The Elements of Art One or more elements of art will always be present in a work of art

The Elements of Art The Elements of Art are the building blocks of an art creation. They are the VISUAL LANGUAGE of art

There are SEVEN Elements of art : 1.Line - most basic element 2.Shape 3. Value 4. Space 5. Color – most noticeable element 6. Texture 7. Form

Line Defined as: a continuous mark made on a surface; Most BASIC Element Can vary in width, direction, curvature, & length.

Types Of Line: Vertical Horizontal Diagonal Curved Zig Zag

Lines in Art:

Controlled Lines

Loose Lines

Drawing with Lines

Shape Shape is created when a line becomes connected and encloses space. Shapes are flat -2 Dimensional (2-D) You can measure its HEIGHT and its WIDTH.

Shape There are two basic types of shape: –Geometric = straight & angular –Organic = smooth, curvy, free-form.

Geometric shapes have smooth even edges and are measurable. Examples include the square, the circle, the triangle and the rectangle.

Geometric Shapes: oval rectangleoctagon parallelogram hexagon trapezoid pentagon

Organic shapes have irregular edges and are usually found in nature; free form. Leaves, flowers, cloud, etc.

Organic

Value Lightness or darkness of a color or tone

Value Scale: Various shades from white to black

Space: Space is everywhere Indicates areas between, around, above, below, or within something

Ways to achieve space: 1. Overlapping 2. Size Change 3. Linear Perspective

SPACE:

Color Most noticeable of the art elements Is reflected light visible to the human eye

Primary colors are not mixed from other colors and they generate all other colors. Red Yellow Blue There are 3 Primary Colors

Color Schemes Primary Colors

Secondary Colors By mixing two primary colors, a secondary color is created. There are 3 Red + Yellow = Orange Yellow + Blue = Green Blue + Red = Violet

Color Moods

Texture An element of art which refers to the surface quality or “feel” of an object, its smoothness, roughness, softness, etc.

Janet Fish Oranges 1973 Pastel on Sandpaper Janet Fish used pastels to create visual textures in this work. In some areas she has combined different kinds of visual textures, such as shiny-rough, and shiny smooth, and matte smooth.

Texture

Texture Jesus Bautista Moroles Granite Weaving Playscape 1995 granite

Form A Form is a shape that has become 3- Dimensional Form has HEIGHT, WIDTH and DEPTH--which is the 3 rd dimension. (3 –D) Depth shows the thickness of the object. Forms are NOT flat like shapes are!

Turning Shapes into Forms A rectangle can become a box or a cylinder

Form:

Form There are two basic types of shape: –Geometric = straight & angular ( sphere, cube, etc.) –Organic = smooth, curvy, free-form. ( YOU are an example of an organic form)

Geometric Forms

Organic Forms

Forms on a 2-D Surface

Forms Forms are objects having three dimensions. Like shapes, they both have length and width, but forms also have depth. YOU are a three dimensional form, so is a tree or a table.

One Point Perspective