Please grab your sketchbook, open to 2 blank pages, and write this as the TITLE on the left side. REVIEW: The ELEMENTS and PRINCIPLES of Art.

The ELEMENTS of Art are DEFINED as…

The BUILDING BLOCKS of Visual Art. (The TOOLS)

Principles of Art Are Defined As…

The RULES for how to ORGANIZE / use the Elements of Art (how to use the TOOLS).

Elements and Principles of Design Elements: Line Shape Form Color Value Texture Space Principles: Balance Emphasis Contrast Scale/Proportion Rhythm & Movement Variety Unity

Line A line is defined as a mark with length and direction, created by a point that moves across a surface. A line can vary in length, width, direction, curvature, and color. Jasper Johns, 0-9 (continuous line) Gesture drawing

Types of Line:

Experimenting with Line and Mark-making

Line Jackson Pollock, Autumn Rhythm

Andy Goldsworthy LINE

Keith Haring

Shape Shape is an enclosed space defined by other elements of art. Shape is 2-Dimensional Shape can be: Geometric: Angular, man-made concept Organic: curvilinear - found in nature Fernana Leger, The City Matisse, from the series “Jazz”

Picasso, Three Musicians

Henri Matisse, Blue Nude II

FORM 3 Dimensional Shape. Volume

MC Escher, Self Portrait

Tamara de Lempicka Portrait of Ira P Vincent Van Gogh, Shoes

Value An element of art that refers to luminance or luminosity – the lightness or darkness of a color. Value is an especially important element in works of art when color is absent. This is particularly likely with drawings, printmaking, and photographs Kathe Kollwitz, Self portrait

Value Chuck Close (made w/ thumbprints!) Edward Weston, Pepper (photograph)

Texture Texture refers to the surface quality or "feel" of an object, such as roughness, smoothness, or softness. Actual texture can be felt while simulated textures are implied by the way the artist renders the surface area Oppenheim Fur-lined cup

Texture Actual and Implied Golsdworthy Albrecht Durer Rhinocerus

Color The element of art that is produced when light striking an object is reflected back to the EYE

The Color Wheel How we ORGANIZE the color we see.

Primary Colors

Piet Mondrian Wassily Kandinsky

Warm Colors Colors that are often described as being higher in temperature Reds, oranges, yellows Associated with fire and sun Optically, appear to advance Stimulating and passionate

Ex. Warm

Cool Colors that are often described as being lower in temperature Greens, Blues, and Violet Associated with water, sky, and spring Optically, they appear to recede Calming and depressing

Ex. Cool

Color and Mood Picasso, the Old Guitarist Van Gogh, the Night Cafe

Space Space is the empty or open area between, around, above, below, or within objects. Shapes and forms are made by the space around and within them. Space is often called three-dimensional or two- dimensional. MC Escher

Space Positive space is filled by a shape or form. Negative space surrounds a shape or form.

Space/Depth May be created by overlapping, change in scale, perspective placement, color theory, or projection toward the viewer. David Hockney Place Furstenberg, Paris, August 7,8,9, #11985

Balance Balance is a sense of stability in the body of work. Balance can be symmetrical (formal) or assymmetrical (informal) Wayne Thiebaud, Around the Cake (formal balance)

Diane Arbus, Twins Symmetrical/Formal Balance

Leonardo da Vinci, The Last Supper Symmetrical Balance

Asymmetrical Balance Edgar Degas (informal balance)

Asymmetrical Balance

Variety When elements are changed in scale, color, or form. Andy Warhol Stuart Davis

P R OP O R T I O N / S C A L E The comparative relationship of one part to another with respect to size, quantity, or degree; SCALE.

Scale

Movement Movement adds excitement to your work by showing action and directing the viewers eye throughout the picture plane. Edward Munch, the Scream

Pattern & Rhythm Involves multiples of the same element. Repeated elements can vary in size, color, or axis placement. Repeated elements can create a pattern. The use of repetition may be applied to all Visual Elements. Motion can be created by repetition. William Morris Arts and Crafts Movement

Repetition Chuck Close, Self Portrait, detail

Movement Marcel Duchamp, Nude Descending Staircase Umberto Boccioni, Unique forms of continuity in space

Emphasis & Focal Point Emphasis - Any forcefulness that gives importance to some feature or features of an artwork; something singled out, stressed, or drawn attention to by means of contrast, anomaly, or counterpoint Focal Point = portion of an artwork's composition on which interest or attention centers

EMPHASIS

Emphasis & Focal Point Barbara Kruger Rene Magritte

Contrast A large difference between two things, such as light and shadow, color and black/white Andy Warhol

Contrast David, the Death of Marat

CONTRAST

Unity & Harmony The quality of wholeness or oneness that is achieved through the effective use of the elements and principles of design. Claude Monet Haystacks

Unity Cezanne Wayne Theibaud

Unity Van Gogh “Starry Night”

What Elements and Principles stand out?

Goya, “The 5 th of May”

What Elements and Principles stand out?