Elements of Art

1
Elements of Art Design

• Line
• Shape
• Space
• Colour
• Value
• Texture
• Form

2
Shape and Value

• SHAPE a defined area shapes may be organic
  (e.g., teardrop, puddle) or geometric (e.g.,
  square, rectangle, triangle)
• VALUE areas of light and dark colour areas of
  reflected light and shadow.

3
Shape and Value

• Materials
• Cartridge paper (9x12)
• Pencils rulers
• Paint brushes
• Water containers
• Palettes (styrofoam plate)
• Liquid tempera paint (variety of colour choices -
  red, blue, orange, purple, green, black and
  white

4
Shape and Value

• Start with one LARGE SHAPE in the centre of the
  page
• Use a pencil and ruler to divide the shape into
  rectangular shapes
• Then divide the background into rectangular
  shapes

5
Shape and Value

• Choose ONE COLOUR
• (MONOCHROMATIC)
• Fill in all of the shapes in your design using
  one colour and its various tints by mixing with
  white
• TINT COLOUR WHITE

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Shape and Value

• ONE COLOUR MONOCHROMATIC
• Use black paint to go over the lines around each
  shape