Art Principles and Elements
Elements of Art
Line: Flyeschool.com defines line as, “A continuous mark made on a surface by a moving point; it may be flat (pencil line) or three-dimensional (a rod, groove, ridge, etc.) Line may be explicit - a line painted along the edge of the road - or implied by the edge of a shape or form.” Line can be straight, or curvy and wavy.
Shape: “An enclosed space defined by a line or by contrast to its surroundings.” It can be either 2-D or 3-D and is an important part in any artwork. It can be geometric shapes like irregular hexagons or it can be organic shapes like a circle or shapes that can be found in nature.
Form: “A three-dimensional object: a defined volume of space. Forms could also be categorized as geometric or organic in nature.”
Space: There is negative and positive space. Wikipedia describes it as “Space is the area provided for a particular purpose. Space includes the background, foreground and middle ground. Space refers to the distances or areas around, between or within things.”
Color: “Color pertains to the use of hue in artwork and design. ”There are 3 primary colors, red, yellow, blue. When you mix these colors, you get secondary colors, violet, orange, green. Color is very important to the painting as it can give it feeling. An example is if an artist was painting something sad, he would use cooler shaded colors.
Value: “How light or dark an object or element is, independent of its color. Shading uses value to depict light and shadow and show volume/form.”
Texture: “The tactile sensation or feel of a surface (rough, smooth, spiky, etc.) or how something appears to feel.”
Principles of Art
Movement: “Shows actions, or alternatively, the path the viewer's eye follows throughout an artwork. Movement is caused by using elements under the rules of the principles in picture to give the feeling of motion and to guide the viewer's eyes throughout the artwork. In movement an art
Line: Flyeschool.com defines line as, “A continuous mark made on a surface by a moving point; it may be flat (pencil line) or three-dimensional (a rod, groove, ridge, etc.) Line may be explicit - a line painted along the edge of the road - or implied by the edge of a shape or form.” Line can be straight, or curvy and wavy.
Shape: “An enclosed space defined by a line or by contrast to its surroundings.” It can be either 2-D or 3-D and is an important part in any artwork. It can be geometric shapes like irregular hexagons or it can be organic shapes like a circle or shapes that can be found in nature.
Form: “A three-dimensional object: a defined volume of space. Forms could also be categorized as geometric or organic in nature.”
Space: There is negative and positive space. Wikipedia describes it as “Space is the area provided for a particular purpose. Space includes the background, foreground and middle ground. Space refers to the distances or areas around, between or within things.”
Color: “Color pertains to the use of hue in artwork and design. ”There are 3 primary colors, red, yellow, blue. When you mix these colors, you get secondary colors, violet, orange, green. Color is very important to the painting as it can give it feeling. An example is if an artist was painting something sad, he would use cooler shaded colors.
Value: “How light or dark an object or element is, independent of its color. Shading uses value to depict light and shadow and show volume/form.”
Texture: “The tactile sensation or feel of a surface (rough, smooth, spiky, etc.) or how something appears to feel.”
Principles of Art
Movement: “Shows actions, or alternatively, the path the viewer's eye follows throughout an artwork. Movement is caused by using elements under the rules of the principles in picture to give the feeling of motion and to guide the viewer's eyes throughout the artwork. In movement an art