LESSON 4: ELEMENTS AND PRINCIPLES OF ART Flashcards
Elements of Visual Arts 7
Lines
Colors
Texture
Perspective
Space
Form
Volume
are the visual components that are required to create a work of art
Elements of Visual Art
mark on a surface that describes a shape or outline. It can create texture and can be thick and thin. Types can include actual, implied, vertical, horizontal, diagonal, and contour lines.
Line
are poised for action. They are poised, balanced, forceful, and dynamic. They express an impression of dignity.
Vertical Lines
are lines of repose and serenity. They express ideas of calmness and quiescence.
Horizontal Lines
are used to create feelings of movement or action.
Diagonal Lines
sometimes referred as S curves, suggest gracefulness or sexiness.
Curved lines
TYPES OF LINES
Repetition
Transition
occurs when two or more lines are drawn within a corner following the lines of the corner.
Repetition
is a line that connects two workflow elements.
Transition line
refers to the visual perception of light being reflected from a surface of an artwork.
Color
colors can be divided into three groups:
primary, secondary and tertiary.
Attributes of Color
Hue, Value , Tints, Shades , Intensity
is the term for the pure spectrum colors commonly referred to by the “color names” - red, orange, yellow, blue, green violet - which appears in the hue circle or rainbow.
Hue
is an abstract illustrative organization of color hues around a circle, that shows relationships between primary, secondary, and tertiary colors, etc.
color wheel
refers to the lightness or darkness of a color. It is the quality that depends on the amount of light and dark in color.
Value
are values above the normal
Tints
are values below the normal.
Shades
refers to the brightness or darkness of color. It gives color strength.When a hue is vivid form , it is said to be in full intensity. When it is dulled, it is said to be partly neutralized.
Intensity
is the element that deals more directly with the sense of touch.
Texture
expresses the idea of how a surface might feel. For example, a painting of a blanket might convey the idea that the blanket is soft.
Implied texture
texture that can actually be felt. For example, a ceramic bowl might feature a carved texture that could be felt when holding that bowl.
Actual texture,
deals with the effect of distance upon the appearance of objects, by means of which the eye judges spatial relationships.
Perspective
Kinds of Perspective:
Linear perspective, Aerial perspective
is the representation of an appearance of distance by means of converging lines.
It has to do with the direction of lines and with the size of objects.
Linear perspective
is the representation of relative distances of objects by gradations of tone or color.
Aerial perspective
refers to how the artist fills the surface on which a work of art is created. It can also refer to the expression of depth within a work of art.
Space
Kinds of Space
Positive, Negative
the areas in a work of art that are the subjects, or areas of interest.
Positive space
areas around the subjects, or areas of interest.
Negative space
applies to the over-all design of a work of art. It describes the structure or shape of an object.
Form
Types of Forms
Organic forms, Geometric forms
Typically are irregular in outline, often assymetrical. Most often thought of as naturally occurring (snowflakes etc)
Organic Form
corresponds to named regukar shapes (squares, rectangles, triangles, circles)
Geometric Form
refers to the amount of space occupied in three dimensions. Refers to solidity and thickness.
Volume
