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Elements of Art

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Elements of Art

Texture

• The texture is the quality of a surface or


the way any work of art is represented.
• Lines and shading can be used to create
different textures as well.
– For example….if one is portraying certain
fabrics, one needs to give the feeling of the
right texture so that it closely resembles what
the artist is trying to convey.
Form
• Form may be created by the forming of
two or more shapes or as three-
dimensional shape (cube, pyramid,
sphere, cylinder, etc.).
• It may be enhanced by tone, texture and
color.
• Form is considered three-dimensional
showing height, width and depth.
– Examples of these are sculpture, theatre play
and figurines.
Space

• Space is the area provided for a particular purpose.


• Space includes the background, foreground and middle
ground.
• Space refers to the distances or areas around, between
or within components of a piece.
– There are two types of space: positive and negative space.
• Positive space refers to the space of a shape representing the subject
matter.
• Negative space refers to the space around and between the subject matter.
• Space is also defined as the distance between
identifiable points or planes in a work of art.
Shape
• Shape pertains to the use of areas in two
dimensional space that can be defined by
edges, setting one flat specific space apart from
another.
• Shapes can be geometric (e.g.: square, circle,
triangle, hexagon, etc.) or organic (such as the
shape of a puddle, blob, leaf, boomerang, etc.)
in nature.
• Shapes are defined by other elements of art:
Space, Line, Texture, Value, Color, Form.
Color

• Color pertains to the use of hue in artwork and design.


• Defined as primary colors (red, yellow,
blue) which cannot be mixed in pigment from other hues,
secondary colors (green, orange, purple) which are
directly mixed from combinations of primary colors.
• Further combinations of primary and secondary colors
create tertiary (and more) hues.
• Tint and Shade are references to adding variations
in Value; other tertiary colors are derived by mixing either
a primary or secondary color with a neutral color. e.g.
Red + White = Pink.
Tone (Value)

• Value, or tone, refers to the use of light


and dark, shade and highlight, in an
artwork.
• Black-and-white photography depends
entirely on value to define its subjects.
Value is directly related to contrast.
Line

• Line is most easily defined as a mark that


spans a distance between two points (or
the path of a moving point), taking any
form along the way.
• As an art element, line pertains to the use of
various marks, outlines and implied lines in
artwork and design, most often used to define
shape in two-dimensional work.
• Implied line is the path that the viewer's eye
takes as it follows shapes, colors, and form
along a path, but may not be continuous or
physically connected, such as the line created
by a dancer's arms, torso, and legs when
performing an arabesque.
• Shape pertains to the use of areas in two
dimensional space that can be defined by
edges, setting one flat specific space apart
from another.
• Shapes can be geometric (e.g.: square,
circle, triangle, hexagon, etc.) or organic
(such as the shape of a puddle, blob, leaf,
boomerang, etc.) in nature. Shapes are
defined by other elements of art:

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