Sept 23 2009 Folders for notes Elements of

Sept 23, 2009 • Folders for notes

Elements of Art Topics/ Questions/ Vocabulary (skip lines!) Summary: Name: Date: Per: Notes (should line up with topics/questions/vocab on left!) (the summary should come at the end of notes, not at the end of each page)

Elements of Art!

What are the Elements of Art? The building blocks of all art works

Line: Any extension of a point made with a marking tool

What are all the different types of lines?

Horizontal Line: side to side. Creates a feeling of “calm”

Vertical: up and down. Create the feeling of “stability”

Diagonal: corner to corner. Creates the feeling of “instability”

Zig Zag: pointed and jagged. Creates the feeling of “excitement”

Scribble: messy and all over. Creates the feeling of “confusion”

Contour: The outside edge of an object or shape

Implied: imaginary line that our eye automatically connects

Texture: The way an object’s surface feels to the touch

What are some types of drawn textures?

Stippling: Surface texture created with dots

Crosshatch: Surface texture created with many intersecting lines

Value: How dark or light something is

What are some things you need to create value in an artwork?

Highlight: The brightest or lightest part of an object

Light source: The place where light seems to be shining from and onto objects

Shape area that has been closed off by a line

Types of shapes?

Geometric shape: made using math formulas such as a circle, square or triangle.

Organic shape: similar to shapes found in nature; often rounded and soft

Negative shape: the shapes surrounding an object

Non-objective: shapes that don’t look like anything at all (also know: nonrepresentational)

Space: when a picture appears to go back into the distance and create a sense of place

Easy ways to create space?

Overlap: objects are drawn partially on top of one another

Horizon line: where the sky and earth seem to meet; eye level

Form: Three dimensional shapes

Three-dimensional: An object that has a length, width and height.

Color We will talk separately about this element later!

End • Please write a SUMMARY at the end of your notes… • “We learned about the elements of art (line, shape, texture, value, form, space, color) and how they can be used in artworks. ”