The Elements and Principles of Art BIG IDEA: The Elements and Principles of Design can be LEARNED, STUDIED and PRACTICED. ESSENTIAL QUESTION: How does an understanding of the Elements and Principles of Design enhance the visual art experience? The Elements and Principles of Art

Lesson Objectives Students will: Recognize art as a representation of culture and thereby a primary resource when studying history Develop a basic understanding of art history from prehistoric to Neoclassic art Develop art criticism skills Consider HOW artists make art by learning the basic vocabulary of art criticism: the elements and principles of design Consider WHY artists make art by looking at art as a form of visual communication Analyze their own personal reaction to art works

The building blocks or ingredients of art. The Elements of Art The building blocks or ingredients of art.

LINE A mark with length and direction. A continuous mark made on a surface by a moving point. Gustave Caillebotte Ansel Adams

Line can be DECORATIVE Or IMPLIED…. Pablo Picasso

COLOR Consists of Hue (another word for color), Intensity (brightness) and Value (lightness or darkness). Alexander Calder Henri Matisse

Artists use different systems of color depending on the effect they are trying to achieve… Color Vocabulary Primary Secondary Tertiary Analogous Complimentary Neutral Warm/Cool

The lightness or darkness of a color. VALUE The lightness or darkness of a color. Pablo Picasso MC Escher

An enclosed area defined and determined by other art elements; SHAPE An enclosed area defined and determined by other art elements; 2-dimensional. Organic Geometric Joan Miro

Gustave Caillebotte Usually shapes from nature are said to be ORGANIC and man made shapes are more GEOMETRIC

FORM A 3-dimensional object or something in a 2-dimensional artwork that appears to be 3-D For example, a triangle, which is 2-dimensional, is a shape, but a pyramid, which is 3-dimensional, is a form. Jean Arp Lucien Freud

S P A C E The distance or area between, around, above, below, or within things. Foreground, Middle ground and Background (creates DEPTH) Robert Mapplethorpe Positive (filled with something) and Negative (empty areas). Claude Monet

TEXTURE The surface quality or "feel" of an object, its smoothness, roughness, softness, etc. Textures may be actual or implied.

Cecil Buller

The Element Song!! Sung to the tune of “Baa Baa Black Sheep! Line, shape and color Value , form and space Texture, texture Are the elements in place?

What we use to organize the Elements of Art The Principles of Art 7 What we use to organize the Elements of Art

BALANCE The way the elements are arranged to create a feeling of stability in a work. Alexander Calder

Symmetrical Balance The parts of an image are organized so that one side mirrors the other. Leonardo DaVinci

Asymmetrical Balance When one side of a composition does not reflect the design of the other and yet still has equal weight. James Whistler

EMPHASIS The focal point of an image, or when one area or thing stands out the most. Jim Dine Gustav Klimt

CONTRAST Salvador Dali A large difference between two things to create interest and tension. CONTRAST creates EMPHASIS Ansel Adams

REPETITION REPETITION REPETITION REPETITION REPETITION creates MOVEMENT And RHYTHM A regular repetition of elements to produce the look and feel of movement or to MOVE the viewers eye around the artwork. Marcel Duchamp

Repetition, Movement, Rhythm continued… Where there is a sense of movement in an art work, created by a repetition of elements rhythm is created – almost like we can hear a repetitive beat of music when we look at a painting…. Vincent VanGogh

UNITY/HARMONY When all the elements and principles work together to create a pleasing image. Johannes Vermeer

A sense of unity can occur even in artworks that use more VARIETY A sense of unity can occur even in artworks that use more VARIETY. The use of differences increases the visual interest of the work and can actually add to the harmony Marc Chagall

PROPORTION The comparative relationship of one part to another with respect to size, quantity, or degree; SCALE. Gustave Caillebotte

Playing with SCALE Artists sometimes deliberately use unnatural proportions or scale to create a mood, message or special effect.

Painters and sculptors are not the only artists who use the elements and principles of design. Graphic artists use these “rules” of art to draw our attention to what they want to sell…

Primitive cultures who were never taught how to “make” art still show evidence of the elements and principles of design. They are universal….

Your Assignment: Personalizing Your Art Journals Individualize! Personalize! Add pizazz! To your Art Journal! Your cover must include: Your NAME and ROLL NUMBER a composition that features ALL of the 13 elements and principles of design Personalize through image choice, color design and embellishments Neatness counts! In your journal, write a 1-2 page explanation of your design, describing your use of the elements and principles You may come into my art room to work DURING LUNCH!. You may use any of the following to create your design: Paint, marker or pencils Collaged pictures from newspapers, magazines, internet, personal collections Scrapbook papers, buttons, glued embellishments A mix of different media You will be graded on your ability to demonstrate your understanding of the elements and principles of design, your skillful use of media and neatness!