What is it?

1. DOTS AND POINTS What is it? . Is it a point / a pixel / a dot / a full stop? Complete these definitions : 1.In art a……………….. Is the first and primary visual mark. It is a key element for lots of abstract painters. 2. The term………………………….is actually short for picture elements. It’s the basic unit of images on a computer monitor. 3. At this ……………………… we are ready to start. 4. A …………………………is a mark of punctuation.

2. . FULL -STOP PIXEL POINT DOT That’s all for today.

3. WHAT IS A POINT? A point is a coordinate without any dimensions, without any area. We can’t actually draw a point, what we can draw is a dot. WHAT IS A DOT? A dot is the smallest element of the visual language. In fact dots are the building blocks of everything else. In art we produce a dot when a tool (pencil, brush, needle, felt-tip, pricker, finger, crayon..) meets a surface leaving a mark. Every different tool produces a different mark. The result depends on the material on which it is left. Any other mark we make can be seen as one or more dots in combination. While we often think of dots as circular in nature, they don’t have to be circular. The most important thing is the proportion of the dot, the space around it and the position of the dot within that space. Dots centrally placed within a composition createsymmetryand are neutral and static. Dots placed off centre createasymmetry. They are dynamic

4. ……… ………… ………… ………… ALIGNEMENT ARRANGEMENT DEPTH CASUALNESS REGULAR RHYTHM IRREGULAR RYTHM

5. DOTS: SIZE AND POSITION EFFECT DOTS SIZE DOTS POSITION Same dimension and a direction: they are aligned Alignement They are arranged in a regular pattern . They are perceived as horizontal and vertical lines Same dimension Arrangement but they have no direction and are drawn in a casual order Casualness Same dimension

6. but the same direction and they follow the same sequence Regular rhythm Different dimensions Different dimensions Irregular rhythm but they are lined up in a regular grid in an irregular order no direction and irregular order Different dimensions Depth

7. Irregular rythm Depth Alignement Arrangement Regular rhytm Casualness

8. Match definitions and characteristics.

9. DOTS AGGREGATIONS ACCUMULATION RAREFACTION If lots of dots are near one another, you get an effect of………………………………….. If dots are far from, one another, there is an effect of…………………………………….

10. Images are perceived through the eyes, by the effects of accumulation or of rarefaction of tiny dots: thick or thin aggregations of dots create effects or threedimensionality. If dots are closely drawn they create light/dark areas that look like shadow and hollows. If dots are thinning out drawn they create light/dark that give the idea of light and reliefs

11. Can you match these words and pictures? Thin out dots Closely drawn dots Hollow Relief

12. Using coloured dots aligned with regular rythm you can obtain decorative effects, like this aboriginal painting. What kind of visual element is used? What shapes does it form? What colours are there? Can you see a hidden natural element? What is it? Is it represented in a realistic way?

13. PATTERNS AND TEXTURES Structures, specifically patterns and textures, are used to differentiate one form from another and a form from its surrounding space. They also add interest, depth, and a sense of realism to your design. They can be added to individual forms or to the space around forms and they are created through organized or random structuring of dots, marks or lines. Any time we place two or more objects on a surface in relation to each other they form a structure.  Patterns are structures with a geometric quality. When objects are arranged in a recognizable and repeatable structure they form a pattern. A pattern is a visual element that repeats. Textures are structures with irregular surface activity. When objects are arranged in a random or varying pattern they form a texture.

14. Texture and patterns are used to differentiate one form from another and a form from its surrounding space.

15. Textures are organic and natural. The size of the objects dots, marks or lines forming the texture may vary. The distance between them may vary. The density of the structure may vary. 

16. The author is…………….. The author is………………. Consider the two images depicting Vincent Van Gogh’s bedroom in Arles, one by Roy Lichtenstein and one by Van Gogh himself The Lichtenstein image uses pattern and the Van Gogh image uses texture. Both images while strikingly similar in composition are also strikingly different in their use of structures and the feeling they convey. Can you recognize the author of the two paintings?

17. What is a line? A line is a series of points adjacent to each other, where a point has no dimension, a line has one dimension: a length Whenitiscreatedby a graphictool (pen, felt-tip, brush..) itreproduces the movementof the handthatisdrawingit, that’s why a lineis a dynamicelement. A lineexpressesitsauthor’s personality. An artistchooses the marksofhispicture accordingto the kindofmessagehewantstogive.

18. A horizontal line gives a message of calm, a vertical one of upward movement, Calm and immobility Dynamism and instability Upward movement a slanted line gives a message of dynamism and instability, a tangled line a message of confusion and a circular line a message of tidiness Confusion Tidiness

19. A lineleadssomewhere, youreyemovesalongit, seekingone or bothofitsendpoints ENDPOINT Where dots are about position, lines are about movement and direction. This movement and direction makes lines dynamic. A line is not attracting you to a point in space. It’s directing you towards and away from points in space

20. The movementsof a linegivedifferentsensations. Forexample a soft wavylinegives a senseofcalm and harmony A variedlinegives a senseofdynamism, regular variationsofdirections give the idea ofrythm. RHYTHM HARMONY DYNAMISM

21. Lines not only connect elements, they can also separate elements. They can connect an element to space or separate it from space. Lines separate and join both spaces and objects A line connects or separates

22. THICKNESS As lines become thicker they begin to be perceived as planes or surfaces and they gain mass. To maintain their identity as lines they must increase in length as they increase in width THIN LINE A THICK LINE MUST INCREASE IN LENGTH AS IT INCREASES IN WIDTH

23. If a line continues to get thicker without getting longer at some point it ceases to be a line and becomes a surface or plane.

24. Changing the thickness or weight of lines and the intervals between lines creates a sense of depth. Lines that appear closer together have more tension between them and advance to the foreground. Lines further apart have less tension between them and recede into the background. Less tension Lines further apartrecede into the background Lines closer together and thickeradvance to the foreground

25. THICKNESS and CLOSENESS What do younotice? Is the thickness and closenessoflinesimportant in art? Whateffects can you create withlines?

26. JUST USING LINES AND DOTS, WRITE HOW YOU CAN CREATE EFFECTS OF: Thin out dots and lines DEPTH LIGHT Dotsaccumulation Thick or thinaggregationofdots DARK HOLLOW Dotsrarefaction RELIEF Closelydrawndots and lines THREE-DIMENSIONALITY Differentsizesofdots and lines

27. RHYTHM As the interval between a series of lines and the width of those lines varies, a rhythm is created. Changing the color or value of the lines can add more complexity to that rhythm. (different effects)

28. The Relationship Between Line and Line When two lines join they create an angle between them. When the angle between lines is acute (less than 90 degrees) the movement and change in direction is perceived to be rapid.

31. Slide 3: from “Points, dots and lines: The Elements Of Design part II” – by Steven Bradley Slide 7 :from “Percorsi CLIL di arte e immagine” a cura di Paolo Balboni. Slide 15 and 16 :from Structures As Patterns and Textures: The Elements Of Design Part IV- by Steven Bradley