1. Observing a landscape
Image: Chichester Canal William Turner- English Romantic Painter,

2. When you observe a landscape, what do you see?

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If we want to understand and create an image, we have to know some components and differences between elements.

4. Natural elements

5. We can find these elements in nature.
Natural elements
We can find these elements in nature.

6. We can find these elements in nature.
Natural elements
We can find these elements in nature.

7. Artificial elements

8. Artificial elements
Artifical elements
are man-made.

9. Artificial elements
Artificial elements
are man-made.

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Visual elements

11. dot
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Visual elements

12. line dot Visual elements
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Visual elements

13. line dot Visual elements shape
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Visual elements
shape

14. line dot Visual elements shape texture
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Visual elements
shape
texture

15. line dot Visual elements shape colour texture
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Visual elements
shape
colour
texture

16. dot
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17. dot
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The dot is a very basic element. It is the smallest visual element of an image.

18. dot The dot gives us a structure in the composition.
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The dot gives us a structure in the composition.
It creates sensations like order and balance, instability, movement, etc.

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We can create an image from dots by using different colours, shapes and sizes.

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dot
Image: La Parade, Georges-Pierre Seurat: French Neo-impressionism Painter,

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The point of interest
The point of interest is the main part of the picture that draws the viewer's attention.

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Image: The Kiss, 1945
Alfred Eisenstaedt ( ), photographer

23. The point of interest 000 Image: The Kiss, 1945
Alfred Eisenstaedt ( ), photographer

24. line
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25. line The line is the graphic representation of a dot in motion.
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The line is the graphic representation of a dot in motion.
It transmits graphic messages, ideas and feelings. Artists show their personalities through the line. It is their personal and non-transferable mark.

26. Kandinsky, Composition VIII (1923)
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Kandinsky, Composition VIII (1923)
Picasso, Maternity (1963)

27. line The line is the main element used to structure space.
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The line is the main element used to structure space.
Tension lines (imaginary lines that unite the most prominent points of an image) help us to discover the different areas into which a space is divided.
Lines help us to analyse images.

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30. shape
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31. shape Wherever the ends of a continuous line meet, a shape is formed.
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Wherever the ends of a continuous line meet, a shape is formed.

32. Geometric and organic shapes
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Geometric and organic shapes

33. Organic shapes have freer shapes and more spontaneous forms.
There is no order in their structure.

34. Organic shapes have freer shapes and more spontaneous forms.
There is no order in their structure.

35. Organic shapes have freer shapes and more spontaneous forms.
There is no order in their structure.

36. Organic shapes have freer shapes and more spontaneous forms.
There is no order in their structure.

37. Geometric shapes, such as triangles, squares or circles, follow an organized structure.

38. Geometric shapes, such as triangles, squares or circles, follow an organized structure.

39. Geometric shapes, such as triangles, squares or circles, follow an organized structure.

40. Geometric shapes, such as triangles, squares or circles, follow an organized structure.

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texture

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Texture represents the surface qualities of a subject.

43. They are two- dimensional.
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Visual
textures
Tactile
textures
They are two- dimensional.
They can be touched

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In photography, texture can be used to give realism and character to the image.
It can also even be the subject of a photograph.

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46. colour
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PRIMARY COLOURS: these are colours that cannot be created by mixing other colours.
SECONDARY COLOURS: we can obtain these colours by mixing two primary colours.
TERTIARY COLOURS: these are combinations of primary and secondary colours.
COMPLEMENTARY COLOURS: these are pairs of colours of opposite hues.

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Artists use colour to represent shapes and transmit sensations, feelings…
Warm colours yellow families, oranges, reds, etc. are associated with passion, parties, and happiness.
Cool colours blue families, violets, blue-greens, etc. are associated with infinity, calmness, spirituality, solemnity, and sadness.
Neutral colours are magentas and greens in their various values and saturation. They are difficult to categorise because they depend on their context.

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Rhythm

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Artists repeat shapes, colors, lines, spaces and/or textures to create movement in a composition.

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Balance

55. There are three different types of balance: symmetrical asymmetrical
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There are three different types of balance:
symmetrical
asymmetrical
radial.

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symmetrical
asymmetrical
radial