Elements of The Visual Arts

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The building blocks or ingredients of art.

 Distance between two


points
 Continuous mark
made by a moving
point
 A point in motion
 Path of a moving point
through space
 Define the edges of
shapes and forms
HORIZONTAL  Lines of repose and
serenity, calmness and
VERTICAL peace
 Lines poised for action;
exaltation and dignity.
DIAGONAL
 Lines that suggest
movement, motion and
dynamism
ZIGZAG  Lines that suggest chaos
and conflict, violence,
struggle
CURVED  Lines expressing flexibility,
grace and joyousness
HORIZONTAL LINE VERTICAL LINE
 REPETITION-lines
drawn within a corner
following the lines of
the corner.
 CONTRASTING- lines
that are in opposition
to each other.
 TRANSITIONAL- lines
modify the sharpness
and give harmonizing
effect.
 Property of
light. When
light goes
out, color
goes with it.
It has the
most
aesthetic
appeal.
 HUE- gives color its
name.
 VALUE- lightness or
darkness of a color.
Also known as
“chiaroscuro”.
 INTENSITY- brightness
or darkness of a color.
It gives color its
strength.
PRIMARY COLORS SECONDARY COLORS
YELLOW

GREEN ORANGE

BLUE
RED

VIOLET
 INTERMEDIATE or
TERTIARY COLORS

 Yellow orange
 Red orange
 Red violet
 Blue violet
 Blue green
 Yellow green
WARM- ASSOCIATED WITH FIRE AND THE SUN. COOL- ASSOCIATED WITH WATER AND SKY.
COLORS SEEM TO COME TOWARDS YOU IN SPACE COLORS SEEM TO GO BACK IN SPACE
COMPLEMENTARY ANALOGOUS
COMPLEMENTARY ANALOGOUS
 Black – despair, gloom, death, and mourning.
 The darkest and dullest of the colors. It is only
considered a color when mixed with other colors.
 Blue – tranquility, calmness, and peace.
 It is the color of the sky and gives the impression
of vastness and infinity.
 Red – fire, blood, danger, festivity, bravery.
War. Passion, energy, and warmth.
 It is a basic color.
 Gray – weight, solidity, and neutrality.
 The combination of black and white or the three
primary colors.
 Violet – shadows, mourning, penance,
royalty, and power.
 A mixture of red and blue.
 Green – growth, freshness, and hope.
 The color of the still water and vegetation.
 White – simplicity, clarity, purity, and
innocence.
 Orange – deliciousness and sweetness and
being assertive.
 A combination of red and yellow.
 Yellow – life, joy, sunshine, cheerfulness,
warmth, splendor, freedom and hospitality.
 It is the color of light.
 Pink – sympathy and gratitude
 The combination of red and white.
Thank
I love you you

Secrecy Sympathy

Desire Unity
TINTS- WHITE ADDED SHADES- BLACK ADDED
TINTS- WHITE ADDED SHADES- BLACK ADDED
FULL INTENSITY FULL INTENSITY
 Deals primarily with
our sense of “touch”.
 Can be identified by
touch or sight.
 Is the visual surface
quality of an object.
 Rough, smooth, fine,
coarse, shiny, dull…
 Over-all design of a
work of art.
 Refers to the three-
dimensionality of an
object. Shading a
circle in a certain
manner can turn it
into a sphere.
 Entire work
 Deals with the  KINDS OF PERSPECTIVE
effect of distance  Linear – representation
upon the of an appearance of
appearance of distance by means of
objects, by means converging lines.
 Aerial/Atmospheric-
of which the eye representation of
judges spatial relative distances of
relationships. objects by gradations of
tone color.
LINEAR AERIAL/ATMOSPHERIC
 Distance of area
between, around,
above, below or within
shapes
 Usually related to
showing foreground,
middleground, and
background on a flat
surface.
 Solidity or thickness of
a work of art.
 It appears to be 3
Dimensional
 It has width, height
and depth.

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