LINE There are many types of lines: thick, thin, horizontal, vertical, zigzag, diagonal, curly, curved, spiral, etc. Lines are basic tools for artists—

LINEThere are many types of lines: thick, thin, horizontal, vertical, zigzag, diagonal, curly, curved, spiral, etc. Lines are basic tools for artists—though some artists show their lines more than others.

Parallel or Cross Hatching Lines

• Marks created with repeating lines are used to create texture, patterns or shading

• By creating lines that are close together or intersecting them at diagonal angles, delicate or harsh shading can be achieved. The more lines that are clustered next to one another or crossing over each other, the darker the shading becomes.

• The shading can also be altered by the pressure of the tool used to make the marks. However, if ink is being used, pressure will not alter the intensity of color. Instead, choosing to make less marks or make them further apart from one another will give the effect of lighter shadows.

Rembrandt van Rijn

Self-portrait in a cap, with eyes wide open, etching, 1630

Rembrandt

van Rijn

Self-potrait with risen sword.

Etching, 1634.

Roy Lichtenste

inFrightened Girl

Oil and Magna on canvas1964

Value • The relative darkness or lightness of a tone, shade, or color.

Value/Gray Scale

• A gray scale features the two extremes: one end is white, at the other end is black, and every shade of gray comes in between.

3 Spheres by M.C. Escher1946 Lithograph

M.C Escher, Drawing Hands, 1948

M.C Escher, Eye, 1946

•A Closed Line

•Can be geometric, organic, or biomorphic

•Shapes are flat and can be expresses in length and width

SHAPE

Geometric

Wassily KandinskyMerry Structure

Piet Mondrian, Composition II in Red, Blue, and Yellow, 1930

Organic

Paul GauguinA Vase of

Flowers1896

Biomorphic

Joan Miro, 1949, Constellation-The Morning Star

Here we see examples of how Line and Shape

can be used to create

value and texture

Using shapes to create value

How a surface quality is seen or felt, or how it is perceived to be felt.

Texture:

Tactile texture (real texture) is the way the surface of an object actual feels. Examples of this include sandpaper, cotton balls, tree bark,

puppy fur, etc.

Implied texture

is the way the surface on an object looks like

it feels. The texture may look rough, fizzy,

gritty, but cannot actually be felt. This

type of texture is used by artist when drawing or painting.

TEXTURE

RhinocerosAlbrecht Dürer

1515

Harry Clark, Illustration to

Edgar Allan Poe’s “Tales of Mystery

and Imagination”1919 Engraving, 10 x 7

1/2 in.

EARTH TEXTURERUTH J JAMIESON

John N. AgnewMate

rnal Instincts

(scratchboard11 x14)

Space

Space: Negative space is the area between and around objects.

Positive space is the

defined space which the

artist designates as

an object.

Negative space is the

resulting shape defined by what space is “left” from

what the positive space

took up.

Is the white area the positive space...or the negative space?

In art Space can also refer to the illusion of depth.

Aerial Perspective

What do we see when we view a real landscape?

-Features and objects appear lighter and less detailed as they recede into the distance. -They appear to lose color, or saturation, fading into the background. This color is normally blue, but can be red or even golden yellow, depending on the time of day and atmospheric conditions.

Aerial Perspective

Linear Perspective

Types of Linear Perspective:

One-point two-point and three-point perspective, classified according to the number of vanishing points in the drawing. One-point perspective is normally used when simple views are depicted, such as a railway track disappearing into the distance directly in front of the viewer.

Color: Light reflected off objects. Its main Characteristics are:

Hue, The name of the color like blue

Value, how light or dark it is

Intensity, how bright or dull it is.

The Color WheelName the:

-Primary Colors-Secondary Colors-Tertiary Colors-Complimentary Colors-Analogous Colors-Warm Colors-Cool colors

Primary Colors

Roy Lichtenstein The Red Horseman, 1974Oil and Magna on canvas

Red Blue

Yellow

Complimentary colorsTwo colors on

opposite sides of the color wheel,

which when placed next to

each other make both appear

brighter.

Vincent van Gogh.Vase with Twelve Sunflowers.August, 1888.Oil on Canvas, 91 × 72 cm.

Analogous Colors:Analogous colors are colors that are adjacent to each

other on the color wheel. Some examples are green, yellow green, and yellow or red, red violet and violet.

Analogous color schemes are often found in nature and are pleasing to the

eye.

Dale Chihuly, from the Garden and Glass Art Museum, Seattle, Washington

Monochromatic:

A color scheme which uses one hue and its

various values.

Even though it is monochromatic, it achieves a depth

through the use of different values

Pablo PicassoWomen with crossed arms

1901

Are mostly of red, orange, and yellow. This family of colors is called WARM because they remind you of warm things like the sun or fire.

Warm colors:

Are made mostly of green, blue, and violet (purple). This family of colors is called COOL because they remind you of things like a cool lake or forest.

Cool Colors:

Homage to the Past 1944, ChagallText

Marc ChagallGood Morning Paris

1972 Lithograph

Pollard Willows with Setting Sun,

Vincent van Gogh, 1888

"Instead of trying to reproduce exactly what I see before me, I make more arbitrary use of color to express myself more forcefully ... To express the love of two lovers by the marriage of two complementary colors." -- Vincent van Gogh,

1888.