ELEMENTS OF ART

LINE

Line – long thin mark that an be straight or curved.

Implied Line – result of a former color with a structured edge giving definition to the former color that is right beside it.

LINE

SUPERMARKET BY BEN SHAHNTHE PEACOCK SKIRT

BY AUBREY BEARDSLEY

LINE

THE BUTTERFLY BY PABLO PICASSOARLES: VIEW FROM THE WHEAT FIELDS BY VINCENT VAN GOGH

SHAPE AND FORM

Shape – a two dimensional area with a recognizable boundary.

Form – a three dimensional shape; have depth

Geometric – structured Organic – free flowing Box – a square with depth and

dimension

SHAPE AND FORM

PIET MONDRIAN, COMPOSITION NO. 2

WASSILY KANDINSKY, MERRY STRUCTURE

SHAPE AND FORM

PABLO PICASSO, THE LESSON JOHN HENRY BRADLEY STORRS

VALUE

Value – the degree of light and dark

VALUE

CARAVAGGIOTHE CONVERSION OF ST PAUL

REMBRANDT VAN RIJN

COLOR

Color – created with pigment Primary colors – a group of colors from

which all other colors can be made Secondary colors – a color produced by

mixing two primary colors Intermediate colors – a color that is a

combination of both a primary color and a secondary color

COLOR

Complementary colors – are the colors on a color wheel that sit opposite of one another

Warm colors – have the look of fire and sunshine

Cool colors – have the look of water, sky, sea, and forest

Color wheel – an organization of color hues around a circle

COLOR

DOGWOOD BY ALBERT BIERSTADTPARIS, A RAINY DAY, 1877BY GUSTAVE CAILLEBOTTE

COLOR

THE RED VINEYARD AT ARLES, C.1888BY VINCENT VAN GOGH

SUNFLOWERS, C.1888BY VINCENT VAN GOGH

TEXTURE

Texture – how something feels; sense of touch

Real texture – actually feel how they look

Implied texture – appears to have a certain surface visually rather than true materials

TEXTURE

VINCENT VAN GOGH, STARRY NIGHT

PAUL KLEE, AD PARNASSEM

SPACE

Space – the area in which an object exists

Linear perspective – objects that are farther away appear smaller

Vanishing point – objects up close are larger than objects that are far away

Aerial perspective – objects that are farther away appear fuzzier

Overlapping – objects placed on top of others appear closer