Unit 5 Lesson 1 Flashcards
It is the basic building block of visual design.
it is
the path left by a moving point or can be thought of as an extended mark.
Line
Functions of Line
-It is used by an artist to control our vision by creating direction.
- It is used to make an outline and define form.
-It implies movement and emphasis.
-It creates pattern and texture.
- it creates shading and modelling (value and chiaroscuro)
Are those actual lines which are shown when they are emphasized by making them
thick and bold, implied lines which are formed when lines are suggested through formation
of objects, and lines formed by edges to separate objects.
General Types of Line
are those straight and curved lines (vertical, horizontal, diagonal).
Vertical lines suggest aspiration, poise, exaltation, power and force, horizontal lines suggest
calm and repose, infinity and stability, and diagonal lines suggest movement, action and life.
Curved lines are lines of beauty.
Specific lines
It is the most appealing element and one of the most expressive elements
because its quality affects our emotions directly and immediately.
Color
is the characteristic of a color that refers to that color’s position on the color wheel.
Hue
Primary Hues
Red, Yellow, Blue
Secondary Hues
Orange, Green, Violet
Tertiary/Intermediate Hues
Yellow-Orange, Yellow-Green, Red-Orange, RedViolet, Blue-Green, Blue-Violet
denotes the lightness or darkness of color, or the quantity of light a color
reflects.
Value
is the quality of light in a color.
Intensity
Four Ways of Changing the Intensity of Colors.
- When white is added to any hue, the tone becomes lighter in value, but it also loses
its brightness or intensity of color. - When black is added to a hue, the intensity diminishes as the value darkens.
- When gray of the same value is mixed with the color, the intensity diminishes while
its value remains the same. The color becomes less bright but will not get lighter or
darker in tone. - When complementary hues such as yellow and violet, red and green, blue and orange
are mixed, it will result in a neutral grey.
is composed of one color and two colors on either side
of its complement.
Split complementary scheme
is composed of three neighboring colors in the color wheel,
partly derived from a common color.
Analogous color scheme
is the result of using different value of color.
Monochromatic color scheme
Red, orange and yellow are often associated with the sun
and are considered ______________.
warm colors
color containing blue such as violet, green or bluegreen are associated with the air, water and sky and are called ______________.
cool colors
cool, dark, or
somber colors are generally _______
depressing.
_____ colors make us feel happy and gay,
Light, bright
is happy and exciting. It also symbolizes
danger, anger, war, etc
Red
is dignified, sad and serene. It also associated with loyalty and honesty.
Blue
symbolizes cowardice and warmth.
Yellow
is associated with death.
Black
represents hope and life.
Green
symbolizes innocence and purity.
White
is associated with royalty or wealth
Purple
Functions of Color.
- To give spatial quality to the pictorial field.
- To create mood and symbolize ideas.
- To serve as a vehicle for the expression of personal emotions and feelings.
- To attract and direct attention as a means of giving organization to a composition.
- To accomplish aesthetic appeal by a system of well-ordered color relationships
- To identify objects by describing the superficial facts of their appearance
It is a two-dimensional area with identifiable boundaries. It is a space
enclosed by lines, and is created by lines, color, value, contrasting texture, or by some
combination of these.
Shape
are shapes that we see in nature. These may be interpreted
realistically, or they may be distorted.
Natural shapes
are formed after the artist has drawn out the essence of the original
object and made it the subject of his work.
Abstract shapes
seldom have reference to recognized objects, but most often
they show a similarity to some organic forms. Sometimes these are called biomorphic and
geometrical shapes.
Non-objective shapes
are the curvilinear shapes in art that suggest the possibility of life
Biomorphic shapes
are the rectilinear (straight line) shapes developed by the cubist in
their dissection and reformulation of nature.
Geometric shapes
It comes from the Latin word “spatium” which means “a limitless medium in
which objects exist.”
Space
is shallow or depthless which exists across the plane rather than in it.
Decorative space
is
the term applied to the third dimension which is a matter of “illusion” in painting.
Plastic space
presumes that an object, no matter how small, covers
a part of another object which is behind it. This method gives the observer the impression
that one object has a particular thickness or breadth and that it is in front of another object.
Overlapping Planes or volumes
Based on experience, we interpret largeness of size as nearness and
a diminishing size as an indication of distance.
Variation in Size
In certain paintings the spatial representation is based
on the position of forms relative to the bottom of the frame. This method is frequently
found in Medieval Art and in the arts of China and Japan.
Position on the Picture Plane
The warm colors give the illusion that they are closer to us than the cool
colors, and some artists have exploited this quality to deepen or flatten space in their works.
Color
When shapes are given the thickness that converts them into
volumes, or masses, there is automatic implication of the space within which they must
exist.
Volumes and Planes
is a mechanical means of demonstrating the visual
appearance of planes and volumes in space.
Linear perspective
To show the same effect of space and distance in art, painters make use of ________ and_________.
converging
lines and diminishing sizes.
In ______ perspective, objects seem to become smaller and less distinct in outline as
they recede into the distance.
linear
In ______ perspective, the color of objects seem to become lighter or fainter as the
objects go farther into the distance or atmosphere.
aerial
. It is the relative degree of lightness or darkness in painting which indicates
the presence or absence of light.
Value
Functions of Value
• Creates the illusion of texture, form
• Breaks up the picture surface into patterns of dark and light
• Creates the illusion of light, space and movement
• Expresses emotion
It refers to the technique which concentrates to the effects of blending
of light and shade on objects to create an illusion of space and atmosphere. It establishes the
mood in painting.
Chiaroscuro
It is the style of painting which exaggerates the effects of chiaroscuro.
Painters make use of a large amount of dark areas beside smaller areas of light for emphasis.
Tenebrism .
It refers to the feel or tactile quality of the surface of an object, whether the
surface is rough or smooth, grooved or ridged, furry or silky.
Texture
