1. 2 Dimensional Art
introduction

2. What is 2 dimensional (2D) art?
What does 2D mean?

3. What is 2 dimensional (2D) art?
What does 2D art mean?
Art work with only 2 dimensions
Which 2 dimensions?

4. What is 2 dimensional (2D) art?
Which 2 dimensions?
width and height only
on a flat surface, emphasizing the vertical & horizontal of the picture plane

5. What is 2 dimensional (2D) art?
Examples?

6. What is 2 dimensional (2D) art?
Examples:
paintings, drawings, prints, photographs
All of the above are 2D so what is the difference?

7. What is 2 dimensional (2D) art?
Examples:
paintings, drawings, prints, photographs
All of the above are 2D so what is the difference?
different types of media

8. What is 2 dimensional (2D) art?
What is media?
the substance or material used to create the work of art
media=plural
medium=singular

9. The Building Blocks of 2D Art
The elements and the principles of art
Can you name any of them?
(what are some terms used when discussing art?)

10. The Building Blocks of 2D Art
The Elements of Art:
Line
Shape
Color
Value
Texture
Space
Form

11. The Elements of Art 1. Line: a path of a moving
point (dot) through space
Gabriel Moreno

12. The Elements of Art 2. Shape: a 2 dimensional enclosed space
James Roper

13. The Elements of Art 3. Color:
produced when light, striking an object, is reflected back to the eye.
Francoise Nielly

14. The Elements of Art 4. Value: lightness or darkness Ryan Wardlow

15. The Elements of Art 5. Texture:
how something feels or looks like it would feel if touched
Paul Lung

16. The Elements of Art 6. Space:
the area around or within objects or shapes
Tang Yau Hoong

17. The Elements of Art 6. Form:
An implied three-dimensional figure (in 2D a form that looks 3D)
Morten Andersen

18. The Building Blocks of 2D Art
The Principles of Art:
Unity
Balance
Emphasis
Movement
Rhythm
Variety
Proportion

19. The Principles of Art 1. Unity:
the sense of oneness, wholeness, or order in a work of art.
Combining similar colors, shapes, lines, textures, and patterns can help to create unity.

20. The Principles of Art 2. Balance:
the equalization of elements in a work of art.
3 types of balance: symmetrical, asymmetrical, and radial

21. The Principles of Art 3. Emphasis:
bringing greater attention to certain areas or objects in a piece of work.

22. The Principles of Art 4. Movement:
the path the viewer's eye follows throughout an artwork created by the arrangement of parts in the artwork.

23. The Principles of Art 5. Rhythm:
the “visual beat” of movement as the viewer's eye moves throughout an artwork created by the arrangement of parts in the artwork.

24. The Principles of Art 6. Variety:
is achieved through diversity and change of elements in an artwork
variety in artwork creates more visual interest

25. The Principles of Art 7. Proportion:
the size, location or amount of one element to another (or to the whole) in an artwork