THE “TOOLS OF ART”

ELEMENTS OF ART

ELEMENTS OF ART• LINE•COLOR•VALUE• SHAPE

• FORM• SPACE• TEXTURE

LINE• A MARK MADE ON A

SURFACE WITH A MOVING TOOL.

• 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

YELLOWYELLOW GREEN

YELLOW ORANGE

BLUE

BLUE VIOLET

RED

GREEN

BLUE GREEN

VIOLET

ORANGE

RED ORANGE

RED 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.

• GEOMETRIC

• ORGANIC

• 2 CATEGORIES FOR SHAPES-• GEOMETRIC – precise

shapes• ORGANIC— shapes

from nature

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…

PlacementFocus

Aerial perspective

Linearperspective

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.