Elements & Principles of Contemporary Art Forms

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  • The elements of art are the visual tools that the artist uses to create a composition.
  • ELEMENTS OF ART
    • Line
    • Shape
    • Color
    • Space
    • Texture
    • Value
    • Form
    1. Line
    -An element of art that is used to define shape, contours, and outlines, also to suggest mass and volume. 
    -It may be a continuous mark made on a surface with a pointed tool or implied by the edges of shapes and forms. 
  • Line may come in 2 characteristics: 
    form – curved, dotted, or broken lines
    direction – vertical, horizontal, or diagonal lines.
  • Lines can be classified into different types:
    1. Outlines
    2. Contour Lines
    3. Expressive Lines
  • Outlines are made by the edge of an object or its silhouette.
  • Contour Lines describe the shape of an object and the interior detail.
  • Expressive Lines catch the movement and gestures of an active figure.
  •  Shape
    -is an area that is enclosed by a line or lines.
    -are two dimensional figures with height and width.
  • -There are different kinds of shapes and these are geometric shapes, organic shapes, positive shapes, negative shapes, static shapes, and dynamic shapes.
  • Geometric Shapes are circles, squares, rectangles, triangles, and other geometric shapes.
  • Organic Shapes are shapes found in nature and are   free flowing, informal and irregular (abstract shapes).
  • Positive Shapes are the solid forms in a design
  • Static Shapes are shapes that appear stable and resting.
  • Dynamic Shapes are shapes that appear moving and active.
  • Color
    -are the way we see light reflected from a surface or refracted through a prism. 
    -we see in nature are reflections of light on the surfaces around us. 
  • We can classify colors into primary colors, secondary colors, tertiary colors, analogous colors, complementary colors, monochromatic colors, warm colors, and cool colors. 
  • Negative Shapes are the space around the positive shape.
  • Primary colors are red, blue, and yellow.
  •  Secondary colors 
    -are the resulting colors when the two of the primary colors are mix.
     -purple, green, and orange.
  • Tertiary colors -are the resulting colors when two of the primary and/or secondary colors are mix.
    -are amber, vermilion, magenta, violet, teal, and chartreuse.
  • Analogous Colors 
    -are colors that lie next to each other based on the color wheel. 
    -Examples are yellow, orange, and red
  • Complementary colors 
    -are colors that are opposite to each other based on the color wheel. 
    -Examples are red and green, blue and orange, and purple and yellow.
  • Monochromatic Colors are several values of one color.
  • Warm colors -are colors that give the feeling of warmth. -
    • yellow, amber, orange, vermilion, red, and magenta.
  • Cool colors 
    -are colors that give the feeling of coolness. 
    • purple, violet, blue, teal, green, and chartreuse
  • Space
    -refers to distances or areas around, between or within components of a piece and refers to the arrangement of objects on the picture plane (two-dimensional). 
    1. Positive space refers to a part which is enclosed in a shape.
  • Negative space refers to the opposite part which the shape is enclosing.
  • Perspective is a technical means by which we perceive distance in painting, by which we are made to see the position of objects in space.
  • In one-point perspective, we perceive that the position of objects meets at one point on the horizontal line.
  • In two-point perspective, we perceive that the position of objects meets at two points on the horizontal line.
  • Texture
    -is the element that appeals to our sense of feel on things rough or smooth, bumpy or slippery. 
    -It is the character of the surface of an artwork. 
  • Real texture 
    -is the actual texture of an object. 
    -Artist may create real texture in art to give it visual interest or evoke a feeling.
  • Implied texture 
    -made a piece of art to look like a certain texture. 
    -Like a drawing of a tree trunk may look rough but in fact it is just a smooth piece of paper.
  • Rhythm 
    -This refers to the repetition of certain elements to produce a pattern.
  • Movement
    -is the illusion of motion in a painting, sculpture, or design. 
  • Balance 
    -refers to the visual weight in a picture. 
    -It refers to the even distribution of positions of elements in an artwork. 
    -can be symmetrical or asymmetrical.
  • Symmetrical balance 
    -refers to an artwork wherein its both sides have the same elements in the same position.
  • Asymmetrical balance 
    -refers to an artwork wherein it is balance through the contrast or differences of any of the elements of art.