in space, the mass or positive space it occupies. For example, a triangle, which is 2-dimensional, is a shape, but a pyramid, which is 3-dimensional, is a form. FORM
• 20. Slide43 Form can be 2D Form can be 3D FORM
• 21. Slide44 The distance or area between, around, above, below, or within things. Foreground, Middleground and Background (creates DEPTH) SPACE
• 22. Slide25 Positive (filled with something) and Negative (empty areas) SPACE
• 23. Slide46 The surface quality or "feel" of an object, its smoothness, roughness, softness, etc. TEXTURE
• 24. Slide7 TEXTURE Textures may be actual or implied.
• 25. Slide47 Actual – texture that you can feel with your sense of touch Implied – texture that has been simulated in drawing and painting on a smooth surface TEXTURE
• 26. You should now have7 Elements of Art Pages turn your book over and start from the other side…… You should now have 7 Elements of Art Pages turn your book over and start from the other side……
• 27. Principles of Design Principles of Design The ways in which the Elements of Art are organized are referred to as the Principles of Design. They are concepts that affect content and message.
• 28. Principles of Design Principles of Design Balance Emphasis Rhythm Movement Unity Variety Proportion
• 29. Slide50 The way the elements are arranged to create a feeling of stability in a work. Alexander Calder BALANCE
• 30. Slide51 Symmetrical Balance The parts of an image are organized so that one side mirrors the other. Leonardo DaVinci
• 31. Slide52 Asymmetrical Balance When one side of a composition does not reflect the design of the other. James Whistler
• 32. Radial Balance Radial Balance Slice it like a pizza- Each piece will be the same
• 33. Slide53 The focal point of an image, or when one area or thing stand out the most. Jim Dine Gustav Klimt EMPHASIS
• 34. Slide14 EMPHASIS The part that catches your attention first.
• 35. Slide54 Can be created through the use of many different elements and principles like… CONTRAST PROPORTION COLOR EMPHASIS
• 36. RHYTHM  RHYTHM RHYTHM RHYTHM RHYTHM RHYTHM RHYTHM RHYTHM RHYTHM RHYTHM RHYTHM RHYTHM A regular repetition of elements to produce the look and feel of movement. Marcel Duchamp
• 37. Slide15 RHYTHM The repetition of lines, shapes, or colors to create a feeling of movement.
• 38. Slide5 MOVEMENT The motion created in a work of art. Often uses the principle of rhythm to achieve this.
• 39. Slide60 Vincent VanGogh The feeling of action or directional flow
• 40. Slide61 When all the elements and principles work together to create a pleasing image. The feeling of wholeness or the parts belonging together. Johannes Vermeer UNITY
• 41. Slide62 The use of differences and change to increase the visual interest of the work. Marc Chagall VARIETY
• 42. Slide26 VARIETY The use of different lines, shapes, and colors in a piece of work.
• 43. Slide63 The comparative relationship of one part to another with respect to size, quantity, or degree; SCALE. Gustave Caillebotte PROPORTION
• 44. Slide56 …with color Proportion …size / scale
• 45. Slide76 PROPORTION
• 46. Review- What principles do you see? Review- What principles do you see?
• 47. Proportion Proportion
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• 49. Balance- Symetrical Balance- Symetrical
• 50. Slide83
• 51. Rhythm Rhythm
• 52. Slide82
• 53. Movement Movement
• 54. Slide86
• 55. Proportion Proportion
• 56. Slide88
• 57. Emphasis Emphasis