1. Elements of Design The Building Blocks of Art

2. Elements and Principles Worksheets Find and cut out magazine images that CLEARLY show the element / principle. For Line, the image must contain mostly different types of lines. Copy the definition from the PPT presentation. Copy the notes from the PPT and complete the illustrations. Look anywhere and find an artwork that CLEARLY shows the element/principle.

3. Line Albrecht Dürer St. Christopher Robert Motherwell Beside the Sea, No. 22

4. Line An element of art that is used to define space, contours, and outlines, or suggest mass and volume. It may be a continuous mark made on a surface with a pointed tool or implied by the edges of shapes and forms.

5. Line

6. Properties of Line Length Width Surface Direction

7. Shape Wassily Kandinsky Circles in a Circle Andy Warhol Flowers

8. Shape An element of art that describes an enclosed space defined by other art elements such as line, color, and texture. A shape has two dimensions: height and width. Kazimir Malevich, Suprematism (Supremus 58)

9. Shape

10. Types of Shapes Geometric Shapes that are named, measured, mechanical, and have regular edges. Organic Free form shapes that have irregular edges and are inspired by living things.

12. Form Henry Moore Standing Figures and Ideas for Sculptures Georges Jouve Abstract Sculpture

13. Form An element of design that appears three- dimensional and encloses volume. A form has three dimensions: height, width, and depth. Wayne Thiebaud, Around the Cake

14. Types of Forms Open Form Closed Form Henry Moore, Yorkshire Sculpture Park Isamu Noguchi, Untitled

15. Value Käthe Kollwitz Self-Portrait Charles Sheeler Windows

16. Value An element of art concerned with the degree of lightness and darkness of colors and greys. Rembrandt van Rijn, Philosopher in Meditation

17. Ways to Create Value Smooth transition with Graphite

18. Value

19. Color Theo Van Doesburg Composition Gino Severini Dancer

20. Color An art element with three properties: hue, intensity, and value. The character of surfaces created by the response of vision to wavelengths of reflected light. Theo van Rysselberghe, Encampment Near a Moroccan Village

21. Color Primary Colors Red, Yellow, Blue Secondary Colors Orange, Green, Violet

22. Color

23. Texture Albrecht Dürer Young Hare James Abbott McNeill Whistler The Gold Scab

24. Texture The surface quality of an artwork usually perceived through the sense of touch. Meret Oppenheim, Object

25. Texture Implied Textures Simulated texture that is created to look like something it is not. The illusion of texture. Actual Textures Real tactile textures on an artwork that feel as though they appear.

26. Texture

27. Space Maxfield Parrish Getting Away from it All Francis Picabia Sunrise in the Midst

28. Space An element of art that indicates areas between, around, above, below, or within something. Camille Pissarro, Boulevard Montmartre-- Night

29. Size As object go back in space they should get smaller. Texture As objects go back in space their texture should be less distinct. Overlap Place objects on top of each other to create the illusion of depth. Placement As objects go back in space, they should be placed higher on the page. Color / Value Colors should get lighter and duller as objects go back in space.