Visual Arts

• Colour


  Artists use colour differently and it is what makes it possible to identify one artist from another
• Chiaroscuro

  The way artists show the effect of light and shadow to bring two-dimensional artwork to life
• Line


  A continuous mark on a surface
• Types of lines

  1. Outline: Uses the same thickness to create a shape

  2. Contour lines: Define the edge of an object

  3. Horizontal lines: Create a sense of calm

  4. Vertical lines: Create a sense of power or strength

  5. Diagonal lines: Create a sense of movement, restlessness, or unease
• Form


  A three-dimensional shape that has height, depth, and width
• Using form in art

  1. Form is a three-dimensional shape with height, depth, and width

  2. Space is an important aspect of form
• Using colour in art

  1. Artists use colour differently and it is what makes it possible to identify one artist from another

  2. Colours can be cool, warm, calm, or welcoming, and mixing colours can change the
• Using chiaroscuro in art


  Show the effect of light and shadow to bring two-dimensional artwork to life
• Shape


  A flat area that is two-dimensional
• Texture


  Illustrates the real or suggested feel of an object in artwork
• Tone


  Deals with the use of dark and light in artwork
• Using shapes in art


  1. Remember the negative space surrounds the positive and creates the background

  2. Shapes can be organic (found in nature and flow) or inorganic (constructed with clear outlines)
• Using texture in art


  1. Illustrate the real or suggested feel of an object in artwork

  2. Texture helps to give a feeling of realism

  3. Texture can be either real or implied
• Using tone in art


  1. Tonal value deals with the use of dark and light in artwork

  2. Tonal value turns a flat object into something with many dimensions
• Formal elements of an artwork

  • Line
  • Shape
  • Form
  • Value
  • Colour
  • Texture
  • Space
• Using lines in art


  1. Create an image or tell a story

  2. Help create a mood or show emotion
• Design principles are the basic units that make up any artwork
• Contrast in art

  1. Occurs when opposite or different elements are used, like placing black next to white

  2. Can describe differences in shape or form

  3. Surface textures such as rough and smooth can also be in contrast
• Colour


  • Artists use colour differently and often it is what makes it possible to identify one artist from another
  • Colours can be cool, warm, calm, or welcoming, and mixing colours can change the feel and outcome of artwork
• Proportion in art


  1. Looks at the size or position of an object in comparison to another

  2. For example, an object in the foreground needs to be much larger than an object in the background
• Variety in art

  1. Created by making something look different to the rest

  2. Often makes artwork more interesting

  3. Variety, contrast, and harmony work together to create unity

  4. Too much variety leads to confusion, and too little leads to boredom
• Texture


  • Helps to give a feeling of realism
  • Can be either real or implied
• Balance in art

  1. Created by using the elements of line, shape, and colour

  2. Artwork can be symmetrical, asymmetrical, or radial
• Design principles include balance, contrast, emphasis, proportion, pattern, rhythm, unity/harmony, and variety
• Pattern/Rhythm in art

  1. Pattern is created by repeating a line, shape, or colour

  2. Rhythm is created by repeating art elements and creating patterns
• Emphasis in art

  1. Used to make certain parts of the artwork stand out and draw a person's attention

  2. Focal point can be created with contrasting shapes, forms, colours, directional lines, or patterns/details
• Artwork created

  1669-70
• Artwork name:

  The lace maker
• Medium

  Oil om panel
• Artist

  Jan Vermeer
• Artist:

  Vassily Kandinsky

  Medium:

  Oil on canvas

  Year:

  1911

  Artwork name:

  Composition v /5
• Artist :

  Edger Manet

  Medium:

  Oil on canvas

  Year:

  1882

  Artwork name:

  The bar at the folies bérgere
• The lace maker

  
• Composition v /5

  
• The bar at the folies bergere

  
• Artist:

  Goya

  Medium:

  Oil on canvas

  Year:

  1814

  artwork name:

  The third of May ,1808

  
• Artist:Picasso

  Medium:Oil on canvas

  Year:1937

  Artwork name: Guernica

  
• Western Civilisation refers to the development traced from Pre-Historic times to the present time in Europe and the colonies of European countries where immigrants continued with Western concepts
• In Western Art since the Renaissance there was a drive towards optical naturalism which lasted until the twentieth century
• Non-Western Civilisation refers to the civilisation that developed in the East, on the south Pacific Islands, Australasia, the early civilisations in the Americas, etc.