Know them, use them, love them Elements of Design Know them, use them, love them The Abbreviated Version By Mr. Bignell

What are the Elements of Design? Line Shape & Form Value & Colour Size Texture Space Note: Before continuing, write an emotion on a piece of paper.

Line Line: is either a long marking of a pen or brush, or the division where two shapes meet. Structural Lines hold a design together Outlines refer the the outer edge of a silhouette Contour Lines describe the shape of an object (including interior detail) Gestural Lines convey direction and movement Sketch Lines provide more detail than of an image Calligraphy means “beautiful writing,” and is dependant on line

Uses of line Line Personality: lines can convey a specific mood or feeling. Directional Lines: convey moods as well as orientation for the viewer. Vertical Lines: height, stability, dignity Horizontal lines: calmness, balance Diagonal lines: movement, anxiety

So what emotion is this?

Your turn Now you get to use line: On the back of your paper you are going to draw 3 lines, expressing the emotion you and the people to your right and left wrote down at the start of this class. Use a different colour pencil or pen for each line, and write in the corner of your page what the emotions are.

Shape & Form When lines intersect and create an enclose space they create a shape. Shape is 2 dimensional, it has length and width but no depth. Form is 3 dimensional, consisting of length, width and depth. Note: Depth can be illusionary or real. This is the difference between a drawing of a sphere, and an actual tennis ball.

Uses of Shape and Form Shapes & Forms can either be geometric, or organic. Geometric shapes provide structure. Organic shapes are free flowing

Shape or Form? Geometric or Organic? Jot down on your page the picture #, and if it is a shape or form, geometric or organic. 1. 2. Organic Shape Geometric Shape 3. 4. Geometric Form Organic Form

Value Value: is the range of light and dark in an image Dark values are Shades Light values are Tints Contrast is created by placing light and dark beside one another. Value can be used to set an atmosphere, or to make things stand out.

Value Describe the range of value and use of contrast in New York, New York 10008, 1967 by Nemesio Autunez.

Colour There are 2 types of colour, additive and subtractive. For this course, we’ll be discussing subtractive. Subtractive Colour is created by suspending pigment in a medium (berries + egg white = tempura paint)

Colour Lingo Hue: is the name of the colour Value: is the brightness of the colour. Think back to value; colour can come in light tints, or dark Shades. Intensity: is the purity of the colour. Intense colours are vibrant, but by mixing in some grey (or contrasting colours) artists can dull intensity and create Tones.

Colour Wheel Primary Colours cannot be created by mixing pigment. Secondary Colours are created by mixing two primary colours. Tertiary Colours are created by mixing a primary colour with a secondary colour.

Colour Schemes Monochromatic uses only one colour with different tints and shades. (green) Analogous uses 3 colours that are beside one another on the colour wheel. (blue-green, green and yellow green) Complementary Colours oppose each other on the colour wheel. (green and red, blue and orange)

Colour Temperature Colours can also be described as Warm and Cool. Warm Colours consist of mainly reds and yellows, and stand out to viewers. Cool Colours consist of blues and greens, and recede into the background.