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Elements of Art. Learning the parts of a visual language. What does this say?. فن. “ Fann ”, the Arabic word for art. If you couldn’t read that, what does it say about you?. Anagrams game. Learning to make art is a skill, like learning how to read.
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Elements of Art Learning the parts of a visual language.
What does this say? فن “Fann”, the Arabic word for art.
If you couldn’t read that, what does it say about you? Anagrams game
Learning to make art is a skill, like learning how to read. • First, you learn the parts of the language and what they look like. • Then, you learn how to put them together to say what you mean as clearly as possible.
Elements of Art: The parts of the language. You already know them and use them all the time, like any child who speaks words before learning to read.
Francis Picabia, Machine tournezvite (Machine Turn Quickly), 1916/1918
Form Hint: Shape in three dimensions
Did you get them all? • S p a c e • FormShape • Line • Value • Texture • Color