principles with famous artists
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Famous Paintings andThe Principles of ArtPaintings you’ll see again and again…..
Taking notes “from”
picturesDo a thumbnail sketch. Draw a 2” x 2” box and
QUICKLY sketch the major details of the picture.
You want to sketch enough that the thumbnail
will trigger a memory of the actual picture
Include the artist’s name
Include the name of the piece
The Elements of Art
The Elements of Art are like the tools an artist
uses to create a work of art. The Elements are:
LINE
SHAPE/FORM
VALUE
TEXTURE
COLOR
The Principles of Art
The Principles are the rules of art. These rules
apply to how the artist uses the tools of art…oh’
yeah…line ,shape/form, color, value and texture.
BALANCE
PROPORTION
RHYTHM
MOVEMENT
VARIETY
CONTRAST
UNITY
EMPHASIS
BALANCE
VISUAL EQUALIBRIUM – The sense of stability
Symmetrical
Asymmetrical
radial
symmetrical
Leonardo da VinciThe Last Supper
Salvador DaliThe Persistence of Memory
asymmetrical
Leonardo da Vinci
Vitruvian Man
PROPORTION
THE RELATIONSHIP OF SIZES
Pablo PicassoPortrait of Olga in the Armchair
Pablo Picasso
The Dream
James Abbott McNeill WhistlerArrangement in Grey
and Black
Rhythm
Repetition of any of the elements – usually color,
shape and value.
Vincent Van Gogh
Starry Night
Claude Monet
Poplars
MOVEMENT
Directs the viewer’s eye through the picture
plane
Franz Marc
Fighting Forms
Vincent Van Gogh
Wheat field with Cypress
Trees
VARIETY
Differences in the elements. Different colors,
textures, shapes, sizes create interest.
Andy Warhol9 Marilyns
Georgia O’Keeffe
Oriental Poppies
CONTRAST
A big difference in any of the elements
Leonardo da Vinci
Mona Lisa
Georgia O’KeeffeCow Skull:Red, White and Blue
EMPHASIS
Points of interest that pull the viewer’s eye to the
important parts of the work
Andy Warhol
Campbell’s Soup I
Jan Vermeer
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Rene Magritte
The Son of Man
UNITY
All parts of a work seen as a whole.
Gustav Klimt
The Kiss
Claude Monet
Water Lilies
Edvard Munch
The Scream
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