WHAT ARE ELEMENTS OF ART?
Elements of art are the basic properties of a work of art that may be perceived through the senses. In a painting, for instance, the properties that may be perceived through our senses are texture, form, shape, color, line and value(tone). Other elements, for instance sound and time, may be perceived in other art forms such as music and video. (The way the elements of an artwork relate to each other and are organized in the artwork are referred to as theprinciples of art.)
TYPES OF ELEMENTS OF ART
Below are seven major elements of art.
(1)LINE: A path created by a moving point, mark or object. It is a dot that
takes a walk. Line can be straight, swirly, wavy, jagged, dotted, dashed, broken, thick, thin, zig zag, diagonal, vertical, horizontal, curved, bold, parallel or perpendicular.
(2)SHAPE: A two-dimensional (2D), flat enclosed area. When a line crosses over itself it creates a shape. Examples shapes could be geometric, organic/natural, irregular, circle,
square, rectangle, diamond, oval, crescent, heart, triangle, octagon.
(3)COLOUR: The element of art derived from reflected or absorbed light. Color
adds interest and mood to a work of art. It is also referred to as “Hue”. The primary colors are red, yellow and blue. The secondary colors are created by mixing the primary colors. They are purple (violet), orange and green.
(4)TEXTURE: How something feels or looks like it would feel if you could touch it. There are two kinds of texture: Real (how something factually feels, such as a sculpture) and Implied (when an artist paints or draws a texture but it is artificial).
(5)FORM: Objects having three dimensions (3D), or height, width, and depth. You can walk around a form. Examples of form can include cubes, cylinders, and spheres.
Note the difference between forms and shape is that forms are solid (3d) while shapes are flat (2d)
(6)VALUE: The lightness or darkness of an object. The degree of lightness
or darkness. The effect of light and shade in a picture. Value vocabulary includes tint (adding white to make something lighter), shade (adding black to make something darker) and hue (the true color). Shadow, highlight, and light source are also some vocabulary words to consider with this element of art.
(7)SPACE: The element of art that refers to the emptiness or area around or within objects. Positive space refers to the part of the artwork that takes up space. Negative space is the area around that object, while positive space is the area occupied by the object
Elements of art are the basic properties of a work of art that may be perceived through the senses. In a painting, for instance, the properties that may be perceived through our senses are texture, form, shape, color, line and value(tone). Other elements, for instance sound and time, may be perceived in other art forms such as music and video. (The way the elements of an artwork relate to each other and are organized in the artwork are referred to as theprinciples of art.)
TYPES OF ELEMENTS OF ART
Below are seven major elements of art.
(1)LINE: A path created by a moving point, mark or object. It is a dot that
takes a walk. Line can be straight, swirly, wavy, jagged, dotted, dashed, broken, thick, thin, zig zag, diagonal, vertical, horizontal, curved, bold, parallel or perpendicular.
(2)SHAPE: A two-dimensional (2D), flat enclosed area. When a line crosses over itself it creates a shape. Examples shapes could be geometric, organic/natural, irregular, circle,
square, rectangle, diamond, oval, crescent, heart, triangle, octagon.
(3)COLOUR: The element of art derived from reflected or absorbed light. Color
adds interest and mood to a work of art. It is also referred to as “Hue”. The primary colors are red, yellow and blue. The secondary colors are created by mixing the primary colors. They are purple (violet), orange and green.
(4)TEXTURE: How something feels or looks like it would feel if you could touch it. There are two kinds of texture: Real (how something factually feels, such as a sculpture) and Implied (when an artist paints or draws a texture but it is artificial).
(5)FORM: Objects having three dimensions (3D), or height, width, and depth. You can walk around a form. Examples of form can include cubes, cylinders, and spheres.
Note the difference between forms and shape is that forms are solid (3d) while shapes are flat (2d)
(6)VALUE: The lightness or darkness of an object. The degree of lightness
or darkness. The effect of light and shade in a picture. Value vocabulary includes tint (adding white to make something lighter), shade (adding black to make something darker) and hue (the true color). Shadow, highlight, and light source are also some vocabulary words to consider with this element of art.
(7)SPACE: The element of art that refers to the emptiness or area around or within objects. Positive space refers to the part of the artwork that takes up space. Negative space is the area around that object, while positive space is the area occupied by the object
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