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Shapes

Shapes. Notes Page- Shape. Shape- An enclosed space defined by other elements such as line, color and texture. What other shapes can you think of?. Positive and Negative Shapes. Figure-ground relationships. Looking at an artwork.

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Shapes

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  1. Shapes

  2. Notes Page- Shape • Shape- An enclosed space defined by other elements such as line, color and texture. • What other shapes can you think of?

  3. Positive and Negative Shapes Figure-ground relationships

  4. Looking at an artwork • Figure-ground relationship- the tendency to see pictures/patterns with two kinds of shapes. Figures being the main shape on top of or surrounded by the ground.

  5. Negative shapes • The shapes created by the void or spaces behind the main object in a work of art. • Negative shape = ground

  6. Positive Shapes • The objects in a work of art • Positive shape = figure

  7. Matisse, Henri Blue Nude (IV) Nu bleu (IV) Spring 1952 Gouache on paper, cut and pasted, and charcoal on white paper 40 1/2 x 29 1/8 in. (103 x 74 cm) Musee Matisse, Nice-Cimiez Matisse, Henri Icarus (Icare) 1947 From "Jazz"

  8. Making an Artwork using positive and negative shapes • Step 1: Trace the scissors onto your paper. The scissors must touch (!) but not overlap. • Step 2: Draw two shapes (boxes, hearts, hands, etc.) over your scissors. See example. • Step 3: Fill in the negative and positive shapes according to the example.

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