Elements and Principles PORTFOLIO DESIGN

Bellwork 1/27/16 COPY AND ANSWER: What do you know about the elements of art and principles of design? Give me an example of one element of art and how it is used in a piece of art you know about. Give me an example of one principle of design and how it is used in a piece of art you know about.

Sketchbook Critique Get your sketchbook, a pencil and a handout.

3-2-1 Bridge (find the page in your sketchbook you did this on) 3 words the describe the art 2 questions about art 1 metaphor about art COPY AND COMPLETE: “I used to think ____ about art; now I think ____.”

What is art? Labor intensive visual communication intended for an audience. Beautiful Skillful Meaningful/Provocative Expressive

Does art matter? Why art? To be well-rounded, educated and informed. To have taste.

Is there “bad” art. What does good art look like Is there “bad” art? What does good art look like? What does bad art look like? Absolutely! If something does not possess one or more of the four qualities, it is bad. That is your opinion. Give an example.

Does art have to be beautiful? No. First of all, beauty is subjective. If it has a message or took skill to create, it is also art. A lot of good art is “ugly.”

What makes someone an artist? Someone who creates art and identifies themselves as an artist. A professional artist should treat making art like a job and sell or show their work.

What is the point of art? To express and communicate ideas. These ideas can be simple or complex.

Agenda TLW be introduced to the basic building blocks of art. Bellwork Group Critique Turn in sketchbooks to grade. Notes EoA Drawing “Test”

The Elements of Art and Principles of Design

An element is a basic part of something in its simplest form An element is a basic part of something in its simplest form. There are 7 elements in art.

Line,. shape,. form,. texture,. value,. color,. and space Line, shape, form, texture, value, color, and space are the basic elements we find in all artwork.

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. LINE Ansel Adams Gustave Caillebotte

Pablo Picasso

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

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

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

Gustave Caillebotte

A 3-dimensional object; FORM A 3-dimensional object; or something in a 2-dimensional artwork that appears to be 3-dimensional. 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

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

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

Cecil Buller

What we use to organize the Elements of Art, The Principles of Art What we use to organize the Elements of Art, or the tools to make 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. James Whistler

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

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

RHYTHM RHYTHM RHYTHM RHYTHM RHYTHM RHYTHM A regular repetition of elements to produce the look and feel of movement. and MOVEMENT Marcel Duchamp

Vincent VanGogh

PATTERN and Repetition Gustav Klimt Repetition of a design.

The use of differences and change to increase the visual interest of the work. VARIETY Marc Chagall

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

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