1. Formal Elements of Art AP Drawing

2. Formal Elements:
line
linear value texture
form space

3. Line: A mark with length and direction(-s).

4. Rembrandt

5. Vertical: The direction going straight up and down

6. Vertical: The direction going straight up and down
David Nicolato

7. Horizontal: Straight and flat across, parallel to the horizon.
M.C. Escher

8. Diagonal - Having a slanted direction.
Bruce Ackerson
Goya

9. Linear - Importance is placed on contours or outlines.

10. Linear: A painting technique in which importance is placed on contours or outlines.

11. Paul Klee

12. Value: An element of art that refers to luminance or luminosity — the lightness or darkness of a color.

14. Texture: is the surface quality or "feel" of an object, its smoothness, roughness, softness, etc.

15. Vincent van Gogh
Susanna Heckman

17. Form: a sense of being three-dimensional. .

18. M.C. Escher

19. Space: refers to the distance or area between, around, above, below, or within things.

21. 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.