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    Fundamentals

    of Art
    Why do we have to learn
    this?
     Humans need language to communicate
    ideas.
     Art uses a type of language to
    communicate ideas.

     The art language is based on concepts


    called the “ELEMENTS and PRINCIPLES
    of Design”
    Elements of Art
     Building blocks that
    make up a work of art

     Every piece of art can


    be reduced to its
    elements
    There are 5 Elements:
     Line
     Shape
     Color
     Texture
     Value

     Remember, “Lucy Should Cut The Vine”


    LINE
    How would you
    describe what a line
    looks like?
    Line Variation
    (Ways you can change a line)
     Length
     Width
     Texture
     Direction
     Curve
    Grant Wood, Midnight Ride of Paul
    Revere. 1931.
    SHAPE
    How would you describe a shape?
    Jacob Lawrence, Forward. 1967.
    Henri Matisse, Beasts of the Sea.
    1950.
    Shape
    A 2-dimensional area that is
    defined in some way from
    the space around it
    Kinds of shapes
     GEOMETRIC  ORGANIC
    come from mathematical irregular and uneven
    formulas (generally have
    names)
    Form and Space
     FORM  SPACE
    a 3-D shape (or the the area between,
    illusion of 3 above, below, around,
    dimensions on a 2- or within objects
    dimensional surface) (positive & negative)
    COLOR
    most expressive element

    …and probably the most complicated


    Color
     We see color as a result of reflected light
     White light from the sun is actually a
    combination of the SPECTRUM OF
    COLORS

    Spectrum order:
     HUE
    name of the color
    (ex. “yellow”)
     PRIMARY
    (red, yellow,
    blue)
    The Color  SECONDARY
    Wheel (orange,
    green, violet)
     TERTIARY
    (red-orange,
    yellow-
    orange, yellow
    green, etc.)
     HUE
    named
    colors

     SHADES
    colors +
    black

     TINTS
    colors +
    white
    Intensity and Complements

     INTENSITY
    brightness or dullness of a hue
     COMPLEMENT
    color opposite (across from) a given hue on
    the color wheel

     You can change the intensity (MUTE) a


    color by adding its complement.
    Intensity
    Color Schemes
     Color schemes are like formulas to choose
    colors from the color wheel

     MONOCHROMATIC (1 hue + shades/tints)

     WARM & COOL (half the color wheel focusing


    on reds (warm) or blues (cools))
    More Color Schemes
     COMPLEMENTARY (2 opposite hue + s/t)
     SPLIT COMPLEMENT (1 hue + the 2 neighbors
    of its opposite + s/t)
     TRIADIC (3 evenly spaced hues + s/t)
     ANALOGOUS (3-4 neighboring hue + s/t)
    TEXTURE
    How something feels or
    looks like it feels
    INVENTED Meret Oppenheim,
    SIMULATED Object. 1936.

    ACTUAL
    VALUE
    Lightness or darkness
    of an object or area
    Ways to create different values
     Vary the pressure of your drawing tool
     Vary the tool (soft B pencils are darker
    than hard H)
     Vary the color or pigment (yellow is lighter
    in value than violet)
     Vary the space between shading marks
    (HATCHING and CROSSHATCHING)
    PRINCIPLES
    Rules that determine how artists
    organize the elements of design
    Elements vs. Principles
     Building Blocks  Blueprints for how to
    arrange them
    Another way to think of it:
     In Science terms,  In English terms,
    elements are like elements are the parts
    atoms and principles of speech (nouns,
    are like chemical verbs, adjectives, etc.)
    formulas and principles are
    rules of grammar
    Principles
     Rhythm
     Movement
     Balance
     Proportion
     Unity/Harmony (Variety)
     Emphasis
    RHYTHM
    Creates movement by
    repeating elements
    MOVEMENT
    The look and feeling of action
    that guides the viewer’s eyes
    throughout the work of art
    Giacomo Balla, Dynamism of a
    Dog on a Leash. 1912.
    BALANCE
    Equalizing visual
    elements in a work of art
    Main types of balance
     FORMAL  INFORMAL
    Symmetry: exactly Visually appears
    the same on both balanced based on
    sides of the axis (for un-matching objects
    the most part) or areas of visual
    weight
    Grant Wood, American
    Gothic. 1930.
    Thomas Eakins, Baby at Play. 1876.
    PROPORTION
    Size relationships of one part to another
    Claes Oldenburg, Spoonbridge and Cherry.
    1985-88.
    UNITY
    HARMONY
    feeling of relatedness by showing
    similarities within the artwork
    Jasper Johns, Zero Nine. 1958-59.
    Vincent Van Gogh, La chambre de Van Gogh à
    Arles (Van Gogh's Room at Arles). 1889.
    EMPHASIS
    Making one part of a work
    (FOCAL POINT)
    dominant over the others

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