Elements And Principles Of Design Flashcards
(42 cards)
Line
Defines space
Shape
Direction
Value
Can be Geometric or Organic
5 types of lines
- Expressive lines
- Outlines
- Contour lines
- Gesture lines
- implied lines
Expressive lines and example
Artist way of communicating idea, mood, theme.
Aesthetic
Ex: swirl of depression: starry night
Outlines and example
Defined outer edge of shape (2d/cartoon)
Ex: Charlie Brown
Contour lines and example
Edge of forms and shapes: warm ups
Ex: Escher “Hands”
Gesture lines
Quick studies to practice proportion of human body
Implied lines
Not actually drawn
Seen by minds eye
Realism
Shape
2d, closed lines
Geometric and Organic
Form
Example
Figure=positive Foreground informative (positive)
Used in printmaking : raised section (printed)
Ex: Face/vase:
Ground
Example
Ground=negative
Background informative
Carved out section(not printed)
Ex:face/vase:
Looking at vase— face is negative
Looking at face— vase is negative
Figure ground reverse
When Eye is able to reverse positive/negative shapes to see two different images
Foreshortening
3 examples
Drawing objects to make them appear 3-D
Get smaller as it gets further from eyes
Circle= eclipses
Rectangle = trapizod
Linear perspective= converging lines meet at vanishing point on HL
Value
2 types
Degree of light and dark
- Tonal/Value scale (B&W)
- Tint and Shade (Colour value)
What media uses shading and what does it do
Graphite
Creates depth=3D
What media uses blending and how
Colour
Adding white / black to hue
What media uses crosshatching/hatching and what is it
Pen and ink
Technique using closely spaced parallel lines/crossed lines to create value
Optical mixing
The eye blends White paper and black lines to make values of gray
also works with colour
Texture
2 types
PAT
VIS
PAT
physical, actual, tactile
(Sculpture, palette knife, mix media.)
Can feel and see different texture
VIS
Visual, implied, stimulated
Use texture is an art that is 2D and cannot be felt
can see but not feel
Space
7
Shading : 3D
foreshortening : smaller=further
figure/ground : front appear closer
size : big=close, small= far
placement: lower=close, Higher= far
overlapping : object overlapping others=closer
colour= warm=closer, cool=far
Atmosphere (space)
Depth perception
Inspired by:
Fading/lessening of both color/picture detail in the background
Create depth perception/more realistic space in art work
Inspired by Divinci in Mona Lisa
Linear perspective (space)
Converging lines me at VP on HL
Creates depth
Colour
Who discovered it
Most powerful to express mood/emotion
Discovered by sir Isaac newton
No light=no colour, organized colour wheel
