ILLUSTRATION 3

• Drawing figures and objects is very easy, we just move our hands with our pencil with the shapes and figures that we desire but because of this we tend to forget the proportions of the actual object and figures
• There are elements and principles in arts and design that we need to consider attaining the good projection of the object or figure
• Basic shapes


  Square, circle, triangle, rectangle
• When drawing an object, you start out breaking it down into its most basic shapes
• Elements of Arts and Design

  • Line
  • Color
  • Shape
  • Space
  • Texture
  • Value
  • Form
• Line


  An element of art defined by a point moving in space. Lines can be vertical, horizontal, diagonal, or curved. They can be any width or texture. And can be continuous, implied, or broken
• Shape


  A two-dimensional area that stands out from the space next to or around it due to a defined or implied boundary, or because of differences of value, color, or texture
• Categories of Shapes

  • Geometric Shapes
  • Organic Shapes
  • Positive and Negative
  • Static Shapes
  • Dynamic Shapes
• Geometric Shapes


  Commonly used as mathematical figures in Geometry. They mostly dominate architecture, technology, industry, and crystalline structures
• Organic Shapes


  Shapes that we notice naturally or in nature form like what we see in our environment. These are in a free-form, unpredictable and flowing in appearance
• Positive Shape


  A shape that has details inside it, such as an outline of a human, with body features
• Negative Shape


  A shape without any details; it's just an outline
• Static Shapes

  Visually stable, fixed, steady or no movement and resting
• Dynamic Shapes


  Shapes that are moving and active
• Space


  The distance or area around or between elements of an artwork. The illusion of depth created on a flat surface using linear perspective, overlapping elements, size, level of detail, color, and value
• Positive Space


  The subject or physical mass of the art
• Negative Space


  The background or volume around the subject
• Perspective Drawing


  The technique used to construct the illusion of depth of the figure or object
• Types of Perspective Drawing

  • One-point Perspective
  • Two-point Perspective
  • Three-point Perspective
• One-point Perspective


  A drawing has one-point perspective when it contains only one vanishing point on the horizon line, objects that are made up of lines either directly parallel with the viewer's line of sight or directly perpendicular can be represented with one-point perspective
• Two-point Perspective


  A drawing that contains two vanishing points on the horizon line
• Three-point Perspective


  Commonly used for buildings seen from above (or below). In addition to the two vanishing points, another one is added to barely show the element of height
• Texture


  The object's quality of surface. This also show how something appears to feel which refers to the illusion of roughness or smoothness in a picture
• Color


  The element of art that is created when light, striking an object, is reflected to the eye
• Categories of Color

  • Primary Colors
  • Secondary Colors
  • Intermediate Colors
  • Complementary Colors
• Primary Colors


  Red, Yellow, and Blue. These colors cannot be mixed, they must be bought in some form
• Secondary Colors

  Orange, Violet, and Green. These colors are created by mixing two primary colors
• Intermediate Colors


  Red Orange, Yellow Green, Blue Violet, etc.; mixing a primary with a secondary creates these colors
• Complementary Colors

  Colors that are opposite each other on the color wheel. When placed next to each other they look bright and when mixed they neutralize each other
• Color Harmonies


  • Analogous Colors
  • Triadic Harmonies
• Analogous Colors


  Colors that are next to each other on the color wheel
• Triadic Harmonies


  Three colors that are evenly spaced around the color wheel
• Color Wheel


  A tool used to organize color
• Primary Colors


  • Red
  • Yellow
  • Blue
• Primary Colors


  Colors that cannot be mixed, they must be bought in some form
• Secondary Colors

  • Orange
  • Violet
  • Green
• Secondary Colors


  Colors created by mixing two primary colors
• Intermediate Colors

  • Red Orange
  • Yellow Green
  • Blue Violet
• Intermediate Colors


  Mixing a primary with a secondary creates these colors
• Complementary Colors

  Colors that are opposite each other on the color wheel. When placed next to each other they look bright and when mixed they neutralize each other.