Monday, August 29
Warmup:In your sketchbook, copy down the
definition:
Elements of art- the basic components of a work of art
The Elements of Art
The Elements of Art
• Line• Shape• Color• Value• Texture• Space• Form
LineA mark with length and direction.
Lines can be:
THICK thin straight curved d a s h e d……etc.
Line• Often it defines the contour of a shape or
form.
Pablo Picasso
Types of Line• Horizontal __ Vertical I Diagonal /• Expressive Line: A kind of line that reflects the
artist’s emotions or feelings.
Wassily Kandinsky
Willem deKooning
An enclosed space
Three Musicians, Pablo Picasso
This painting by Picasso uses a lot of shapes to illustrate the musicians.
SHAPE
Types of Shape:• Geometric (circle, square,
triangle…)
Organic: Any shape that is not geometric. Organic shapes are derived from natural forms.
the qualities of hue, intensity and value observed in a pigment.
• Hue- the name of the color (example: red)
Intensity- the purity and strength of the color
Value- the lightness or darkness of the color
Primary Colors
Blue
Yellow
Red
Color
Pablo Picasso
Vincent VanGogh
Wassily Kandinsky
Value
The lightness or darkness of an object.
ValueThe painting of the woman has extreme darks
and lights—a wide range of values. Compare it with the cathedral, which does not.
Artemisia Gentileschi
Claude Monet
TextureThe surface quality of an object.Example: The way an object would feel if you
were to touch it.
Texture
sketch by Vincent VanGogh
Vincent Van Gogh
Albrecht Durer
SpaceSpaceDefinition: the illusion of depth on a two
dimensional surface
The apples overlap, which shows depth.
Space• The telephone poles get
smaller and smaller as you go back in space, showing that they are farther away.
Positive Space- filled with things such as lines, shapes, colors, and marks. Negative Space- empty space Pos. Space-
White Vase
Neg. Space- Black around the vase.
Henri Matisse
Or is it…?
FormForm• Definition: A 3-Dimensional shape • Types of Forms: Sphere, Cube, Pyramid,
Cylinder, Cone.
Form• Sculptures are made of forms (3D shapes).
Auguste Rodin
Recap: Elements of Art
• Line• Shape• Color• Value• Texture• Space• Form