Elements of 2 -d Design: • • Picture plane Figure/ground (positive/negative space) Line Shape Texture Value Color
Picture plane: the overall area of an image
Figure / Ground • Figure – the outline, form or silhouette. (positive shape) • Ground – a surrounding area between what stands forward and what recedes. (negative space)
Figure/Ground Reversal • a visual effect in which both ground appears to be figure and vice versa
M. C. Escher Sun and Moon
Henri Matisse Venus
Figure-ground integration
Figure-ground, Tension
Line • A mark whose length is greater than its width.
Line has many characteristics……… Chaotic Curvilinear Angular
Jackson Pollock Black & White
Shape • the outline or characteristic surface of a thing, generally referred to 2 -D
Rene’ Magritte Personal Values
Texture • Surface features that can be felt with the hand or interpreted by the eye.
Vincent Van Gogh Starry Night
Value • the relative lightness or darkness of color in a picture.
Value
Charles Sheeler The Upstairs
Color • How hue, value, and intensity are observed in pigment or light.
Terms • Picture plane • Figure/ground – Figure/ground reversal – Figure/ground integration • • • Line Shape Texture Value Color kinesthetic