TEXTURE

• It is the look or feel of a surface.

• We experience it in two
ways: optically (through sight)
and physically (through touch).

• It can either be made from an actual object,

be simulated, or from imagination.
4 Types Of
Texture
Actual
texture

Photographs
By Agne Gintalaite
Photographs by Thomas Lohr
Simulated
texture

Ceramic sculpture
by Tim Kowalczyk
Ceramic sculptures
By Brian Ginieweski
Abstract
texture

Mandala
By Asmahan A. Moseleh
Claire Incest Coin
By Antonio Santin By Antonio Santin
“Claire” detail
By Antonio Santin
Invented
texture

Watercolor and
ink Cat paintings
by Endre Penovác
Rhinoceros painting Rhinoceros painting details
By Sophie Standing
COLOR
• The colors we see are light waves absorbed
or reflected by everything around us.

• White light that is refracted by an object.

Physical Properties
Of Color
Hue
• the designated
name of the color
in the spectrum

• The pureness of a
color
value
• The addition of
black and white

• Darkest to lightest

• Black and white

does not change a
color’s hue
Saturation/
Intensity
• The vividness or
dullness of a
color

• Brighter tones to
duller tones

desaturated saturated desaturated

 Color
Organizations
Additive
color mixing
Subtractive
color mixing
Triadic Color
Tetradic Color Scheme
Analogous
colors
• Colors that
appear next to
each other in
the color wheel
Monochromatic
colors
• Uses only one
color but explores
the complete
color range from
white to black
Warm and
cool colors
Simultaneou
s contrast
• The change of a
color when when
they are put side
by side to each
other
Prismatic mural
By Xomatoc
Mural
by Okuda San
Miguel
Marilyn Monroe
by Andy Warhol
Riverbeds Drawn
By Ester Roi
Riverbeds Drawn
By Ester Roi
 Number 14
Mark Rothko
1960
Color field (1950’s-60’s)paintings wanted to reinforce the idea that the painted canvas is a flat, two-dimensional
space. They made enormous large-scale paintings that were often comprised of just one or two colors. Their art
didn’t represent the outside world or try to take you to another place. It reinforced the fact that you’re looking at a
painting. The bold, bright colors they used weren’t meant to represent anything else. For them and the many artists
they inspired, color is a beautiful and worthy subject all its own.
SPACE
• Space is the area where the artwork is
organized.

• It encompasses the area within a work of art

and can also include the area immediately
outside of and around a work of art.
2 Types of Space
• Negative space – the space around and
between the subject.

• Positive space – the space inside the

subject or the main focus of a certain piece.
Spatial indicators
• Size
• Position
• Transparency
• Fractional representation
• Sharp and diminishing detail
• Converging parallels
• Linear perpective
Linear Perspective
One-point perspective
Two-point perspective
Three-point perspective
Photographs
By Kirsten Meyer
“Unexpected Discoveries”
By Mark Conlan
Public Projects
By Miguel Marquez
2015
 Cloud Gate
By Anish Kapoor
2006
 Levitated Mass
By Michael Heizer
2012
Thalassa
Caledonia Curry aka “Swoon”
Site installation
2016
 Crocheted Apartment
Horror vacui from Latin "fear of empty
space"), also kenophobia, from Greek "fear of by Olek
the empty"), is the filling of the entire surface
of a space or an artwork with detail.
Mexico City 4 (Zócalo, MUCA/UNAM)
By SPENCER TUNICK
FORM
• Form is the volume of a shape meaning its
height, width and length.

• Form generally refers to sculpture, 3D

design and architecture but may also relate
to the illusion of 3D on a 2D surface.

• It is also the accumulation of all the

elements, principles and components of art.
Two Types
Of Form
3 Dimensional form (3D)
• It can be created through sculptural mediums like
wood, clay, marble etc.

• It can also be kinetic, which involves movement

that is made through natural, mechanical,
electronic methods.
 Pieta by
Michelangelo David by Michelangelo
Wooden Sculpture by
Zheng Chunhui
“Along the River During the Qingming Festival”
5 meter long scroll painting
 Nkyinkim

Installation

Kwame Akoto-Bamfo

2018
2 Dimensional (2D) form
• 2D form makes an illusion of being 3D through
the application of various visual elements and
techniques.

• It is a flat surface that tricks the eye into

thinking that an artwork has realistic volume.
“Ascending and Descending”
By MC Escher

“Tower of Babel”
By MC Escher
Life: a series of
ups and downs
By Lex Wilson
Shark vs. Humpback Whale
Fiona Tang
3D mural by
Manuel Di Rita
a.k.a. “Peeta”
Principles Of
Design
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