Elements of Design also called Elements of Art

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Elements of Designalso calledElements of Art
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The Elements of Design are

• The basic components used by the artist when
  producing works of art.

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The Elements of Design

• are the tools that artists use to make art.

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Elements of Design

• Shape
• Form
• Color
• Value

• Line
• Texture
• Space

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Today we will work with . .

• the element LINE
• What is line?

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LINE is ...

• A mark with length and direction(-s)
• Line is a continuous mark made on some surface by
  a moving point.

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LINE

• May be two-dimensional (as with pencil on paper)

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LINE

• May be three-dimensional (as with wire) or

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LINE

• May be implied (as the edge of a shape or
  form).

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Some students are able to use line to draw well.
They can look at something and draw it the way it
looks.

• Where does this skill come from?
• Is it a skill that one can learn?

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The ability to look at something and REALLY SEE
it is a skill that one can learn.

• You can learn the skill of drawing by practicing
  keen observation.

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What do you see when you look at an object?

• Do you see just what the object is . . .
• or

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• Do you notice - do you see - do you observe the
  many details that make up the object?

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• To be able to draw well, you must develop
  observation skills.
• You must practice not only seeing and observing,
  but also being able to make your hand do what
  your eyes are seeing.

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Blind Contour DrawingCan Increase Observation
Skillsand thus increase drawing skills
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What is blind contour drawing?

• Contour is an outline, a line drawing.

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What does Blind in Blind Contour refer to?

• If we are practicing observing and really seeing,
  why is it called BLIND line or contour drawing?

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We are BLIND to the paper.

• Our seeing/observing is so acute that we observe
  only the object being drawn and not the paper on
  which we are drawing.

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What is blind contour drawing?
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BLIND CONTOUR DRAWING

• is an unbroken line drawing of an objects
  contours.
• The drawing is done by keeping the mind and eye
  on the object being drawing and not on the paper.

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BLIND CONTOUR DRAWING

• is an exercise that trains the hand to do what
  the eye is seeing.

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Assignment

• Use eight different objects to practice
  observation skills.

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STEP 1

• Select an object that has complex form and many
  details

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STEP 2

• Select a starting place and let your eyes slowly
  explore and follow the outlines of the object.
  Notice/see every detail along the way.

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STEP 3

• As your eyes travel slowly around and over the
  edges of the object, let your hand draw what your
  eyes are seeing. Dont look at the paper, you
  will loose your concentration.

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• Observe and draw four objects in pencil
• and four objects in ink pen.
• No erasing and
• No peeking at the paper

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Remember

• The finished drawings of the objects will NOT
  look like the object.
• This is an EXERCISE to practice observation
  skills.

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Grading

• Complexity - is the object too simple or is it
  complex?
• Contour - is the line continuous and unbroken?
  Did you look at the paper?
• Details - has your eye and hand drawn all the
  many details? Dont make up what you dont see.