Elements of The Visual Arts2

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.
 Lines that suggest
DIAGONAL
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.
 Amplified  Isometric
perspective—This perspective—
technique involves
projecting one or more Often used in
elements directly at Oriental art, planes
the viewer. The artist recede on the
often employs a
foreshortening effect diagonal, but the
causing the protruding lines remain
part to appear closer. parallel instead of
drawing closer
together.
LINEAR AERIAL/ATMOSPHERIC
AMPLIFIED ISOMETRIC
 Distance of area
between, around,
above, below or within
shapes
 Usually related to
showing foreground,
middleground, and
background on a flat
surface.
 Size—The easiest way
to create the illusion of
space. Objects farther
away will appear
smaller. In some art,
size is used to show
importance rather than
space (referred to as
hieratic scaling).
 Vertical
location—Items
that are farther
away may
appear higher
on the picture
plane.
 Overlapping—
Items that are
closer to the
viewer may
overlap those
that are farther
away.
 Depth is further
achieved by
ordering the
shapes from
larger to
smaller.
 Solidity or
thickness of a
work of art.
 It appears to be 3
Dimensional
 It has width,
height and depth.

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The building blocks or ingredients of art.

 Distance between two

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