1. Elements of Art Line Shape, Form, Color, Value, and Space

2. Elements of Art Shapes Vocabulary: Shape Figure and Ground Positive and Negative Form Organic Geometric

3. Shape  Shape is a two-dimensional area with a recognizable boundary. Shapes have a height and width but no depth.

4. Form  Form is a three-dimensional shape. Forms have height width and depth.

5. Figure and Ground Shapes can be seen in more than one way.  A figure is a shape that appears to be on top of a background.  A ground is a shape that appears to be underneath a figure.  We call a figure the positive shape  And the ground the negative shape

6. Types of Shapes and Forms: Organic and Geometric  Shapes and Forms can be classified in several ways:  Organic shapes and forms are irregular, like the shapes found in nature – leaves, stones and clouds for example.  Geometric shapes and forms are usually found in things made by people – buildings, bridges, and P.C.s

7. Types of Shapes and Forms: Closed and Open  Closed shapes and forms tend to be solid and heavy  Open shapes and forms have space around them and between them. Open shapes appear light and have movement.

8. Examples: What shapes do you see? Triangles / Pyramid Parallelogram Trapezoid Pentagon Figure

9. Examples: What shapes do you see? Irregular Shapes The Sky Grass Ground Bushes

10. Examples: What types of shapes do you see here? Closed Shapes? Open Shapes? Geometric Shapes? Organic Shapes?

11. Positive and Negative Shapes What do you see?

12. Positive and Negative Shapes Maybe you have seen this one? What is the age of this woman?

13. Optical Illusions

15. Are the vertical lines parallel?

16. Optical Art – Op Art  Optical Art (Op Art) is a mathematically- themed form of Abstract art, which uses repetition of simple forms and colors to create vibrating effects, patterns, foreground- background confusion, an exaggerated sense of depth, and other visual effects. In the 1960's, the term "Op Art" was coined to describe the work of a growing group of abstract painters.

17. Op Art Tampico by:Victor Vasarely

18. Op Art Tamyr by:Victor Vasarely

19. Op Art

23. Untitled Fragment by:Bridget Riley

24. Op Art Metropolis by:Bridget Riley

25. Op Art

26. Arrest by:Bridget Riley

27. Op Art Carnival by:Bridget Riley

28. Op Art Movement in Squares by:Bridget Riley

29. Op Art Two Blues by:Bridget Riley