1. Elements of Art

2. Taking something ordinary

3. And breaking it down into its parts: This is the work of artist and photographer Ursus Wehrli

4. That’s what we do with art too The elements of art are very much the same as the ingredients when you bake. They are the building blocks of almost every single art work. They are the parts that add up to the whole.

5. It’s all in how you use them The key thing to making art is the intent of the artist. Many artists use the elements such as colour or line or shape, but all make very different pieces of art with those same elements.

6. 7 elements: There are 7 elements of art: Line Shape Form Value Space Texture Colour Andy Warhol, detail from “Campbell’s Soup Cans”, acrylic on canvas. At The Museum of Modern Art, NY

7. Creating art Almost every piece of art uses one or more of these elements in the creation of that piece of art.

8. Picasso’s work There are a few pieces where artist have created ephemeral pieces (ones that disappear or only exist for a moment of time where it is difficult to actually see these elements) Here we see a 1949 drawing taken by a Life Magazine photographer of Picasso’s drawing.

9. Picasso’s more well known pieces

10. Line Line is “a continuous mark made on some surface by a moving point” There are 3 basic types of line: Continuous lines Broken lines and Implied or imaginary lines

11. MC Escher MC Escher was an artist in the early part of the 1900s who used line and value to create his art

12. Shape This is an element of art that “refers to an area clearly set off by one or more of the other visual elements such as colour, value, line, texture, and space. Shapes are flat. ” Shape has no depth.

13. Artists working with shape Joan Miro, 1940 “Nocturne” Jacob Lawrence “Tombstones” 1942 Henri Matisse “Fall of Icarus” Paper cut outs, 1943

14. Form Form is defined as “ an object with three dimensions” Many artists try to create an illusion of form on a flat surface, by the use of linear perspective, that is, line work that uses vanishing points, and by using shading and shadowing that helps to create a 3-D effect.

15. Form in sculpture Form is most easily understood as actual 3-D work such as sculpture. Here is Henry Moore’s Reclining Figure

16. Form in painting and Drawing Artists need to create the illusion of 3-D: Julain Beever, a sidewalk chalk artist knows how to do this with great effect:

17. Texture: Texture is “ the element of art that refers to the way things feel or look like they might feel if touched”

18. Using texture in art Artists need to use the elements of art to create the illusion of texture on a flat surface. Line, value and colour and space are used to simulate the actual textures. Artists use shading and shadows to make the objects appear “real”.

19. Albrecht Durer Albrecht Durer was a painter in the early 1500s who used texture to make things look almost photographic.

20. Mary Pratt Mary Pratt is a Canadian artist who paints using a style called Photorealism. This is her painting called “Salmon on Saran” and her woodcut “Reflection of Oranges”

21. Space Space “can be thought of as the distance or area between, around, above, below or within things” It can be two-dimensional (the illusion of real space in art) or three-dimensional (actual space)

22. So how to we get it to look further away? We can use linear perspective which was highly developed during the Renaissance period

23. Atmospheric or aerial perspective We can also use tools such as the following which we can remember by the mnemonic – “DOCCS”: D: detail O: Overlapping C: Colour C: Clarity S: Size

24. So how does this look in a piece of art? These tools can allow the artist to create the illusion of space. This painting is by Aldro Hibbard, an American painter(1886 – 1972)

25. Vermeer – The Astronomer 1688

26. Value Value “describes the the lightness or darkness of a colour. Often value is found to be an important element in works of art even though colour is absent:

27. Using Value: A famous artist Chuck Close was injured in an accident and has limited mobility. This was one of his portraits before his spinal injury in 1968

28. Chuck Close After his spinal injury he changed his technique to making small squares of lights and darks to make his portraits.

29. More of Chuck Close’s work This shows Chuck Close working on his self portrait

30. Colour Colour is “an element of art that is made up of three distinct qualities: hue, intensity, and value”

31. Hue Hue is the name of the colour

32. Colour in art Some artists are known for their strong use of colour. Van Gogh’s sunflowers are one of the best known pieces of art that demonstrate the strong use of colour. Piet Mondrian is also an artist who uses both line and colour in his contemporary work.

33. Intensity (Saturation) is the brightness or greyness of a colour

34. Value Is the lightness or darkness of a colour

35. Seeing the colour in paintings This web site suggests choosing colour schemes by analyzing the colour pallet in famous paintings:

36. Breaking down the colour scheme: This is Persistence of Memory by Salavador Dali

37. References Definitions of the elements are from the text book: Art in Focus, edited by Gene A. Mittler Art materials: http://futurecents.ca/new/?attachment_id=965http://futurecents.ca/new/?attachment_id=965 Elements poster: http://blog.jacksonsart.co.uk/2013/07/02/elements-of-art- exhibition-at-espacio-gallery/http://blog.jacksonsart.co.uk/2013/07/02/elements-of-art- exhibition-at-espacio-gallery/ Ingredients: http://eatlittlebird.com/2012/08/08/lemon-syrup-loaf-cake/http://eatlittlebird.com/2012/08/08/lemon-syrup-loaf-cake/ Picasso drawing: http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/2009/06/22/picasso- drawing-with-light/http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/2009/06/22/picasso- drawing-with-light/ Line drawing: http://arttimestudios.webs.com/curriculumevaluations.htmhttp://arttimestudios.webs.com/curriculumevaluations.htm Line examples: http://amandateachesart.wordpress.com/2012/07/16/elements- of-art-intro-lesson/http://amandateachesart.wordpress.com/2012/07/16/elements- of-art-intro-lesson/ Shape: http://www.artsconnected.org/toolkit/encyc_shapegeorganic.htmlhttp://www.artsconnected.org/toolkit/encyc_shapegeorganic.html Form: http://www.williamsclass.com/ElectiveClassArt/ArtElementNotes.htmhttp://www.williamsclass.com/ElectiveClassArt/ArtElementNotes.htm Texture: http://wyattdemastersart.blogspot.ca/2013/03/project-elements-of- art.htmlhttp://wyattdemastersart.blogspot.ca/2013/03/project-elements-of- art.html Caterpillar: http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1261/1450496269_061f07a4dd_m.jpghttp://farm2.static.flickr.com/1261/1450496269_061f07a4dd_m.jpg

38. References (cont’d) Value: http://www.williamsclass.com/ElectiveClassArt/ArtElementNotes.htmhttp://www.williamsclass.com/ElectiveClassArt/ArtElementNotes.htm Colour: http://canielewicz.wordpress.com/elements-principles-of-art/elements-of- art/http://canielewicz.wordpress.com/elements-principles-of-art/elements-of- art/ Space: http://blogs.egusd.net/jharris/2013/01/10/elements-of-art/http://blogs.egusd.net/jharris/2013/01/10/elements-of-art/ The art of clean up: http://www.visualisingdata.com/index.php/2013/03/the-art- of-the-clean-up-creating-order-out-of-chaos/http://www.visualisingdata.com/index.php/2013/03/the-art- of-the-clean-up-creating-order-out-of-chaos/ Van Gogh – Starry Night http://www.vangoghgallery.com/painting/starry- night.htmlhttp://www.vangoghgallery.com/painting/starry- night.html Madame Matisse: http://www.wmofa.com/artists/Matisse,_Henri/image/Madame_Matisse,_The_Gr een_Line_(La_Raie_verte).jpg.html&img=48&tt= http://www.wmofa.com/artists/Matisse,_Henri/image/Madame_Matisse,_The_Gr een_Line_(La_Raie_verte).jpg.html&img=48&tt= Value of a colour: http://lurnq.com/lesson/The-Art-of-Interior- Designing/section/Interior-Design-and-Colour-Theory/http://lurnq.com/lesson/The-Art-of-Interior- Designing/section/Interior-Design-and-Colour-Theory/ Intensity of a colour: http://myworldofcolour.wordpress.com/tag/artist/http://myworldofcolour.wordpress.com/tag/artist/ Hue: http://webstyleguide.com/wsg3/11-graphics/9-color-terminology.htmlhttp://webstyleguide.com/wsg3/11-graphics/9-color-terminology.html Perspective: http://makingartfun.com/htm/f-maf-art-library/two-point- perspective.htmhttp://makingartfun.com/htm/f-maf-art-library/two-point- perspective.htm

39. References (cont’d) Atmospheric or areial perspective: http://wodumedia.com/bbc-earthflight/tulip- fields-and-cranes-using-cutting-edge-new-filming-techniques-to-show-everything- in-exquisite-detail-viewers-have-a-uniquely-privileged-perspective-flying-9000- metres-high-over-the-sands-of-the/http://wodumedia.com/bbc-earthflight/tulip- fields-and-cranes-using-cutting-edge-new-filming-techniques-to-show-everything- in-exquisite-detail-viewers-have-a-uniquely-privileged-perspective-flying-9000- metres-high-over-the-sands-of-the/ Overlapping: http://stapletonkearns.blogspot.ca/2010/02/overlapping-diagonals- for-creating.htmlhttp://stapletonkearns.blogspot.ca/2010/02/overlapping-diagonals- for-creating.html Chuck Close: http://1103drawing.blogspot.ca/2012/01/artist-of-week-chuck- close.htmlhttp://1103drawing.blogspot.ca/2012/01/artist-of-week-chuck- close.html Albrecht Durer: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Durer_Young_Hare.jpghttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Durer_Young_Hare.jpg Mary Pratt, Salmon on Saran: http://www.therooms.ca/artgallery/http://www.therooms.ca/artgallery/ Mary Pratt Reflection of Oranges: http://www.trinitygalleries.ca/dynamic/artist.asp?ArtistID=15 http://www.trinitygalleries.ca/dynamic/artist.asp?ArtistID=15 Jacob Lawrence, Tombstones, from the Whitney museum: http://www.artchive.com/artchive/m/miro/nocturne.jpg.html http://www.artchive.com/artchive/m/miro/nocturne.jpg.html Henry Moore Reclining Figure: http://neilsonartstudios.com/content/happy- birthday-henry-moorehttp://neilsonartstudios.com/content/happy- birthday-henry-moore Vemeer The Astronomer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:J._VERMEER_- _El_astr%C3%B3nomo_(Museo_del_Louvre,_1688).jpghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:J._VERMEER_- _El_astr%C3%B3nomo_(Museo_del_Louvre,_1688).jpg

40. References (cont’d) Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa and Edvard Munch’s The Scream: http://www.biographyonline.net/artists/famous-paintings-top-10.html http://www.biographyonline.net/artists/famous-paintings-top-10.html The art of Clean up and photos of fries: http://design-milk.com/the-art-of-clean-up-book-ursus- wehrli/http://design-milk.com/the-art-of-clean-up-book-ursus- wehrli/ Ingredients: http://popsop.com/2010/09/ikea-art-za-baking-ingredients/http://popsop.com/2010/09/ikea-art-za-baking-ingredients/ MC Escher: http://basicdrawing2012.blogspot.ca/2012_10_01_archive.htmlhttp://basicdrawing2012.blogspot.ca/2012_10_01_archive.html Andy Warhol: http://painting.about.com/od/famouspainters/ig/famous-paintings/Warhol-Soup- Cans.htmhttp://painting.about.com/od/famouspainters/ig/famous-paintings/Warhol-Soup- Cans.htm Van Gogh’s sunflowers: http://www.biographyonline.net/artists/famous-paintings-top-10.htmlhttp://www.biographyonline.net/artists/famous-paintings-top-10.html Piet Mondrian: http://harrydiv4.weebly.com/piet-mondrian.htmlhttp://harrydiv4.weebly.com/piet-mondrian.html Picasso: Guernica, Three musicians, The Old Guitarist http://www.pablopicasso.org/guernica.jsphttp://www.pablopicasso.org/guernica.jsp Miro Nocturne: http://www.artchive.com/artchive/m/miro/nocturne.jpg.htmlhttp://www.artchive.com/artchive/m/miro/nocturne.jpg.html Matisse “Fall of Icarus”: http://www.henri-matisse.net/cut_outs.htmlhttp://www.henri-matisse.net/cut_outs.html Julian Beever: http://www.julianbeever.net/index.php?option=com_phocagallery&view=category&id=2&Itemid=8 http://www.julianbeever.net/index.php?option=com_phocagallery&view=category&id=2&Itemid=8 Colour chips from Famaous paintings: http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2007/06/20/color- inspiration-from-the-masters-of-paintinghttp://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2007/06/20/color- inspiration-from-the-masters-of-painting