Elements of Art

1. Elements of Art

2. Line • An element of art that is used to define space, contours, and outlines, or suggest mass and volume. It may be a continuous mark made on surface with a pointed tool or implied by edges of shapes and forms.

3. Examples of line

5. Shape • An element of art. An enclosed space defined by other art elements such as line, color and texture.

8. Form • An element of design that appears three-dimensional and encloses volume such as a cube, sphere, pyramid, or cylinder.

9. Texture • The surface quality of an artwork usually perceived through touch

11. Space • An element of art that indicates areas between, around, above, below or within something.

12. Perspective • The representation of three-dimensional objects on a flat surface to produce the same impression of distance and relative size as that received by the human eye.

13. Aerial perspective: The diminishing of color intensity to lighter and duller hues to give the illusion of distance.

15. Two point linear perspective: A technique of creating an illusion of depth on a flat surface. • All parallel lines receding into the distance are drawn to converge at one or more vanishing points on the horizon line. • In ONE POINT linear perspective receding line converge to one vanishing point. • In TWO POINT linear perspective lines go to te3o vanishing points

16. One point perspective

17. Two point perspective

22. Value: An element of art concerned with the degree of lightness of colors. Darker colors are lower in value.

23. Tint: A lighter value of a hue made by adding small amount of another color to it. • Shade: Variations in the dark and light of color by adding black to the color.

24. Color Theory • Color: An art element with three principles : hue, value, and intensity. Primary colors: The three basic colors red, yellow and blue, form which it is possible to mix all other colors. Secondary colors: Colors that result from a mixture of two primary colors. Intermediate colors: Colors produced by mixing a primary color and the adjacent secondary color on the color wheel.

25. Primary colors Secondary colors Intermediate colors

26. Intensity: The degree of purity, saturation or strength of color. Color Schemes • Triadic: Any three colors equidistant on the color wheel • Complementary: Two colors that are directly across from each other on the color wheel. • Analogous: Colors that are next to each other on the color wheel.

27. Triadic

28. Principles of Design

29. Repetition: A way of combining art elements so that the same elements are used over and over to achieve balance and harmony.

30. Pattern: The repetition of elements or combinations of elements in a recognizable organization.

32. Rhythm: A principle of design that refers to ways of combining elements to produce the appearance of movement in an artwork .

33. Movement Associated with rhythm referring to the arrangement of parts in an art work to create a sense of motion to the viewers eye.

34. Contrast: A principle of design that refers to difference s between elements such as color, texture, value, and shape.

36. Proportion: The size relationship between parts of an artwork

37. Balance • A principle of design referring to the visual elements to create stability in an artwork. There are four types of balance: • Symmetrical: A balance arrangement in which parts of a composition are organized so that one side duplicates or mirrors the other.

38. Symmetrical: A balance arrangement in which parts of a composition are organized so that one side duplicates or mirrors the other.

39. Asymmetrical: A feeling of balance attained when the visual units on either side of a vertical axis are actually different but are placed in the composition to create a “felt” balance of the total work.

40. Radial symmetry: A balance arrangement that results from the repetitive placement of elements radiating out from central point.

41. Emphasis: A principle of design in which one element or a combination of elements create more attention than anything else in a composition. • Focal point: The area within a composition which the emphasis is greatest and where the eye of the viewer continually comes to rest.

42. Emphasis?

43. Focal Point????

44. Variety: A principle of design concerned with the inclusion of differences in the elements of a composition to offset unity and add interest to an artwork.

45. Unity: A principle of design related to the sense of wholeness that results from the successful combination of the component elements in an artwork.

46. Media

47. Medium: The materials such as oil, watercolor etc. , used to create an artwork or category of art such as drawing, painting, or sculpture. • Media…plural for medium, more than one.

48. Two dimensional art media • Painting: artwork made of colored powders mixed with a liquid. Some media include; watercolor, tempera, oil, acrylic and fresco.

49. Watercolor: transparent water-based paint that uses gum Arabic as a binder. • Tempera: A technique of painting in which water-based paint is mixed or tempered with egg yolk. • Oil painting: Slow drying paint made when pigments are mixed with an oil; usually opaque and used on canvas. • Acrylic paint: A synthetic paint medium in which pigments are mixed with acrylic , a plastic emulsion that acts as a vehicle and a binder.

50. Fabric: a material produced by interlocking horizontal and vertical threads. • Yarn: A material produced by twisting fibers of animal, plant, or synthetic sources, used to make fiber art.