1. The
Elements of
Art

2. What are the Elements of Art?
The elements of art are the basic visual symbols that artist use to make art.

3. Symbols
Something that stands for, or represents something else.

4. The Elements of Art
Line
Shape
Form
Value
Texture
Space
Color

5. A mark drawn with a pointed, moving tool.
Picture by Peit Mondrian

6. Main Types of Line Feeling Created by Line Horizontal lines
still, asleep, inert, silent
Vertical lines
awake, alive, vital
Diagonal lines
movement, action, dynamic
Straight lines
rigidity, stiffness, formality or directness
Curved lines
organic and man-made

7. Lines that define the form of an object
Contour Line
Lines that define the form of an object

8. Implied Lines
Line that is not really painted or drawn but is created by
A value or color change or and series of objects that are
Lined up someway.

9. A Gesture is an expressive movement.
Gesture Lines
A Gesture is an expressive movement.
The purpose of drawing gestures is to capture
The feeling of motion.

10. A two dimensional area that is defined in some way>
Shape
A two dimensional area that is defined in some way>
Geometric Shapes Organic Shapes

11. Geometric Shapes Geometric Shapes are precise shapes that can
be described using
Mathematical formulas.

12. Work by Joan Miro that features geometric shapes

13. Organic or Free form Shapes
Irregular or uneven shapes

14. Green Tea Cup By
Janet Fish
Includes a lot
Of Organic
Shapes

15. Form
A three dimensional enclosed object.

16. “Form” can refer to an actual 3-dimentional
Like a sculpture or a building or a photo or
Picture of the 3-dimensional object.
The White House
Statue of Liberty

17. Forms can be organic or…
Two-Piece Reclining Figures by Henri Moore

18. Geometric
The Great Pyramids in Giza Egypt

19. The lightness or darkness of a color or black
Value
The lightness or darkness of a color or black
And white
Value Scale
Value Scale

20. Value is the same thing as shading and can make
Drawings look more realistic and 3 dimentional.

21. Hatching and Cross Hatching are
techniques used to create values
with parallel lines.

22. Stippling is a way of using dots
To create values.

23. Shading or
Blending
is a way of
creating
value and
making
objects
look more
3D.

25. Texture The element of art that refers to the way things
Feel or look like they would feel if touched.

26. Actual or Real Textures refer to textures That you can really feel.
Basket
The Awakening by J. Seward Johnson
Located at Hains Point outside of
Washington DC

27. Implied Textures refer to textures That are created on a flat surface
In painting or drawing and can’t
Be felt.
Still Life By
Janet Fish

28. A technique for transferring texture to paper,
Rubbing –
A technique for transferring texture to paper,

29. Space In painting and drawing, space is the illusion of depth created by an artist on a flat surface.

30. Parts of Space Positive Space- Negative Space- The objects in the
Art work.
Negative Space-
The empty spaces
Between and
Behind the shapes
Positive
American Gothic By
Grant Wood

31. Different types of Space in Art
Infinite or Deep Space – lot of area
Marriage of the Virgin By
Raphael

32. Shallow
Space
Little or no
area
Sunflowers By
Vincent van Gogh

33. Perspective Linear Perspective is a way of using converging lines
To show distance and depth.

34. Atmospheric Perspective
Brightly colored objects seem closer to you, and
Objects with dull, light colors seem to be
Farther away

35. Color- The element of art that is derived from reflected art.

36. Primary Colors The colors you Must have Plus black And white
To mix all other
colors/.
Red
Blue
Yellow

37. Secondary Colors Colors made by Mixing two Primary colors Together.
Purple or Violet
Orange
Green

38. Red + Yellow=
Orange
Yellow + Blue=
Green
Red + Blue=
Purple or
Violet

39. Color
Wheel

40. Neutral Colors
Black
Brown
Gray
And
White

42. Warm Colors in Painting
Warm colors by Susan Lyons

44. Cool Colors in a Painting
Water lilies By
Claude
Monet

45. Tint-
To add white
To a color
Shade-
To add black

46. Variations of one color
Monochromatic –
Variations of one color

47. Assignment! Draw and Example of the following: Line 6. Geometric Shape
2. Form Value Scale
3. Deep Space Organic Shape
4. Texture (rubbing) 9. Shallow Space
5. Hatching Cross Hatching
List the following:
11. Primary Colors Secondary Colors
12. Warm Colors Cool Colors

48. Using the Elements of Art (Understanding Art P 6-7)
Follow Instructions in book
Area 1 – color using Primary Colors
Area 2 – Show different Values
Area 3 – Use Bright and Dull Intensities of Color
Area 4 – Emphasis Line
Area 5 – Create Texture
Area 6 – Create Shapes
Area 7 – Create Positive and Negative Space
Area 8 – Create Form