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Learning a Visual Vocabulary

Learning a Visual Vocabulary. Elements of Art Principles of Art. The Elements of Art. Color Texture Line Value Shape/Form Space. There are 6 elements of art:. COLOR. Primary Colors Red Yellow Blue. Secondary Colors Orange Green Violet. Intermediate Colors Yellow-Green

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Learning a Visual Vocabulary

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  1. Learning a Visual Vocabulary • Elements of Art • Principles of Art

  2. The Elements of Art • Color • Texture • Line • Value • Shape/Form • Space There are 6 elements of art:

  3. COLOR

  4. Primary Colors • Red • Yellow • Blue

  5. Secondary Colors • Orange • Green • Violet

  6. Intermediate Colors • Yellow-Green • Yellow-Orange • Blue-Green • Blue-Violet • Red-Violet • Red-Orange

  7. Complementary Colors • Colors opposite each other on the color wheel • Ex: • Red & green • Blue & orange • Yellow & violet

  8. Warm Colors • Hues containing red & yellow • Advance or come forward in a painting • Sunlight often painted with warm colors

  9. Cool Colors • Hues containing green or blue • Seem to recede or go back into a painting • Water often painted with cool colors

  10. Texture • The quality of a surface, what you can feel and see • What are some things that have texture? Describe them

  11. Simulated Texture • The surface appearsto have texture (an illusion)

  12. Line • Thick or thin • Continuous or interrupted • Straight or curved • Vertical, horizontal or diagonal • Geometric or organic

  13. Kandinsky Van Gogh

  14. Value • The light or dark quality of a color or shape in a painting • Black is the darkest value while white is the lightest • Most successful paintings have a contrast in value • The stronger the contrast, the more dramatic the painting seems

  15. Shape • An enclosed space having only two-dimensions • Can be geometric or organic

  16. Form • Three-dimensional and encloses volume • Geometric: cubes, pyramids, boxlike, cones… • Irregular: pencils, horses, bottles, people… • The most important element for sculptors

  17. Space • Illusion of space Artists create an illusion of space in a painting • Artists use perspective to show depth or space in a painting • Perspective: the representation of 3D objects and space on a flat surface

  18. Aerial Perspective:Creates the illusion of distance by muting color and blurring detail as objects get farther away • Far away • Lighter values • The edges become softer/more blurred • Up close • Values are darker • Colors are more intense

  19. Analysis of a Painting • Subject matter: Which subject matter best describes your painting? Why? • Elements of Art: (COMPLETE SENTENCES) • Color: What kinds of the color? How does the artist use color? • Texture: What kind of texture, where? How does it contribute to the painting? • Line: What kinds of line? How does it contribute to the painting? • Value: Light? Dark? Where? How does it contribute to the painting? • Shape/Form: What kinds? Where? How does it contribute to the painting? • Space: Is it deep or shallow space? How do you know? How does it contribute to the painting?

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