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Learning a Visual Vocabulary

Dive into the fundamental elements of art - discover the power of color, texture, line, value, shape, form, and space. Learn how they influence and enhance artistic creations. Explore various aspects and techniques to enrich your visual vocabulary and artistic understanding.

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Learning a Visual Vocabulary

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  1. Learning a Visual Vocabulary • Elements of Art • Principles of Art

  2. The Elements of Art • Color • Texture • Line • Value • Shape/Form • Space There are 6 elements of art:

  3. COLOR

  4. Primary Colors • Red • Yellow • Blue

  5. Secondary Colors • Orange • Green • Violet

  6. Intermediate Colors • Yellow-Green • Yellow-Orange • Blue-Green • Blue-Violet • Red-Violet • Red-Orange

  7. Complementary Colors • Colors opposite each other on the color wheel • Ex: • Red & green • Blue & orange • Yellow & violet

  8. Warm Colors • Hues containing red & yellow • Advance or come forward in a painting • Sunlight often painted with warm colors

  9. Cool Colors • Hues containing green or blue • Seem to recede or go back into a painting • Water often painted with cool colors

  10. Texture • The quality of a surface, what you can feel and see • What are some things that have texture? Describe them

  11. Simulated Texture • The surface appearsto have texture (an illusion)

  12. Line • Thick or thin • Continuous or interrupted • Straight or curved • Vertical, horizontal or diagonal • Geometric or organic

  13. Kandinsky Van Gogh

  14. Value • The light or dark quality of a color or shape in a painting • Black is the darkest value while white is the lightest • Most successful paintings have a contrast in value • The stronger the contrast, the more dramatic the painting seems

  15. Shape • An enclosed space having only two-dimensions • Can be geometric or organic

  16. Form • Three-dimensional and encloses volume • Geometric: cubes, pyramids, boxlike, cones… • Irregular: pencils, horses, bottles, people… • The most important element for sculptors

  17. Space • Illusion of space Artists create an illusion of space in a painting • Artists use perspective to show depth or space in a painting • Perspective: the representation of 3D objects and space on a flat surface

  18. Aerial Perspective:Creates the illusion of distance by muting color and blurring detail as objects get farther away • Far away • Lighter values • The edges become softer/more blurred • Up close • Values are darker • Colors are more intense

  19. Analysis of a Painting • Subject matter: Which subject matter best describes your painting? Why? • Elements of Art: (COMPLETE SENTENCES) • Color: What kinds of the color? How does the artist use color? • Texture: What kind of texture, where? How does it contribute to the painting? • Line: What kinds of line? How does it contribute to the painting? • Value: Light? Dark? Where? How does it contribute to the painting? • Shape/Form: What kinds? Where? How does it contribute to the painting? • Space: Is it deep or shallow space? How do you know? How does it contribute to the painting?

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