Elements of Art Form Objective To identify the

Elements of Art: Form Objective: To identify the techniques for creating the illusion of depth by drawing variations of value on artistic forms.

Review Time!!! In your notes, using your own words, answer the following questions. 1. ) What is a shape? 2. ) What is a form? 3. ) What is the difference between a form and a shape?

Forms are objects having three dimensions. Like shapes, they both have length and width, but forms also have depth. By adding a range of values to a shape we make it have the illusion of depth, 3 -D.

Form is what makes an object look 3 -D. Not just using a shape, but by adding value to those shapes.

Light source Horizon Reflected Light Cast Shadow Line Highlight Light Value Area (Tint) Middle Value Area Shadow Side Core Shadow (Medium Shade) (Black Shade)

Reflected Light-the light that reflects back from the surfaces that the forms are placed on or objects they are next to. Reflective light is always located on a form’s shadow side.

Highlight- area on an object where light is hitting. (Usually white in value depending on color or tone of the object being drawn. )

Middle value Area-next value in a drawing after the light value area. (Usually light to medium values. ) Middle Value Area

Light Value Area (Tint) Light Value Area- lightest part of a drawing next to the highlight.

Horizon Line- A line drawn across a picture. The horizon line is always at a person’s eye level. Line

Core Shadow- The edge where the light is blocked from the light source. It is the darkest value on the shadow side of a form. It blends into the middle tones from the shadow edge on round objects. Core Shadow (Black Shade)

Cast Shadow- A cast shadow is a type of shadow that is created from a form onto a surface that is turned away from the light source. (Represented by having dark values or shades closer to the object and gradually changes in value to middle values and tints. ) Cast Shadow

Light source- the direction from which Light source the light comes from.

Shadow Side Shadows- areas on an object where light does not hit.