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Observing a landscape Image: Chichester Canal William Turner- English Romantic Painter, 1775-1851
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When you observe a landscape, what do you see?
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000 If we want to understand and create an image, we have to know some components and differences between elements.
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Natural elements
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We can find these elements in nature.
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Natural elements We can find these elements in nature.
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Artificial elements
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Artifical elements are man-made.
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Artificial elements are man-made.
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000 Visual elements
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000 Visual elements dot
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000 Visual elements dot line
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000 Visual elements dot line shape
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000 Visual elements dot line shape texture
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000 Visual elements dot line shape texture colour
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000 dot
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dot The dot The dot is a very basic element. It is the smallest visual element of an image.
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000 dot The dot gives us a structure in the composition. It creates sensations like order and balance, instability, movement, etc.
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000 dot We can create an image from dots by using different colours, shapes and sizes.
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000 dot Image: La Parade, 1889 Georges-Pierre Seurat: French Neo-impressionism Painter, 1859-1891
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000 The point of interest The point of interest is the main part of the picture that draws the viewer's attention.
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000 Image: The Kiss, 1945 Alfred Eisenstaedt (1898-1995), photographer
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000 Image: The Kiss, 1945 Alfred Eisenstaedt (1898-1995), photographer The point of interest
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000 line
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line The line The line is the graphic representation of a dot in motion. It transmits graphic messages, ideas and feelings. Artists show their personalities through the line. It is their personal and non-transferable mark.
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000 Picasso, Maternity (1963) Kandinsky, Composition VIII (1923)
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000 line The line The line is the main element used to structure space. Tension lines (imaginary lines that unite the most prominent points of an image) help us to discover the different areas into which a space is divided. Lines help us to analyse images.
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shape
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shape a shape Wherever the ends of a continuous line meet, a shape is formed.
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000 Geometric and organic shapes
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Organic shapes Organic shapes have freer shapes and more spontaneous forms. There is no order in their structure.
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Organic shapes Organic shapes have freer shapes and more spontaneous forms. There is no order in their structure.
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Organic shapes Organic shapes have freer shapes and more spontaneous forms. There is no order in their structure.
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Organic shapes Organic shapes have freer shapes and more spontaneous forms. There is no order in their structure.
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Geometric shapes Geometric shapes, such as triangles, squares or circles, follow an organized structure.
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000 texture
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Texture Texture represents the surface qualities of a subject. texture
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000 Visualtextures texture Tactiletextures They can be touched They are two- dimensional.
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000 In photography, texture can be used to give realism and character to the image. It can also even be the subject of a photograph. texture
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colour
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PRIMARY COLOURS: PRIMARY COLOURS: these are colours that cannot be created by mixing other colours. SECONDARY COLOURS: SECONDARY COLOURS: we can obtain these colours by mixing two primary colours. TERTIARY COLOURS: TERTIARY COLOURS: these are combinations of primary and secondary colours. COMPLEMENTARY COLOURS: COMPLEMENTARY COLOURS: these are pairs of colours of opposite hues. colour
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000 colour
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Artists use colour to represent shapes and transmit sensations, feelings… Warm colours Warm colours yellow families, oranges, reds, etc. are associated with passion, parties, and happiness. Cool colours Cool colours blue families, violets, blue-greens, etc. are associated with infinity, calmness, spirituality, solemnity, and sadness. Neutral colours Neutral colours are magentas and greens in their various values and saturation. They are difficult to categorise because they depend on their context. colour
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000 colour
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Rhythm
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Artists repeat shapes, colors, lines, spaces and/or textures to create movement in a composition.
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Balance
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There are three different types of balance: symmetrical asymmetrical radial.
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000 symmetrical asymmetricalradial
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