elements of visual Art

• Elements of Visual Art:

  1. Line
  2. Shape and Mass
  3. Color
  4. Value
  5. Texture
  6. Space
  7. Time and Motion
• Line: Refers to a prolongation of a point, or mark on a surface.
• Solid Lines: can be used in order to define form
• broken lines: are typically used to suggest hidden forms
• Lines: most critical element, as it is the start of everything
• Lines: can be used to suggest dimensions and guide visual movement
• 5 types of Lines:

  1. Vertical Lines: from up to down or vice versa
  2. Horizontal Lines: from left to right or vise versa
  3. Diagonal Lines: Slanted Lines
  4. Zig-zag Lines: series of diagonal lines which can be mixed with straight lines
  5. Curved Lines: can be curly or wavey or bendy
• Shape and Mass: refers to an area with boundaries drawn or identified using lines.
• Shape: can either be 2D or 3D
• 2D: has no mass and volume
• 3D: has mass and volume
• Types of shapes:

  1. Organic Shapes
  2. Geometric Shapes
• Organic Shapes: based on natural or living forms and can be irregular or rounded.
• Geometric Shape: Based on measured forms which can be 2D or 3D
• Variations of lines:

  1. Length: how long or short the line is
  2. Width: how thick or thin the line is
  3. Texture: how smooth or rough the line is
  4. Style: how straight or curved the line is
• Texture: based on the texture of the material used to draw
• Color: refers to the perception that allows a person to differentiate objects due to the way various wavelengths of light are reflected.
• Red: longest wavelength
• Violet: shortest wavelength
• Properties of Color:

  1. Hue
  2. Value
  3. Saturation
• Hue: refers to the basic or pure color, and is represented in the color wheel.
• Value: refers to the lightness and darkness of color.
• Saturation: refers to the brightness and dullness of color. It  is also refers to as purity of the color.
• Color Wheel: contains primary, secondary, and tertiary colors
• Color Scheme: Used by to determine what color combination to use
• Types of color schemes:

  1. Monochromatic color scheme
  2. Analogous color scheme
  3. Complementary color scheme
  4. Split Complementary color scheme
  5. Triadic color scheme
  6. Tetradic color scheme
• Monochromatic: This color scheme involves using the same hue but with different gradients of value. 
• Analogous: entails the use of three or four adjacent colors in the wheel.
• Complementary: Use of a color and its complement or opposite color
• Split Complementary: this scheme uses the two colors adjacent to the complement. is a close relative to the complementary color scheme
• Triadic: uses three colors that are of equal distance with each other.
• Tetradic: also known as double complementary color scheme, this uses two pairs of complementary colors.
• Value: This element refers to the lightness and darkness of an area.
• Value: is evident in creating shadows for a two-dimensional object to give an illusion of depth.
• Value: Evident in shadow arts
• Texture: Refers to the feel or appearance of a surface
• classes of texture:

  1. Actual Texture: can be felt and is tangible, based on the material
  2. Implied Texture: cannot be felt and can be exhibited
• Space: Are occupied by the subject
• two types of perspective:

  1. Atmospheric Perspective
  2. Linear Perspective
• Atmospheric Perspective: Utilizes the properties of light and air in depicting the illusion of distance.