Elements of Art 2nd-3rd

Value

Value is the brightness or darkness of a color.

• Value is changed by adding white or black to a color.
• Adding white makes the color lighter.
• Adding black makes the color darker.

Elements of ART

These paintings are made with only 1 color. The dark and light values are made by adding white and black.

Form

7 Elements Of Art

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Form is a 3 dimensional geometric shape.

• Examples of forms are pyramids, cubes, spheres.
• Form consists of height, width and depth.

All of these different types of art are showing the use of Form. They are either shaded (colored) to make them look 3d or they are made from

3d materials.

How to Make Your Elements of Art Poster

Examples

Vincent van Gogh

Starry Night

1889

Image retrieved from: http://www.vangoghgallery.com/catalog/Painting/508/Starry-Night.html

• Space: There are shapes in the foreground and background to understand the area. The shows a whole hill side.

• Watch the video to learn how to make your Elements of Art Circle.
• The video shows how to make the sections.
• You have to draw a large circle in the center after drawing the lines for the 6 sections.
• One of your Elements of Art will be on the outside of the circle going all the way around the circle.
• You pick the Element that you want to go on the outside of the circle.

• Texture: The heavy brush strokes provide a texture. The multitude of colored brush strokes give it even more of a sense of texture.

• Shape: The night is filled with 2 dimension shapes form the squares and triangles that make up the houses, to the free form shape of the night and foreground.

• Line: Lines fill the sky to give it the movement.

What are the Elements of Art

• Form: Form is demonstrated in the tree in the foreground and the geometric houses in the background.

• Value: The different shades or value of the colors help direct you eye through the painting. The different value also helps create movement in the painting.

The Elements of Art are like the ingredients in a recipe but instead of making tasty food they help you make art.

• Color: Color is used to create a mood and feeling about the picture. The use of color draws your eye to the moon and the movement of the sky.

Texture

Value

Line

Form

Shape

shape

Line

• Shapes have closed lines.
• Shapes are flat. (2d)

Shapes can be geometric (have one name) or free form (have no name).

Color

Space

• Line is a mark that goes in a certain direction
• Lines can be straight or curved.
• Lines can be horizontal, vertical or diagonal.

What shapes do you see in these 2 artworks?

Space

• Lines can be thick or thin.

• Lines can be found in nature. Lines are found on zebras and on shells, branches and tigers.

The lines in the painting below are used to outline and make the subjects stand out more.

• Space is what is around, above, under and inside art.
• Space can be the how you use the area on a piece of paper.
• Space can be how you draw things to show how close or far away they are.

Look at how the lines in Starry Night show movement

Color

Texture

Art using lines and space.

• Textures is how something feels when you touch it. It is also how things look like they feel if you can't touch them.
• You can draw texture to look real or make up your own.
• Texture can be found in nature, for example grass, flower petals, rocks and tree bark.

• Color is important in art.
• It can be made darker by adding black.
• It can be made lighter by adding white.
• Color can show feelings in art or affect your mood.
• Primary colors can not be made from mixing colors.
• Secondary colors can be made from mixing primary colors.
• Some colors are warm and others are cool.

Color Wheels and Color Mixing

How do these paintings make you feel? What mood do they each show?

• These 3 artworks show texture in different ways.
• The Hedgehog has texture that looks real and you can feel it.
• The rhino has texture that is made up and does not look like the real thing.
• The Sunflowers are drawn to make them look fluffy and fuzzy as they look in real life.