1. Elements and Principles of Art
The Building Blocks of Art and How They Are Organized

2. The basic visual symbols in the language of art.
Elements of art
The basic visual symbols in the language of art.

3. The path of a moving point through space.
Line
The path of a moving point through space.
Elizabeth Catlett, In Sojourner Truth I fought for the rights of Women as well as Negroes, 1947
Alexander Calder, Mobile, circa 1948
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Divan Japonais

4. A two dimensional area that is defined in some way.
Shape
A two dimensional area that is defined in some way.
Joan Miro
Piet Mondrian, Composition with
Gray and Light Brown, 1918

5. Objects having three dimensions.
Form
Objects having three dimensions.
Henry Moore, Reclining Figure (1951)
Barbara Hepworth, Squares with
Two Circles (Monolith), 1963

6. Space
The element that refers to the area between, around, above, below or within objects.
Henry Moore, Reclining Figure (1951)
M. C. Escher

7. Color Derived from reflected light
Mary Cassatt, Little Girl in a
Blue Armchair 1878
Pablo Picasso, The Old Guitar Player, 1903

8. The darkness or lightness of an object.
Value
The darkness or lightness of an object.
M. C. Escher, Drawing Hands
Albrecht Durer, Melancholia 1514

9. How things feel or look as if they might feel.
Texture
How things feel or look as if they might feel.
Janet Fish, Two Jars Hot Pepper Pickles
Deborah Butterfield, Wickiup, 1995

10. The way elements are organized to create different visual effects.
Principles of Art
The way elements are organized to create different visual effects.

11. Indicates movement by the repetition of elements or objects.
Rhythm
Indicates movement by the repetition of elements or objects.
Piet Mondrian, Broadway
Boogie Woogie
Ford Smith, Autumn Rhythm

12. Movement
Creates the look and feeling of action and guides the viewer’s eyes throughout the artwork.
Katsushika Hosukai, Great Wave
off Kanagawa
Marcel Duchamp, Nude
Descending a Staircase, No. 2 (1912)

13. A visual repetition of line, shape, or color.
Pattern
A visual repetition of line, shape, or color.
Moorish floor tile

14. Equalizing visual elements in a work of art.
Balance
Equalizing visual elements in a work of art.
Georgia O’Keefe, Red
Diego Rivera, Flower Day, 1925

15. Size relationships between one part of an artwork to another.
Proportion
Size relationships between one part of an artwork to another.
Ancient Egyptian

16. Different or contrasting elements in an artwork.
Variety
Different or contrasting elements in an artwork.
Wassily Kandinsky, Composition VII, 1913

17. The part of an artwork that is dominant over other parts.
Emphasis
The part of an artwork that is dominant over other parts.
Francesco Goya, The Shootings of
May Third 1808, 1814
Walt Kuhn,,Two Clowns, 1940

18. Stressing the similarities of separate but related parts.
Harmony
Stressing the similarities of separate but related parts.
Arthur Dove, Nature Symbolized No. 2, 1911

19. VISUAL DEFINITIONS IN YOUR SKETCHBOOK
…LINE VIDEO Shape video Color video Form Space ….Texture

20. THE ELEMENTS OF ART
LINE
SHAPE
VALUE
FORM
COLOR
TEXTURE
SPACE

21. Write this in your sketch book
Line = a dot, point, or mark that moves. It has length and direction.
Actual lines physically exist and can be broad, thin, straight, jagged…
Implied lines do not physically exist, but appear to be real.
Line quality expresses a range of emotions, fragility, roughness, anger, whimsy, vigor...
Lines are used to create outlines/ contour drawings. They are also used for shading such as hatching and cross-hatching.
Line is one of the most important elements of art.

24. What is value?
Value is how light or dark an object is (or appears to be)
Value is one of the Elements of Design

26. TEXTURE= The way something feels, or looks as though it would feel.
Real Texture= Texture that you can touch
Implied Texture= Texture that is painted or drawn
Texture is made by repeating shapes/ lines