1. UNDERSTANDING & USING THE ELEMENTS OF ART Freedom of Expression By Musick

2. Understanding & Using the Elements of Art Elements of Art are:  Line  Shape  Color  Form  Texture  Space Water World by Musick  Value

3. Understanding & Using the Elements of Art Line can be presented in many ways. 1. Contour Line: Involves three basic types of line? Vertical Line: A line that has right angles to the horizon. A vertical line is straight up and down. Diagonal Line: A line that starts at opposite corners of the box and connect to opposing starting points Horizontal Line: A line that’s drawn from left to right. Children will know these lines as Zigzag, Wiggly, Wavy Curly,

4. 2. Gesture Line: Quick free flowing line Aka,squiggly lines or scribble. Henri Toulouse Lautrec was masterful at this technique. Look at pg.22 for examples. Big Sky by MusickMusick

5. 3. Implied Line: Directs a visual path with disconnecting lines, yet allowing the eye to move around the work of art. The print on pg 23 is a good example of this technique. Serenity by Musick

6. 4. Color (Wheel)  Primary  Secondary  Complementary  Tertiary  Neutrals  You can understand this better using the color wheel on pg 31.

7. Understanding & Using the Elements of Art 5. What about Shape Form & Texture? How do we apply this? There are two types of texture. 1. Visual 2. Implied What are some of the words kids use to describe texture?

8. 6. Value Value is the lightness or darkness of a color Whirling Planet by Musick