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Use these strips in small pocket charts as you learn about the elements ofart and to help students talk about art masterpieces.

Elements of Art forKindergarten

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ColorWarmGive feeling of heat: tend to advance

CoolCalming: tend to recede

Analogousside by side colors: harmony & easiness

Complementaryopposite on color wheel: tension, excitement, & energy S

pace

P

lacement

Highonplanea

ppearsfurther:lowonplane

appearscloser

MicheleZalophany

TheCastleton

1987

AbrahamBloemaert

ShepherdBoyPointingatTobias

andtheAngel

c.1625-1630

The AntimenesPainter

Detail of Black-figured

Hydria

c. 530 B.C.

NicolasPoussin

TheDeathof

Germanicus

1627

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OverlappingGive spatial depthUse of warm & coolWarm colors advance & cool colors recede

Converging parallellines Create depth

Clarity & DistortionClear appears closer; Blurry or fuzzy appears further away

B

iomorphic

Shapesfoundinnature:oftenirregular

G

eom

etrical

M

anmadewithsmoothevensides

Shape ClaesOldenburg GeometricMouse-ScaleA

1969/1971

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SlickMatte

Soft

Fuzzy

D

ullTextureT

hick

A

ppearaggressiveandstro

ng

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CourseHorizontal

VerticalCreate strength and balance

S

pira

l

Z

igza

g

Energetic,exp

losive,anddramatic

Line

ThinDelicate and fragile

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BrokenCurvingHarmony, rhythm, and gracefulness

DiagonalEnergetic, explosive, and dramatic

ThinDelicate and fragile

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