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Formal ElementsElements of ArtPrinciples of Art

What makes up an art work?The Elements of art

Elements of ArtThe composition of an art work is made up of the arrangement of the elements.These are known as the Elements of ArtColor line texture tone shape /form

COLOURColour is very expressive and an exciting element of art. It appeals strongly to the senses and emotions.Colour can communicate in all different ways, it can be very powerful thing in art work. Art works can communicate by colour alone. It can cause emotional reactions.

COLOURPrimary colours-yellow, red and blue. (colours that can not be made by mixing other colours.Secondary colours- purple, green and orange (colours mixed from a combination of any two primary colours)Complimentary colours (colours found on the opposite on the colour wheel.)

Monochromatic colour scheme (uses only one colour and tints and shades)Harmonious colours- colours that have something in common. One colour will be in harmony with another.

Primary coloursLichtenstein

Secondary colours

Complementary coloursGauguin

Monochromatic colour schemeEscher

Colour Schemes

Colour schemes

Complementary colours scheme

Communicating with colourCool colours go away from youVan Gogh

Van Gogh

RothkoWarm colours come towards you

Rothko

LinesLine in art may mean a single thin strokeIt may signify the meeting edge of two areasIt may refer to the contours as in sculptureLine can display strong suggestion ofMovementLine can produce a sense of tranquility

Line Clement Meadmore

Linecan create volumeEscher

Lines can create movement they can move through an art workEscher

Lines can create movementBrett Whiteley

Brett Whiteley

Brett Whiteley

Brett WhiteleyLarger lines in the foregroundSmaller lines in the back ground give an illusion of distances, space and perspective.

Lines create pattern and shapeJohn Olsen

ToneTone can be flat or graduatedCan be created by using shading, line or dots.Lines can be used to create tone in hatching or cross-hatchingDots can be used to create tone.

Rick Amor

ToneTone can be subduedStrongContrasting

Rick Amor

ToneRembrandtHatching and cross-hatching

Tone

Dramatic use of tone. Mattia PretiTone used to attract out attention to the most important part of the paintingSpot light shining on the painting

TextureRead or SimulatedReal texture are the textures that actually exist they are what you actually feelSimulated textures

TextureGrainedRoughCorrugatedSmoothFurryShinyprickly

TextureVan Gogh

TextureWhen we actually touch and feel a surface we experience real textureReal texture; the feel of a surface Cactus, feathers, scales

When we look at a photograph or a painting of the texture of a surface such as glass or velvet leather, we see patterns of light and dark that create the effect of textureSimulated texture; a two dimensional surface that imitates real texture, simulated textures copy or imitate real textures.

Simulated textureimitates real textureMax Ernst

Oldenburgreal texture, the feel of a surface

Shape / FormA shape is an area that is defined in some way by a line, an edge, a colour or a texture. If we traced around its outline we would have a shape, silhouetteShapes are flat they have only two dimensions height and widthShapes can be geometric look as if they were made with a ruler.Organic irregular, uneven shapes of nature.

Shape

Shape / FormForms, like shapes have height and width but they also have the third dimension depth. They are solid. They have volume and occupy space.Two dimension - paintingThree dimension - a sculpture

Elements of Art

These five elements are the primary aspects of visual perception. Every artwork can be described by reference to these elements. For example, a work will have the presence of strong lines or absence of line. A work may be full of tone or a complete lack of tone.

Principles of Design These are the nine main principles of designContrastRepetition Movement Rhythm Direction

SpaceBalanceProportionEmphasisUnity

Principles of ArtThe artists use the principles to combine the elements in a satisfying way.

Ways to create spaceDivide the picture into the fore-ground, middle ground and backgroundStrong details is used in the foreground, with gradual loss of detail as the image fades into the back groundLarge objects in the fore ground graduating to smaller objects in the back groundOverlapping of objects give the appearance of objects being in front of each otherWarm colours in the foreground and cool colours in the back ground

DegasSpace

BalanceRefers to the distribution of weight in an art work so that no one part overpowers another or seems heavier that another.Artists may choose to create imbalance of a particular purpose. Sydney Long

ProportionThe relationship between the size of the objects within an artwork.Eugene von Guerard

EmphasisAn artist can create a centre of interest by allowing one area of an art work to dominate. Picasso

Contrast Picasso Girl Mirror

RepetitionJohn Brack - Collins St 5pm

RhythmRichard Mock