Formal Elements of Art AP Drawing
Formal Elements: line linear value texture form space
Line: A mark with length and direction(-s).
Rembrandt
Vertical: The direction going straight up and down
Vertical: The direction going straight up and down David Nicolato
Horizontal: Straight and flat across, parallel to the horizon. M.C. Escher
Diagonal - Having a slanted direction. Bruce Ackerson Goya
Linear - Importance is placed on contours or outlines.
Linear: A painting technique in which importance is placed on contours or outlines.
Paul Klee
Value: An element of art that refers to luminance or luminosity — the lightness or darkness of a color.
Texture: is the surface quality or "feel" of an object, its smoothness, roughness, softness, etc.
Vincent van Gogh Susanna Heckman
Form: a sense of being three-dimensional. .
M.C. Escher
Space: refers to the distance or area between, around, above, below, or within things.
Questions: 1. List and define. Give a visual example of four of the formal elements you have learned about from this lecture (you may draw or describe verbally). 2. Name some line qualities.