Monday, September 30, 2013

Elements of Art and Principles of Design

Lines are marks made by a pointed tool: brush, pencil, pen, etc. Lines can vary in width, direction, curvature, length, or color.
This painting has lines going up and down                This photo has horizontal and vertical lines all
all over the painting.                                                    throughout the bridge.



Shapes are formed wherever the ends of a continuous line meet. Geometric shapes such as circles, triangles or squares have perfect, uniform measurements and don't often appear in nature. Organic shapes are associated with things from the natural world, like plants and animals.
This painting shows many rectangles made by pictures         This photo shows many squares popping
of the chicken noodle soup.                                                      out of the photo.



Color wheels show the primary colors, secondary colors, and the tertiary (intermediate) colors. They also show the relationships between complementary colors across from each other, such as blue and orange; and analogous (similar or related) colors next to each other such as yellow, green, and blue. Black and white may be thought of as colors but, in fact, they are not. White light is the presence of all color; black is the absence of reflected light and therefore the absence of color.
   This photo shows a lot of different colors,              
from cool colors to warm colors. 





In this painting there are many warm colors
the buildings and the cool colors are in the
night sky.



Value, or tone, refers to dark and light; the value scale refers to black and white with all gradations of gray in between. Value contrasts help us to see and understand a two-dimensional work of art.
    In this painting the different shades of                   This picture has a lot of black, white, and gray
gray show what is reflected on the crystal                throughout the picture, helping the clouds stand out.
ball the man is holding.



Form describes objects that are three-dimensional, having length, width, and height.













                        In this photo the straws look three-
                       dimensional, like if you could pull
 The painting on the road looks really three-dimensional                 one of the straws out of the photo.
that if you get near it, it looks like you will fall.                               

                           

Texture can be rough, bumpy, slick, scratchy, smooth, silky, soft, prickly--the list is endless. Texture refers to the surface quality, both simulated and actual, of artwork.













This painting shows texture because on the white
part, it looks very soft and on the tree it looks             In this photo the sand looks like it has texture and
rough and spiky.                                                        if you run your hand on it, it would feel bumpy.



Space refers to distances or areas around, between, or within components of a piece. Space can be positive (white or light) or negative (black or dark), open or closed, shallow or deep, and two-dimensional or three-dimensional.

This painting shows space because the girl                  In this photo the flowers are the only object in
is the only thing in the painting and she's alone.         the photo, and the background is just plain black.

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