ENVISCI - MOD3

• Element of Space


  The open or empty area between, above, within, or around objects, can be defined as negative or positive space
• Zigzag Line


  Created by connecting diagonal lines, convey excitement, intense movement, confusion, nervousness, danger, and destruction
• Geometric Form


  • Seen in built environment and architecture, based on mathematical descriptions like sphere, cube, pyramid, cone, cylinder
• Curved Line


  Softer than straight lines, express fluid movements, can look dynamic or calm depending on the curve
• Organic Form


  • Free-flowing, curvy, asymmetrical, not easily measured or named, occurs in nature like shapes of flowers, branches, leaves, clouds, animals, human figures
• Form


  A shape that has become 3-Dimensional and encloses volume, measured through length, width, and depth/diameter
• Diagonal Line

  Angled, can be incline or decline slope, used to indicate depth and create an illusion of perspective
• Organic Shapes

  • Asymmetrical, irregular, curvy, complicated edges, found in nature like flowers and leaves
• Expressive Lines


  Add dynamics and characters to the work of art, often rounded and follow undetermined paths, found in nature and organic
• Vertical Line


  Travels up and down, perpendicular to the horizon, strong and rigid, may give the impression of dignity or encouragement
• Kinds of Line

  • Horizontal Line
  • Vertical Line
  • Diagonal Line
  • Curved Line
  • Zigzag Line
  • Constructive Lines
  • Expressive Lines
• Negative Space


  • Refers to the empty spaces created around, between, and within the subjects
• Geometric Shapes


  • Regular appearance, man-made, smooth edges, measurable like circle, triangle, rectangle
• Horizontal Line


  Moves from left to right or right to left, looks like they are lying down, at rest, or asleep
• Line


  The foundation of all drawings and is the first and the most flexible of the visual elements. Can suggest patterns, form, shape, structure, growth, depth, distance, rhythm, and movement
• Elements of Visual Arts

  1. Line

  2. Shape

  3. Form

  4. Color

  5. Value

  6. Space

  7. Texture
• Element of Shape


  Created when a line encloses a space, affect composition and balance, considered 2-Dimensional
• Positive Space


  • Refers to the filled space or the subject(s) of the work itself
• Constructive Lines


  Provide structure to the composition, can be horizontal, vertical, or diagonal, measured, directional, and angular
• Element of Color


  The most expressive element of art, shares a powerful connection with emotion, enhances the beauty in all things, and appeals to our emotions and physiology of the visual system
• Colors are only seen when light surrounds an object
• Creating illusions of physical space and spatial relationship

  1. Size: larger objects appear closer, smaller objects appear farther away

  2. Overlapping: artist partially covers one shape/object to create an illusion that the one in front appears closer

  3. Placement: creating space where an object/shape is in relationship to the horizon line to create a sense of depth

  4. Atmospheric Perspective: objects lose color brightness and detail as they draw back into the distance

  5. Shading: adding shadows or light to the object's surface to mimic real objects under the same lighting

  6. Linear Perspective: artist uses a vanishing point on the horizon to add space
• In art, colors play a vital role in impacting the aesthetic and emotional aspect of the viewer
• Sir Isaac Newton discovered that passing white light through a prism breaks it into the visible color spectrum
• Sir Isaac Newton was the first to conceptualize the color wheel to discover relationships between and among colors
• Positive Space


  • Refers to the filled space or the subject(s) of the work itself
• Physical Properties of Color

  • Hue: the color or the name of the color itself, refers to the position of the color in the color spectrum
  • Value: the lightness or darkness of a color, can be changed by adding black (shade) or white (tint) to the hue
  • Intensity/Saturation: refers to the purity of a color, with pure hues having no white, black, or gray, and high intensity colors being bright while low intensity colors are dull
• Types of Color

  • Primary Colors: red, yellow, and blue
• Negative Space


  • Refers to the empty spaces artist has created around, between, and within the subject(s)
• The Color Wheel


  • Circular illustration divided into 12 sections representing the twelve colors and how they relate to one another
• Space


  Can be defined as negative or positive space
• Grey is described as an impure white, created by a partial reflection of all wavelengths of color
• Black is usually described as the absence of color, resulting when the surface absorbs all of the colors and reflects none of them
• Neutrals


  Colors like black, white, or gray that do not share the same characteristics of any color in the spectrum
• White can be described as the presence of all colors because it occurs when a surface reflects all of the color wavelengths equally
• Tertiary Colors


  Created by combining any two secondary colors or by neutralizing one color by adding its complement or opposite color in the color wheel
• Types of Color

  • Primary Colors
  • Secondary Colors
  • Intermediate Colors
  • Tertiary Colors
  • Neutrals
• When primary colors of pigment are mixed together, the resulting color is black
• Primary Colors

  Red, yellow, and blue; cannot be produced by the mixture of any other colors
• Neutrals are concerned with the quality of light that is reflected, whereas colors are more of the quality of light that is reflected