Shape, Form and Space

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Shape, Form and Space
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THE ELEMENT OF SHAPE

• Shape is a two-dimensional area that is defined
  in some way.
• Shapes can be defined by a line, contrasting
  colors or contrasting textures.
• There are three types of shape
• Geometric
• Organic
• Free-Form

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GEOMETRIC SHAPE uses mathematical formula or
angular shapes.

• Piet Mondrian uses geometric shape in Broadway
  Boogie to symbolize the setup of the New York
  city streets.

• In Pablo Picassos Three Musicians, geometric
  shape is used to show human forms.

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ORGANIC SHAPE represents objects found in
nature.

• In Hibiscus with Plumeria, Georgia OKeefe uses
  soft, organic shape to represent the flowers.

• Vincent van Gogh uses flowing, organic shape to
  represent The Olive Trees.

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FREE-FORM SHAPE abstract and unidentifiable
shapes.

• Although the shapes in Joan Miros Hand Catching
  a Bird represent natural forms, they are
  considered free-form because of their lack of
  immediate identification.

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THE ELEMENT OF FORM

• A form is an object having three dimensions.
• Not only do they have length and width, but they
  also have depth.
• The illusion of form or a three-dimensional space
  can be created five ways
• OVERLAPPING
• SIZE DIFFERENCE
• PLACEMENT
• SHADING
• LINEAR PERSPECTIVE

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• OVERLAPPING- Placing objects in front of or
  behind one another to create the illusion of a
  3-D space.
• SIZE DIFFERENCE- Objects that are closer appear
  to be larger than objects that are further away.
• PLACEMENT- Objects that are closer are lower on
  the picture plane than objects that are further
  away.

• Salvador Dalí. The Persistence of Memory. 1931.
  Oil on canvas, 9 1/2 x 13"

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SHADING TECHNIQUES

• Blending- a smooth transition in value.

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SHADING TECHNIQUES

• Stipple- shading using dots.

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SHADING TECHNIQUES

• Hatching- Uses parallel lines to add value

• Cross-hatching- uses intersecting lines to add
  value

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LINEAR PERSPECTIVE

• Linear perspective is a mathematical system for
  creating the illusion of space and distance on a
  flat surface.
• The system originated in Florence, Italy in the
  early 1400s.
• The artist and architect Filippo Brunelleschi
  first demonstrated its principles.

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• The HORIZON LINE is where the sky appears to meet
  the ground.

• The VANISHING POINT should be located on the
  horizon line. The vanishing point is where all
  converging lines appear to come together. To the
  left you see one and two point linear
  perspective.
• CONVERGING LINES are "visual rays" helping the
  viewer's eye to connect points around the edges
  of the picture plane
• to the vanishing point.

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ONE POINT LINEAR PERSPECTIVE ONE VANISHING
POINT. CAN YOU LOCATE THE VANISHING POINT?
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ONE POINT LINEAR PERSPECTIVE ONE VANISHING
POINT.CAN YOU LOCATE THE VANISHING POINT?
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TWO POINT LINEAR PERSPECTIVE 2 VANISHING
POINTS.CAN YOU LOCATE THE VANISHING POINTS?