Implied lines are a series  SECONDARY COLORS

of points that the viewer’s Colors made by mixing two different

Visual Arts Artistic expression
eyes automatically primary colors. e.g. Green, Orange,
Unique expressions of ideas, beliefs, Colors can make us think of certain
connect. They are and Violet
experiences, and feelings are presented things or feel a certain way.
“suggested” lines- not “real” lines.  INTERMEDIATE COLORS
in well-designed visual forms.
Intermediate colors are made by • What do you think of when you see these
ELEMENTS OF ART mixing one primary color and one colors:
Value secondary color. e.g. YG, YO, RO, RV, Red/green Blue
The lightness or darkness of a color. BV, BG Blue/gold Yellow
Elements of art are the basic components
Sometimes that color is black as in a Black Gray
or “building blocks” such as value, color, Pink Red
Color Schemes
line, texture, shape, form, and space that
Colors artists group together that look
artists use to create an artwork. Value Scale good when put with one another One color and all its tints and shades
showing a gradation or the steps of
Line
values. • Triad, complementary, analogous, split Texture
 LINE is a continuous mark with length
Black > fading to > white complementary,  An element of art which refers to the
and direction, created by a point that
• Warm, cool, monochromatic, surface quality or "feel" of an object,
moved across a surface. drawing or photograph
• Neutral its smoothness, roughness, softness,
 Lines can vary in length, width,
etc.
direction, curvature, and color. Color
 Triad Color Scheme  TEXTURE is the way a surface feels or
 A line can be two-dimensional (drawn  When a ray of white light is split, a
Any three colors spaced at an equal the way it is drawn to look and the
on paper), incised in clay, three- color spectrum is created and we can
distance on the color wheel such as viewer imagines how it might feel.
dimensional (wire), or implied. see colors.
the primary colors, or the secondary
 Color is seen when light strikes an TYPES OF TEXTURE
4 TYPES OF LINES colors.
object and then reflects back to the Textures may be actual or implied. Actual
1. Vertical  Complementary Color Scheme
eyes. textures can be felt with the fingers, while
2. Horizontal Two colors opposite each other on the
color wheel implied textures are suggested by an artist.
3. Diagonal Color Wheel
4. curved Artists bend  Analogous Color Scheme
ACTUAL TEXTURE- 3-DIMENSIONAL
the color Three colors are next to each other on
SURFACE
Ando Hiroshige spectrum the color wheel: the colors have a
SIMULATED TEXTURE-2-DIMENSIONAL
Fuji from Safami River into a circle common color.
SURFACE
which e.g. Yellow-green, green, blue-green
Lines create moods organizes  Warm Color Scheme Shape and Form
and feelings the colors Colors associated with warm things:  SHAPE is a two-dimensional area that
Thick lines feel bold, fire, sun, heat has length and height. Organic and
thin lines feel delicate When the spectrum is organized as a color  Cool Color Scheme Geometric shapes are examples.
wheel, the colors are divided into groups Colors associated with cool things-  Form refers to an element of art that
19th C. called primary, secondary and such as ice and grass is three-dimensional (height, width,
Colored print intermediate colors.  Split Complementary Color Scheme and depth) and encloses volume.
13 ¼ x 8 ¾ in.  PRIMARY COLORS One color and the two colors on each For example, a square, which is two-
Primary colors are the colors yellow, side of its complement dimensional, is a shape, but a cube, which
red, and blue e.g. Red-orange, yellow-orange, blue is three-dimensional, is a form. Pyramids,
Contour lines are the
These colors cannot be made by mixing  Neutral Color Scheme spheres, cones, and cylinders are examples
edges and surface ridges
other colors.... however, it is possible to Colors such as black, white, gray, or of various forms.
of an object. brown that are not on the spectrum.
mix all the other colors of the spectrum
using the primary colors.  Monochromatic color scheme Space
 Space is an empty place or surface in composition are organized so that one more complex. An artist must A large object close to the
or around a work of art. Space can be side duplicates or mirrors the other. consider all the visual weight factors dominant area of the work can be
two- dimensional, three-dimensional,  It can be very stiff and formal. when using asymmetrical balance balanced by a smaller object
negative and/or positive.  Used to express dignity, endurance,  Weight factor #1 placed farther away from the
 Artists create positive and negative and stability. size and dominant area.
space in two-dimensional artworks.  Approximate symmetry contour A
– A large large,
Light
shape or form appears to be
The actual or imaginary luminosity of a
heavier (having more visual
work o Ap positive shape and a small,
weight) than a small shape.
proximate symmetry is an negative space can be balanced
Perspective – Several small shapes or forms
arrangement where the parts of a against a small, positive shape
The actual or suggested point of view of can balance one large shape.
composition are similar yet and a large, negative space.
the work – An object with a complicated
different, on either side of a
contour is more interesting and
Principles of Design vertical axis.
appears to be heavier than one RADIAL BALANCE
The Principles of Design are the rules that with a simple contour.  Radial a kind of balance in which
Leonardo da Vinci (Italian, 1452-1519),
govern how we use the Elements of Art. – A small, complex object can lines or shapes spread out from a
The Last Supper, 1498, modified fresco, 15
x 29 feet ,Convent of Santa Maria delle balance a large, simple object. center point.
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
 Weight factor #2
– Balance – Unity
Color
– Rhythm &Movement – Variety
A high-
– Pattern – Emphasis
intensity color
– Proportion Pattern, Rhythm, & Movement
has more
 PATTERN is the principle of design
Balance visual weight
used when the same element is
Balance is a principle of design referring to than a low-
Grazie (Refectory), Milan. repeated in a special way.
the arrangement of elements to create intensity color.
It shows approximate symmetry  RHYTHM is the principle of design
stability in an art work. The viewer’s
There are 6 men on each side of created by repeating element(s) in a
eyes are
Expressive Qualities of Balance pattern.
drawn to the area of bright color.
The type of balance an artist uses to  MOVEMENT shows the look of action
With approximate symmetry, artists Warm colors carry more visual
organize a work of art affects the by the repetition one or more
express the same sense of calm weight than cool colors.
feeling expressed by that work. Artists elements. This principle makes the
stability but they avoid the rigid  Weight factor #3
choose balance based on the feeling viewer’s eyes move all around the
formality of pure symmetry. Value
they wish to convey. artwork.
The stronger
Christ- each are painted differently. the contrast in Types of Pattern
TYPES OF BALANCE value between a. Random
ASYMMETRICAL BALANCE
There are 4 types of balance: an object and b. Regular
 A feeling of balance when the visual
• symmetrical the c. Flowing
parts on either side of a vertical axis
• approximately symmetrical background, the more visual d. Alternating
are actually different but are placed in
• asymmetrical weight the object has. Dark e. Progressive
the composition to create a “felt”
• radial values appear heavier than light
balance of the total artwork.
values. Random Pattern
SYMMETRICAL BALANCE  Asymmetrical balance is a balance of
 Weight factor #4  No special spacing or placement
unlike objects.
 A balance arrangement in which the parts Position
of a  Also called informal balance, and it Alternating Pattern
creates a casual effect. This balance is
 One way to make alternating patterns is to contrasting size, shape, color, or The painting creates a sense of unity by the
add a second motif distinctive features. effective use of repetition. See how the
 A second way to make alternating pattern artist has repeated similar forms (ducks)
is to change the placement. Unity and color (brown) throughout the
 The third way to make an alternating  Unity is the principle of design that composition?
pattern is by turning the motif refers to the feeling that all parts of a
design are working together as a Grouping of similar
Flowing Pattern team. objects (proximity)
 Repeated curved lines  Unity can be achieved by: was used to create
- Simplicity--making a very plain unity within this
Progressive Pattern and simple piece without it being painting.
 Gradually change the motif dull
- Repetition--repeating the same
Regular Pattern
elements all over the work
 Same spacing, same motif - Proximity--which is achieved by
limiting the amount of negative
Proportion space between objects
 PROPORTION is the principle of
design concerned with the size
relationship of one part to another or Joern
one object to another (a ratio). Utzon.
 Scale is like proportion but it Sydney
compares an object to a standard Opera
reference. House,
Australia
Variety
1959-1972
 Variety is a principle of design that
refers to a way of combining the A color of the
elements of art to create difference or gowns is repeated
contrast. leading the eye into
 A work that is too much alike can be the painting. The
dull. pattern on the floor
also creates
Emphasis
 Emphasis is how the artist arranges
the elements to catch a viewer’s
attention. These areas usually have repetition.

Movement is created
in the painting as your
Often, emphasis is used to direct and
eye travels from the
focus attention on the most important
little girl on the
parts of a composition – which
blanket and moves up
becomes the focal point.
the stairs.
A design lacking emphasis may be
monotonous