ELEMENTS ELEMENTS of of

ARTART

ELEMENTS OF ARTELEMENTS OF ART

LINELINE SHAPESHAPE COLOR COLOR

TEXTURETEXTURE

(The ingredients of art)

LINELINE- - A path through A path through space that can space that can convey emotion.convey emotion.

LINE TYPESLINE TYPES

1) STRAIGHT1) STRAIGHT a) verticala) vertical b) horizontalb) horizontal c) diagonalc) diagonal2) CURVED2) CURVED3) WAVY3) WAVY4) ZIGZAG4) ZIGZAG5) SPIRAL5) SPIRAL

ALSO:

Thick

Thin

Broken

Parallel

Don QuixoteDon Quixote, , Pablo Pablo

Picasso, Picasso, 19551955

Starry Night,Starry Night, Vincent van Gogh, 1889Vincent van Gogh, 1889

Starry NightStarry Night by by Vincent van GoghVincent van Gogh

Self-Portraits by van GoghSelf-Portraits by van Gogh

The Scream, The Scream, Edvard Munch, Edvard Munch,

18931893

SHAPESHAPE- Areas created - Areas created by connecting lines.by connecting lines.

2D2DOrganic (nature)Organic (nature)Geometric (triangle).Geometric (triangle).

SHAPES

rectangle circle square oval

hexagon triangle octagon

Jazz Icarus, Henri Matisse,

1913

Student work

Three Musicians, Pablo Picasso, 1921

COLORCOLOR- -

Helps artists to Helps artists to communicate ideas communicate ideas more effectively.more effectively.

Student work

Improvisation 3,Improvisation 3,

Wassily Kandinsky, Wassily Kandinsky, 19121912

Oriental Poppies, Oriental Poppies, Georgia O’keeffe, 1928Georgia O’keeffe, 1928

Waterlilies,Waterlilies, Claude Monet, 1908 Claude Monet, 1908

VALUEVALUE--

The lightness or The lightness or darkness of a darkness of a color.color.

Portrait of Juliette CourbetPortrait of Juliette Courbet , Gustave , Gustave Courbet, 1841Courbet, 1841

Lizards,Lizards,M. C. M. C.

Escher,Escher,19341934

GuernicaGuernica, Pablo Picasso 1937, Pablo Picasso 1937

TEXTURETEXTURE- -

How something How something feels or appears to feels or appears to feel. feel. (rough/smooth)(rough/smooth)

GrasshopperGrasshopper, M. C. Escher, 1934, M. C. Escher, 1934

SPACE- Creating the “illusion” of depth. (perspective)

Lane with Lane with Poplars,Poplars,

Vincent van Vincent van Gogh,Gogh,18841884

Butterflies,Butterflies, M. C. M. C.

Escher, Escher,

19551955

Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande JatteSunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, George , George Seurat, 1884-1886Seurat, 1884-1886

FORMFORM- -

A 3D version of a 2D A 3D version of a 2D shape. Form has shape. Form has height, width, and height, width, and depth.depth.

FORMS

cylinder sphere

cube pyramid

Campbell’s Campbell’s Soup, Soup,

Andy Warhol, Andy Warhol, 19681968

Three Spheres,Three Spheres, M. C. Escher, 1946 M. C. Escher, 1946

The Thinker,The Thinker,Auguste Auguste Rodin, Rodin, 18811881

American GothicAmerican Gothic, Grant Wood, 1930, Grant Wood, 1930