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Elements of Art - nf
1.
2. The Elements of Art :
Line
Shape
Form/shape
Space
Value
Texture
Color
Time and Motion (unofficially)
3. Line
Line is mathematically defined as a moving point or a series of points.
As you can see there is a “gestural” type of line as seen in the gesture
drawing on the left ( so named for capturing the gesture of the pose
with a few gestures of the hand on the paper.
The drawing on the right is probably a designer’s drawing for seating
for a plane or train. The line is clean and clear.
4. Implied Line
Implied line means that a number of shapes or forms are in close enough
proximity to each other that our eye and our brain see the suggestion of a
line. On the left the artist Andy Goldsworthy as created a meandering stone
wall that ends in the water. The line of people is obvious- we even use the
word line to describe what we are seeing.
5. Shape
Painter, Elizabeth Murray,
made paintings out of Painter Chuck Close, who has
separate shaped canvases. So limited use of his hands, uses
a number of shapes come shapes of color ( see them in
together to make a whole progress at the bottom) to
painting. develop photorealistic paintings.
6. Form – Three dimensional shape
These are both examples of form. The Ancient Egyptian King and Queen are
a sculpture made of stone. They exist in real space. Glass artist Dale Chihuly
has made a wall of blown glass forms that occupy space with interesting
forms.
7. Texture- the actual feel of the
surface of an artwork
AnishKapoor’s sculpture has a glass-
Jeff Koons dog is covered like mirror smooth texture.-
with live flowering plants .
This probably gives it a soft,
bumpy, texture.
8. Visual Texture appears to be bumpy or smooth or
soft, etc but is in fact smooth when touched.
The photograph of cactus Vincent Van Goghs painting shows a
is in fact smooth when very wavy textured surface but it is
touched but the image has smoother than it appears to be.
a prickly visual texture.
9. Value - light and dark aspects of
color, shadows, bright light, etc
Part of a drawing by artist This painting by French
Kehinde Wiley shows shades of Impressionist painter , Claude
gray. This is actually referred to Monet, shows different values of
as a black and white drawing. colors. Look at how many shades
of green there are.
