elements of visual Art

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  • 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.