ELEMENTS OF ART THE TOOLS OF ART ELEMENTS

ELEMENTS OF ART THE “TOOLS OF ART”

ELEMENTS OF ART • LINE • COLOR • VALUE • SHAPE • FORM • SPACE • TEXTURE

• A MARK MADE ON A SURFACE WITH A MOVING TOOL. LINE • 5 TYPES OF LINE – – – HORIZONTAL VERTICAL DIAGONAL ZIG ZAG CURVY

COLOR • ELEMENT OF ART THAT IS DERIVED FROM THE REFLECTION OF LIGHT • COLOR GROUPS – PRIMARY – SECONDARY – INTERMEDIATE • COLOR SCHEMES – – – COMPLEMENTARY WARM OR COOL MONOCHROMATIC ANALOGOUS TRIADIC

COMPLEMENTARY

WARM / COOL COLORS

MONOCHROMATIC

ANALOGOUS

COLOR WHEEL YELLOW ORANGE YELLOW GREEN BLUE GREEN RED ORANGE RED BLUE RED VIOLET BLUE VIOLET

VALUE • THE LIGHTNESS OR DARKNESS OF AN OBJECT/COLOR.

SHAPE • AN OBJECT THAT HAS TWO DIMENSIONS, THAT IS CLEARLY SET OFF BY ONE OF THE OTHER 6 ELEMENTS OF ART. • 2 CATEGORIES FOR SHAPES • GEOMETRIC – precise shapes • ORGANIC— shapes from nature • GEOMETRIC • ORGANIC

FORM • AN OBJECT WITH THREE DIMENSIONS – HEIGHT – LENGTH – DEPTH – – – CUBE CONE SPHERE CYLINDER CLOUD

SPACE • THE AREA AROUND, ABOVE, BELOW, OR BETWEEN OBJECTS • 6 WAYS TO CREATE SPACE OVERLAPPING SIZE FOCUS PLACEMENT ATMOSPHERIC (AERIAL) PERSPECTIVE – LINEAR PERSPECTIVE – – –

SPACE continued… Focus Placement

Aerial perspective Linear perspective

TEXTURE • HOW SOMETHING LOOKS OR FEELS.

NOW, USE THE INFORMATION FROM THESE SLIDES TO COMPLETE YOUR ELEMENT OF ART WORKSHEETS. OH, HAVE A NICE DAY ALSO.