Monday, August 29

Warmup:In your sketchbook, copy down the

definition:

Elements of art- the basic components of a work of art

The Elements of Art

The Elements of Art

• Line• Shape• Color• Value• Texture• Space• Form

LineA mark with length and direction.

Lines can be:

THICK thin straight curved d a s h e d……etc.

Line• Often it defines the contour of a shape or

form.

Pablo Picasso

Types of Line• Horizontal __ Vertical I Diagonal /• Expressive Line: A kind of line that reflects the

artist’s emotions or feelings.

Wassily Kandinsky

Willem deKooning

An enclosed space

Three Musicians, Pablo Picasso

This painting by Picasso uses a lot of shapes to illustrate the musicians.

SHAPE

Types of Shape:• Geometric (circle, square,

triangle…)

Organic: Any shape that is not geometric. Organic shapes are derived from natural forms.

the qualities of hue, intensity and value observed in a pigment.

• Hue- the name of the color (example: red)

Intensity- the purity and strength of the color

Value- the lightness or darkness of the color

Primary Colors

Blue

Yellow

Red

Color

Pablo Picasso

Vincent VanGogh

Wassily Kandinsky

Value

The lightness or darkness of an object.

ValueThe painting of the woman has extreme darks

and lights—a wide range of values. Compare it with the cathedral, which does not.

Artemisia Gentileschi

Claude Monet

TextureThe surface quality of an object.Example: The way an object would feel if you

were to touch it.

Texture

sketch by Vincent VanGogh

Vincent Van Gogh

Albrecht Durer

SpaceSpaceDefinition: the illusion of depth on a two

dimensional surface

The apples overlap, which shows depth.

Space• The telephone poles get

smaller and smaller as you go back in space, showing that they are farther away.

Positive Space- filled with things such as lines, shapes, colors, and marks. Negative Space- empty space Pos. Space-

White Vase

Neg. Space- Black around the vase.

Henri Matisse

Or is it…?

FormForm• Definition: A 3-Dimensional shape • Types of Forms: Sphere, Cube, Pyramid,

Cylinder, Cone.

Form• Sculptures are made of forms (3D shapes).

Auguste Rodin

Recap: Elements of Art

• Line• Shape• Color• Value• Texture• Space• Form