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The Elements of Art
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What are the Elements of Art?
The elements of art are the basic visual symbols
that artist use to make art.
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Symbols

• Something that stands for, or represents
  something else.

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The Elements of Art

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

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• A mark drawn with a pointed, moving tool.

Picture by Peit Mondrian
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Main Types of Line
Feeling Created by Line
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Contour Line
Lines that define the form of an object
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Implied Lines
Line that is not really painted or drawn but is
created by A value or color change or and series
of objects that are Lined up someway.
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Gesture Lines
A Gesture is an expressive movement. The purpose
of drawing gestures is to capture The feeling of
motion.
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Shape
A two dimensional area that is defined in some
waygt
Geometric Shapes Organic Shapes
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Geometric Shapes
Geometric Shapes are precise shapes that can be
described using Mathematical formulas.
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Work by Joan Miro that features geometric shapes
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Organic or Free form Shapes
Irregular or uneven shapes
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Green Tea Cup By Janet Fish Includes a lot Of
Organic Shapes
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Form

• A three dimensional enclosed object.

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Form can refer to an actual 3-dimentional Like
a sculpture or a building or a photo or Picture
of the 3-dimensional object.
The White House
Statue of Liberty
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Forms can be organic or
Two-Piece Reclining Figures by Henri Moore
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Geometric
The Great Pyramids in Giza Egypt
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Value The lightness or darkness of a color or
black And white
Value Scale
Value Scale
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Value is the same thing as shading and can
make Drawings look more realistic and 3
dimentional.
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Hatching and Cross Hatching are techniques used
to create values with parallel lines.
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Stippling is a way of using dots To create values.
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Shading or Blending is a way of creating
value and making objects look more 3D.
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Texture The element of art that refers to the way
things Feel or look like they would feel if
touched.
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Actual or Real Textures refer to textures That
you can really feel.
Basket
The Awakening by J. Seward Johnson Located at
Hains Point outside of Washington DC
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Implied Textures refer to textures That are
created on a flat surface In painting or drawing
and cant Be felt.
Still Life By Janet Fish
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Rubbing A technique for transferring texture to
paper,
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SpaceIn painting and drawing, space is the
illusion of depth created by an artist on a flat
surface.
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Parts of Space
Negative
Positive Space- The objects in the Art
work. Negative Space- The empty spaces Between
and Behind the shapes
Positive
American Gothic By Grant Wood
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Different types of Space in Art Infinite or Deep
Space lot of area
Marriage of the Virgin By Raphael
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Shallow Space Little or no area
Sunflowers By Vincent van Gogh
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Perspective Linear Perspective is a way of using
converging lines To show distance and depth.
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Atmospheric Perspective Brightly colored objects
seem closer to you, and Objects with dull, light
colors seem to be Farther away
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Color-The element of art that is derived from
reflected art.
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Primary Colors
The colors you Must have Plus black And white To
mix all other colors/.
Red
Blue
Yellow
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Secondary Colors
Colors made by Mixing two Primary
colors Together.
Purple or Violet
Orange
Green
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Red Yellow Orange Yellow Blue
Green Red Blue Purple or Violet
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Color Wheel
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Neutral Colors
Black Brown Gray And White
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Warm Colors in Painting
Warm colors by Susan Lyons
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Cool Colors in a Painting
Water lilies By Claude Monet
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Tint- To add white To a color Shade- To add
black To a color
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Monochromatic Variations of one color