LESSON 4: ELEMENTS AND PRINCIPLES OF ART

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Elements of Visual Arts 7

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Lines
Colors
Texture
Perspective
Space
Form
Volume

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are the visual components that are required to create a work of art

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Elements of Visual Art

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mark on a surface that describes a shape or outline. It can create texture and can be thick and thin. Types can include actual, implied, vertical, horizontal, diagonal, and contour lines.

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Line

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are poised for action. They are poised, balanced, forceful, and dynamic. They express an impression of dignity.

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Vertical Lines

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are lines of repose and serenity. They express ideas of calmness and quiescence.

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Horizontal Lines

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are used to create feelings of movement or action.

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Diagonal Lines

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sometimes referred as S curves, suggest gracefulness or sexiness.

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Curved lines

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TYPES OF LINES

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Repetition
Transition

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occurs when two or more lines are drawn within a corner following the lines of the corner.

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Repetition

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is a line that connects two workflow elements.

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Transition line

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refers to the visual perception of light being reflected from a surface of an artwork.

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Color

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colors can be divided into three groups:

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primary, secondary and tertiary.

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Attributes of Color

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Hue, Value , Tints, Shades , Intensity

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is the term for the pure spectrum colors commonly referred to by the “color names” - red, orange, yellow, blue, green violet - which appears in the hue circle or rainbow.

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Hue

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is an abstract illustrative organization of color hues around a circle, that shows relationships between primary, secondary, and tertiary colors, etc.

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color wheel

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refers to the lightness or darkness of a color. It is the quality that depends on the amount of light and dark in color.

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Value

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are values above the normal

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Tints

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are values below the normal.

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Shades

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refers to the brightness or darkness of color. It gives color strength.When a hue is vivid form , it is said to be in full intensity. When it is dulled, it is said to be partly neutralized.

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Intensity

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is the element that deals more directly with the sense of touch.

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Texture

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expresses the idea of how a surface might feel. For example, a painting of a blanket might convey the idea that the blanket is soft.

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Implied texture

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texture that can actually be felt. For example, a ceramic bowl might feature a carved texture that could be felt when holding that bowl.

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Actual texture,

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deals with the effect of distance upon the appearance of objects, by means of which the eye judges spatial relationships.

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Perspective

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Kinds of Perspective:

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Linear perspective, Aerial perspective

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is the representation of an appearance of distance by means of converging lines. It has to do with the direction of lines and with the size of objects.

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Linear perspective

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is the representation of relative distances of objects by gradations of tone or color.

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Aerial perspective

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refers to how the artist fills the surface on which a work of art is created. It can also refer to the expression of depth within a work of art.

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Space

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Kinds of Space

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Positive, Negative

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the areas in a work of art that are the subjects, or areas of interest.

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Positive space

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areas around the subjects, or areas of interest.

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Negative space

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applies to the over-all design of a work of art. It describes the structure or shape of an object.

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Form

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Types of Forms

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Organic forms, Geometric forms

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Typically are irregular in outline, often assymetrical. Most often thought of as naturally occurring (snowflakes etc)

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Organic Form

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corresponds to named regukar shapes (squares, rectangles, triangles, circles)

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Geometric Form

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refers to the amount of space occupied in three dimensions. Refers to solidity and thickness.

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Volume