Exploring Elements of Art: Line, Texture, Shape, Form, Color

1. Elements of ART *The building blocks of any artwork*

2. Line • is the path of a moving point.

3. Gesture Lines • quick, almost scribbly line drawing that captures action or movement, sometimes done in charcoal as a preliminary sketch for a painting or more finished drawing. • Draw a gesture drawing below your definition.

4. Hatching Lines • are a series of parallel lines varying degrees apart that can also create value. • Draw an object with hatching lines below your definition.

5. Crosshatching Lines • are sets of hatching lines that cross each other, and also can create value. • Draw an object using crosshatching lines.

6. Contour Lines • are lines that surround and define the edges of a subject, giving it shape and volume. • Draw an object using contour lines underneath your definition.

7. Blind Contour Lines • is a contour line drawing where you ONLY look at your subject, NOT your paper. • Take 5 minutes to draw your hands using blind contour line technique underneath your definition.

8. Texture • is how something feels when touched, or how it looks like it would feel if touched.

9. Actual Texture • is the way a surface actually feels when you touch it, such as the roughness of the bark on a tree. • Glue something from the box underneath your definition for touching. • 1 Lobi Jar with Lid20th century Ceramic The Minneapolis Institute of Arts

10. Simulated Texture • is how something looks like it would feel if touched. • Draw simulated textures underneath your definition. Juan Sanchez Cotan, Still Life with Quince, Cabbage, Melon, and Cucumber, 1600, Oil Touching a photograph.

11. Shape • is an enclosed 2-dimensional area measured with height and width. There are two different types of shapes, geometric and organic. Composition VIII, 1923

12. Geometric Shape • is a shape with a mathematical design. They tend to be exact and are typically made with straight lines (except for circles and ovals). • Draw examples of geometric shapes underneath your definition. • 1 2 Piet Mondrian, (Dutch) 1872-1944, Boogie-Woogie, 1942-43. Oil on canvas, 50 x 50" (127 x 127 cm) . The Museum of Modern Art, New York.

13. Organic Shape • is a shape with natural free flowing characteristics. They tend to be found in nature. • Draw examples of organic shapes underneath your definition. Joan Miro (Spanish) 1893-1983, The Policeman, Oil on canvas,1925, 248 x 194.9 cm, The Art Institute Of Chicago

14. Form • is an enclosed 3-dimensional area measured with height, width, and volume. There are two types of form, geometric and organic. • 1 2. Paul Herman, Self Portrait Sierra de Aracena, Sevilla, 1994, Oil on canvas Michelangelo Buonoratti (1475-1564 An Italian Artist ) David, 1501-1504, 15 feet, Marble, Galleria dell'Accademia, Italy

15. Geometric Form • is a form with a mathematical design. They tend to be exact and are typically made with straight lines (except for spheres). • Draw geometric forms underneath your definition.

16. Organic Form • is a form with natural free flowing characteristics. They tend to be found in nature. • Draw organic forms underneath your definition. Paul Herman, Self Portrait Sierra de Aracena, Sevilla, 1994, Oil on canvas A tree found in nature Henry Moore, Locking Piece, 1963-64

17. Value • Value is the lightness and darkness of a color. It can also make a flat, 2-dimensional shape have the illusion of a 3-dimensional form. Marc Chagall, (Russian),

18. Value ScalesUse a #2 pencil and a colored pencil to draw two 6 section value scales.

19. Value Blending Hatching Hatching Crosshatching Stippling Scribbling

20. Color • Occurs when light in different wavelengths hits our eyes. • Color Spectrum: is a row of colors created when light passes through a prism.

21. Color • Hue: is the color wheel name of the color such as yellow or yellow-green. COLOR – Pigments or Hue • Tint: when white is added to a color to make it lighter value. • Shade: when black is added to a color to make it darker value.

22. Color Wheel Draw the color wheel shown below.

23. Color Wheel • Primary Colors: Red, Yellow, and Blue • 2 Important Things About the Primary Colors: • No mixture of colors can make the primary colors. • The primary colors can be mixed to make any color on the color wheel. • Color the primary colors onto your color wheel. They are the middle sections. Also color their tints which are the outside sections and their shades which are the inside sections. • Label the color with a P next to it. Circle the P.

24. Color Wheel Draw the color wheel shown below. Yellow (P) Red (P) Blue (P)

25. Color Wheel • Secondary Colors:Orange, Green, Violet Two primary colors mixed together make a secondary color. • Color the secondary colors onto your color wheel. They are the middle sections. Also color their tints which are the outside sections and their shades which are the inside sections. • Label the color with a S next to it. Circle the S.

26. Color Wheel Draw the color wheel shown below. Yellow (P) Green (S) Orange (S) Red (P) Blue (P) Violet (S)

27. Color Wheel • Tertiary Colors: Yellow-Green, Blue-Green, Blue-Violet, Red-Violet, Red-Orange, Yellow-Orange Made by mixing a primary color and a secondary color together. Important: Always say the primary color first. • Color the tertiary colors onto your color wheel. They are the middle sections. Also color their tints which are the outside sections and their shades which are the inside sections. • Label the color with a T next to it. Circle the T.

28. Color Wheel Yellow-Orange (T) Yellow-Green (T) Yellow (P) Orange (S) Green (S) Blue-Green (T) Red-Orange (T) Red (P) Blue (P) Red-Violet (T) Blue-Violet (T) Violet (S)

29. Color Schemes • Warm Colors: Yellow-Green, Yellow, Yellow-Orange, Orange, Red-Orange, Red, Red-Violet These colors pop out at you. They stand out. • Label the warm colors on your color wheel.

30. Color Wheel Yellow-Orange (T) Yellow-Green (T) Yellow (P) Orange (S) Green (S) WARM COLORS Blue-Green (T) Red-Orange (T) Red (P) Blue (P) Red-Violet (T) Blue-Violet (T) Violet (S)

31. Color Schemes • Cool Colors: Green, Blue-Green, Blue, Blue-Violet, Violet These colors recede into the background. Vincent Van Gogh, “Starry Night”, 1889

32. Color Wheel Yellow-Orange (T) Yellow-Green (T) Yellow (P) Orange (S) Green (S) WARM COLORS Blue-Green (T) Red-Orange (T) COOL COLORS Red (P) Blue (P) Red-Violet (T) Blue-Violet (T) Violet (S)

33. Color Schemes • Monochromatic: is when only one color and it’s values are used. Christine Taylor, “Ocean Blue”,2007, Colored Pencil on Vellum Bristol paper

34. Monochromatic Color Scheme • Draw a circle with six sections. • Choose a color, and write it’s name down underneath the circle. • Color in the six sections using different values of the color. • NOTE: You are only using one colored pencil. Blue

35. Color Schemes • Analogous: is 3 to 5 colors lined up in a row on the color wheel.

36. Analogous Color Scheme • Draw a circle with six sections. • Choose three to five analogous colors, and write their names down underneath the circle. • Color in the six sections using different values of each of the analogous colors. Yellow, Yellow-Green, Green, Blue-Green

37. Color Schemes • Complementary colors: are two colors directly across from each other on the color wheel.

38. Complementary Color Scheme • Draw a circle with six sections. • Choose two complementary colors, and write their names down underneath the circle. • Color in the six sections using three different values of each of those complementary colors. Red, Green

39. Space • The distance or area between, around, above, below, or within things.

40. Position on Picture Plane (Space) • The higher up the objects are in a picture plane, the farther away they seem to be. • Draw your own example. Andrew Wyeth, (American) b. 1917, Christina's World, 1948Tempera, 32 1/4 x 47 3/4 in., The Museum of Modern Art, New York

41. Size (Space) • Objects get smaller as they move into the background. • Draw your own example. Abraham Bloemaert Shepherd Boy Pointing at Tobias and the Angelc. 1625-1630 Oil on canvas The Minneapolis Institute of Arts

42. Overlapping (Space) • Draw your own example. The Antimenes Painter Black-figured Hydriac. 530 B.C. Slip-glazed earthenware The Minneapolis Institute of Arts Detail on pot

43. Aerial Perspective (Space) • Images in the background get hazier, cooler, lighter, and duller in color. T. Worthington Whittredge (American), 1820-1910)

44. Linear Perspective (Space) • “Linear Perspective is a term used to describe the fact that lines which are parallel in nature seem to converge (come together) in the distance. This diagram illustrates 1-point and 2-point perspective, where lines converge on the horizon at a vanishing point.” Camille Pissarro Place du Théâtre Français, Paris: Rain1898 Oil on canvas The Minneapolis Institute of Arts

46. Let’s draw an example: Represents 3-dimensional space on a 2-dimensional surface

50. Orthogonals: diagonal lines