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Elements of ART / DESIGN
O. REID 2015
Why are they soooo important?
Remember, they make things more exciting.
Without the elements verylittle would exist, because theyare essential to designing and making anything and everything.
What are the elements of art?
Line Shape Color Value
Texture Form Space
They are the “building blocks” or “ingredients” of an artwork?
What elements of art do you see?
Helmet Head #2, 1950Henry Moore
The Rhythm is Everything, 2012Kehinde Wiley
LINES- Marks with length and direction
Arrest 2, 1965
Blaze 1, 1965
Bridget Riley
… but there is more to LINES
Lines are used to create shapes, sketches, and contour drawings
David Hockney
…and MORE…
Lines can show form.
…and more
Lines can show direction.
…and more
Lines can show movement and texture.
Hong ChunZhang
Vincent van Gogh
…and more
Lines can show emotion / expression.
Dave Karlen
Lines are essential to making and designing anything and everything.Lines come together to make wonderful things.
Pamela Sunday
Alexander Calder
Kate Esplen
SHAPE= a line that creates an enclosed space = flat
Four Characters, 1974Jean Dubuffet
Méta-mécanique, 1954Jean Tinguely
What kinds of SHAPES do you see?
Henri Matisse, 1953The Sheaf
Wassily Kandinsky, 1932Decisive Pink
GEOMETRIC ORGANIC
Shapes work together.
Marc Chagall, 1955I and the Village
This painting has both organic and geometric shapes working togetherto create recognizable objects.
COLOR – how our eyes see reflected waves of light
Color is one of the most expressive elements of art
Andy Warhol, 1967Self-Portrait
A simple color choice can also enhance the mood.
Pablo Picasso, 1904Old Guitarist
VALUE – lightness and darkness
Pablo Picasso, 1937 Guernica
Value Scales
There are a variety of techniques that can show value differences.
Value is shown in
more than paintings
and drawings.
Can color show value differences?
Dorothea LangeMigrant Mother, 1936
Value differences in color =tints and shades
Georgia O’KeeffeBlack Mesa Landscape, 1930
TEXTURE – how something feels or appears to feel
How are these textures different?
Meret OppenheimObject Paris, 1936
Albrecht DurerA young Hare, 1503
IMPLIED / VISUAL ACTUAL/REAL
Look closely at how these textures were drawn. What do you notice?
FORM – a 3D shape … not flat
Forms have height, length and width (depth).
What makes these forms look so life like? What do you notice?
Wayne ThiebaudCakes, 1936
MC EscherReptiles, 1943
Keep in mind that forms can also be sculptural.
Flying Pins, 2000Claes Oldenburg
SPACE
- ways to talk about1. showing distance2. positive and negative areas
What does the artist do to give the illusion of space in this landscape?
Salvador DaliWeaning from the Food Chair, 1934
ATMOSPHERICPERSPECTIVE
- Placement- Horizon line- Foreground- Middle Ground- Background
- Size- Overlapping- Detail- Color
Using LINEAR PERSPECTIVEuses precisely drawn lines to give the illusion of space.
Interiors and Still Lifes also use similar techniques to show depth
Frida KahloStill Life with Parrot, 1951
Rene MagrittePersonal Values, 1952
Positive and Negative Space
Dalton Ghetti Giraffe, 2014ish
Jasper JohnsCups for Picasso, 1973
Positive and Negative Space
Tang Yau HoongBeware of those Hands, 2011
Oscar NunezFill in the Cat, 2009
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