Elements of ART / DESIGN

O. REID 2015

Why are they soooo important?

Remember, they make things more exciting.

Without the elements verylittle would exist, because theyare essential to designing and making anything and everything.

What are the elements of art?

Line Shape Color Value

Texture Form Space

They are the “building blocks” or “ingredients” of an artwork?

What elements of art do you see?

Helmet Head #2, 1950Henry Moore

The Rhythm is Everything, 2012Kehinde Wiley

LINES- Marks with length and direction

Arrest 2, 1965

Blaze 1, 1965

Bridget Riley

… but there is more to LINES

Lines are used to create shapes, sketches, and contour drawings

David Hockney

…and MORE…

Lines can show form.

…and more

Lines can show direction.

…and more

Lines can show movement and texture.

Hong ChunZhang

Vincent van Gogh

…and more

Lines can show emotion / expression.

Dave Karlen

Lines are essential to making and designing anything and everything.Lines come together to make wonderful things.

Pamela Sunday

Alexander Calder

Kate Esplen

SHAPE= a line that creates an enclosed space = flat

Four Characters, 1974Jean Dubuffet

Méta-mécanique, 1954Jean Tinguely

What kinds of SHAPES do you see?

Henri Matisse, 1953The Sheaf

Wassily Kandinsky, 1932Decisive Pink

GEOMETRIC ORGANIC

Shapes work together.

Marc Chagall, 1955I and the Village

This painting has both organic and geometric shapes working togetherto create recognizable objects.

COLOR – how our eyes see reflected waves of light

Color is one of the most expressive elements of art

Andy Warhol, 1967Self-Portrait

A simple color choice can also enhance the mood.

Pablo Picasso, 1904Old Guitarist

VALUE – lightness and darkness

Pablo Picasso, 1937 Guernica

Value Scales

There are a variety of techniques that can show value differences.

Value is shown in

more than paintings

and drawings.

Can color show value differences?

Dorothea LangeMigrant Mother, 1936

Value differences in color =tints and shades

Georgia O’KeeffeBlack Mesa Landscape, 1930

TEXTURE – how something feels or appears to feel

How are these textures different?

Meret OppenheimObject Paris, 1936

Albrecht DurerA young Hare, 1503

IMPLIED / VISUAL ACTUAL/REAL

Look closely at how these textures were drawn. What do you notice?

FORM – a 3D shape … not flat

Forms have height, length and width (depth).

What makes these forms look so life like? What do you notice?

Wayne ThiebaudCakes, 1936

MC EscherReptiles, 1943

Keep in mind that forms can also be sculptural.

Flying Pins, 2000Claes Oldenburg

SPACE

- ways to talk about1. showing distance2. positive and negative areas

What does the artist do to give the illusion of space in this landscape?

Salvador DaliWeaning from the Food Chair, 1934

ATMOSPHERICPERSPECTIVE

- Placement- Horizon line- Foreground- Middle Ground- Background

- Size- Overlapping- Detail- Color

Using LINEAR PERSPECTIVEuses precisely drawn lines to give the illusion of space.

Interiors and Still Lifes also use similar techniques to show depth

Frida KahloStill Life with Parrot, 1951

Rene MagrittePersonal Values, 1952

Positive and Negative Space

Dalton Ghetti Giraffe, 2014ish

Jasper JohnsCups for Picasso, 1973

Positive and Negative Space

Tang Yau HoongBeware of those Hands, 2011

Oscar NunezFill in the Cat, 2009

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