1. Line Shape Form Space Color Texture Value
Elements of Art
Line Shape Form Space Color Texture Value

2. Principles of Design
Contrast Balance Movement Gradation Rhythm Proportion Variety Harmony Emphasis

3. Shape vs. Form Shape: 2-dimensional, flat, enclosed area
Two types: GEOMETIC & ORGANIC
Form: 3-dimensional, has volume
Examples: CONE, CUBE, CYLINDER, SPHERE
Value is used to help make it look more realistic

4. Value Light and dark relationships
Gradual change from one value to the next
VALUE SCALE
tool used to help show a good range of values
principle of design used: GRADATION

5. Balance Three types: RADIAL: comes from the center
SYMMETRICAL: same on both sides
ASSYMETRICAL: not alike on both sides

6. Texture How something feels How it looks like it feels REAL or IMPLIED
Implied texture: used in art class when drawing!

7. Space Background, middleground, foreground Positive -VS- Negative
Positive Space
area where the object occupies
Negative Space
area that surrounds the object

8. Colors Color Primary colors Complementary colors Analogous colors
has hue, intensity, and value
Primary colors
red, blue, yellow
Complementary colors
opposites
contrast each other
examples: red & green, blue & orange, violet & yellow
Analogous colors
colors directly next to each other on the color wheel
examples: red, red-orange, orange, yellow-orange

9. Right Brain vs. Left Brain
controls left side of the body
home to art, music, imagination, creativity
Left Brain
controls right side of the body
home to math science, sequential thinking, order, language

10. Contour Line Drawings Contour Line Blind Contour Line
inside and outside edges, outline
Blind Contour Line
only look at your subject
Continuous Contour Line
draw with one continuous line
Modified Contour Line
look at subject 80% of the time and the paper only 20%

11. Pablo Picasso One of the greatest artists of 20th century
Father encouraged him
Tried to make his paintings look unrealistic, abstract
Abstracted his work by moving the facial features out of place, out of proportion
Blue Period
sad, depressed
Rose Period
happy, in love
Guernica
painting of town that was destroyed
expressed his anger by showing dark colors and using Cubism

12. Picasso’s Painting Style
First painted:
traditional style
highly realistic
lots of value
natural colors
Later painted:
more abstract
facial features distorted, out of place
more colors
brighter and vibrant
flatter

13. Cubism Art style invented by Picasso
Subject matter broken up into shapes and cubes, looks like shattered glass
Picasso’s Cubism changed over time from being:
Complicated, used one color
- TO -
flatter, simpler, more colors

14. Facial Features, Proportions
Symmetrical
Eyes
located in middle, ½ way
Nose
in between eyes and bottom of chin
Mouth
in between bottom of nose and bottom of chin
Chin indent
beneath the mouth
Ears
begins on eye line and ends in line with the bottom of the nose
Hairline
about one fifth of the way down from top of head
Neck
starts underneath the ears, comes inward, then out again

15. Sighting
Method used to help artists to capture the correct proportions of what they are drawing
Drawing from Observation
draw exactly what you see in front of you (right brain)
Drawing from Memory
draw from what you remember (left brain)

16. Composition and Materials
arrangement of the elements and principles within your picture or work
Ebony Pencil
graphite and wax
good for sketching
Black Charcoal
burnt wood
shadows
White Charcoal
chalk
highlights

17. Highlight, Shadow, Cast Shadow
lightest area on the form
Shadow
darkest area on the form
Cast Shadow
shadow casted onto the surface