Art Appreciation Semis PDF

THE ELEMENTS OF ART Because of this, some are Turning Shapes into form 5. COLOR said to be expressive. - can add interest and reality THE INGREDIENTS FOR A...

THE ELEMENTS OF ART Because of this, some are Turning Shapes into form 5. COLOR said to be expressive. - can add interest and reality THE INGREDIENTS FOR A - A triangle becomes a cone to artwork. The use of a 12- GREAT COMPOSITION Expressive Lines or pyramid step color wheel will help us Tend to be found in nature - A square becomes a cube understand color more WHAT ARE THE ELEMENTS and are very organic. - A rectangle can become a effectively. When light is OF ART? box or a cylinder reflected through a prism, Other lines that are very colors can be seen. The Elements of Art are the measured, geometric, In order to turn a circle into “tools” that artists use to directional and angular are a sphere, you must shade it. These colors are : Red, make art. There are 7 of called Constructive Lines. You can’t add another side Yellow, Orange, Green, them: They tend to appear to be to it. Indigo, Blue, and Violet man-made because of their - Line precision. 4. VALUE Remember the anagram: - Shape - is the lightness or darkness ROY G BIV - Form 2. SHAPE of a color. Value makes - Value - is created when a line objects appear more real Color Wheel - Color becomes connected and because it imitates natural A long time ago, artists - Texture encloses space. It is the light. When showing value in decided that these colors - Space outline or outward work of art, you will need a would be more useful to appearance of something. LIGHT SOURCE them if they were placed in a 1. LINE Shapes are 2 Dimensional wheel fashion. This mecame - is a path that a point takes (2-D) which means there are Light Source known as the color wheel. through space. Lines can be 2 ways they can be - is the place where the light thick, thin, dotted or solid. measured. is coming form, the darkest They can make straight areas are always on the movements, zig-zags, waves You can measure its HEIGHT opposite side of the light. or curls. and its WIDTH. In order to have a successful They may be horizontal - is an enclosed space drawing, you will need to defined by other elements of show a Full Value Range, art. Shape is 2-Dimensional. which means that there are Vertical very light areas, middle 2 TYPES OF SHAPE tones, and very dark areas. This is a way of giving a work Geometric Shapes of art Contrast. There are 3 Primary Colors: - have smooth even edges Red, Yellow and Blue Diagonal and are measurable. It WAYS VALUE CAN BE include the square, the circle, ADDED: These colors are primary for the triangle, and the 2 reasons: rectangle. CROSS-HATCHING - They can’t be mixed to be -is when you use irregular made Horizontal Lines - Angular, man-made lengths of parallel lines that - They make all the other Are generally restful, like the concept cross over each other colors on the color wheel. horizon, where the sky diagonally. The closer meets the land. Organic Shapes together the lines are placed, When you mix 2 primary -have more complicated the darker the value. colors together, you get a Vertical Lines edges and are usually found Secondary colors. Seem to be reaching, so they in nature. Leaves, flowers, STIPPLING may seem inspirational like ameba, etc. - is the use of dots to create For example: tall majestic trees or church shade. This is accomplished Red + Yellow = Orange steeples. - curvilinear - found in by placing dots very close Red + blue = Violet nature together to create dark Yellow + Blue = Green Diagonal Lines values and farther apart to Tend to be disturbing. They 3. FORM create lighter values. Color Schemes suggest decay or chaos like - is a shape that has become - Color is divided into groups lightening or falling trees 3-Dimensional (3-D). Form SOFT SHADING based on the way they are has HEIGHT, WIDTH and - is when you use your pencil placed on the color wheel: Lines can convey emotion as DEPTH - which is the 3rd to create soft gradual well. They may show dimension. Depth shows the movements from one value 3-4 colors “next -door- excitement, anger, calmness, thickness of the object. to the next using full value neighbors” to each other tension, happiness, and Forms are NOT flat like range. creates an Analogous color many other feelings. shapes are. scheme Analogous Color Scheme Colors can convey emotion is considered to be the lower PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN and feelings too. 1/3 of the picture plane. -Balance - Variety Have you ever felt “blue”? Space can be shallow or - Movement Been “green” with envy? deep depending on what the - Emphasis &Focal Point Called a “yellow” coward? artist wants to use. - Pattern & Repetition - Contrast It is important that artists Shallow Space - Unity & Harmony understand the effects of -is used when the artist has color when they are trying to objects very close to the 1. BALANCE get the viewers of their art viewer. - is a sense of stability in the to feel a particular way. body of work 2 colors that are directly Deep Space - can be symmetrical (formal) opposite each other (going COLORS TEMPERATURE - may show objects up close or assymmetrical (informal) across the center) creates a but objects are shown far Complimentary color Warm Colors away too. 2. VARIETY scheme - are those that have Reds, - When elements are yellows, and oranges. Warm Positive and Negative space changed in scale, color, or colors seem to advance (or is a way that an artwork is form. come forward)in an artwork. divided. When planning a work of art, both areas must 3. MOVEMENT Cool colors be examined so that they - adds excitement to your - are those that have Blues, balance one another. work by showing action and greens, and violets. Cool Drawing items running off directing the viewers eye colors seem to recede (or go the page and zooming in on throughout the picture plane. back into) an artwork. objects are ways to create visual interest within a work. DOMINANCE & 6. TEXTURE SUBORDINATION A Split-Complimentary color - is the way the surface of an Positive Space The part of a composition scheme is a complimentary object actually feels. - is the actual object(s) that is emphasized, has the color and the two colors on within the artwork. greatest visual weight, the either side of its complimet. In the artistic world, we refer most important, powerful, to two types of texture -> Negative Space or has the most influence. Tactile and Implied - is the area in and around the objects. It is the 4. EMPHASIS & FOCAL Tactile (or Real) Texture “background” and it POINT - is the way the surface of an contributes to the work of object actually feels. art -- you can’t have positive Emphasis Examples would be space without negative - Any forcefulness that gives sandpaper, cotton balls, tree space. importance to some feature bark, puppy fur, etc or features of an artwork; Positive space is filled by something singled out, A Triadic color scheme uses Implied Texture shape or form. Negative stressed, or drawn attention 3 colors that are equally - is the way the surface of an space surrounds a shape or to by means of contrast, spaced apart on the color object looks like it feels. This form. anomaly, or counterpoint. wheel. is the type of texture that artists use when they draw Perspective is also a way of Focal Point and paint. Textures may look showing space in a work of - portion of an artwork’s rough, fuzzy, gritty, or art. Perspective is when the composition on which scruffy, but can’t actually be artist uses a vanishing point interest or attention centers felt. on the horizon and then creates a sense of deep 5. PATTERN &REPETITION 7. SPACE space by showing objects - Involves multiples of the - is basically divided into 3 getting progressively smaller same element. Repeated parts: Foreground, Middle as they get closer to the elements can vary in size, When you use only one color ground, and Background vanishing point. color, or axis placement. plus its tints and shades, you Repeated elements can are using a Monochromatic Generally, the Background Objects may Overlap as well. create a pattern. The use of color scheme area is considered to be the When objects are repetition may be applied to upper 1/3 of the picture overlapped, it is obvious that all Visual Elements. Motion Tint - is a color plus white plane. The Middle ground enough space had to be in can be created by repetition. Shade - is a color plus black area is considered to be the the picture to contain all the middle 1/3 of the picture objects that have been Colors have temperatures plane. The Foreground area included. 6. CONTRAST - A large difference between two things, such as lights and shadow, color and black/ white 7. UNITY & HARMONY - The quality of wholeness or oneness (Gestalt) that is achieved through the effective use of the elements and principles of design. MATTHEW 28:20 I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS. -GOD