Elements of Art

Define and add 3 images (one from the book)

Line

Edges

Contour

Positive negative

Implied line

Eyelines

Descriptive line

Decorative line

To describe a subjects mass, volume, or a “visual weight”

Hatching and crosshatching

Expressive lines

Gestural

Directional line (perspective lines)

Shape and Form

Shape (two dimensional area)

High relief

Low Relief

Frontal
Full Round

Walk Through
Open Form
Closed Form
Negative Space/Form
Postitive Space/Form
dynamic form

Static form
Overlapping
Shading/Modeling
Hard edge shape

Soft Edge Shape

Space

Found Objects
Figure ground relationship
Figure ground reversal
Placement
Scale Change
Linear Perspective
Vanishing point

One point perspective
Two Point Perspective
Picture Plane
Horizon Line

Two point perspective

Atmospheric perspective

Point of view
Aerial View(birds eye view)

Scale

Spatial illusion

Texture

Actual texture
Simulated texture

Trompe l’oeil

Value and Light

Value scale

Highlights

Local values

Full tonal range

Interpretive values

Chiascuro

High contrast

Lighting

Reflections

Light as a medium

Color

Visible spectrum

Hues

Primary colors

Secondary colors

Reflective (subtractive)colors

Tertiary Hues
Complementary Hues
Saturation
Natural vs applied color

Local color

Atmospheric color

Interpretive color

Emotional aspects of color

Warm/Cool colors

Advancing/receding colors

Color combinations or palettes
monochromatic

Analogous colors

complementary

Split complementary

Triadic color scheme

Interaction of color

Op Art

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Broken colors

Pointilism

Open Palette

Limited Palette

TIME

Kinetic sculpture
illusion of movement

Captured moment

Change through time