ART

- basic form of human communication

- expression of one’s feelings , ideas, and thoughts
- represents the culture

ELEMENTS:

LINES – any image that consists of distinct straight and curved lines placed against a background

KINDS
- authority and discipline
- right angle and perpendicular to the plane
Vertical
- carry your eyes upward and create a soaring feeling

- at rest, calmness
- parallel to the horizon
Horizontal - lead your eyes from left to right

- sharp edges
Angular - can be long or short

- graceful, show life, and energy

Curve - without angles

- suggest action or movement

Diagonal

- harsh and unpleasant

Jagged

Broken: Scattered : X’s: Spiral:

COLOR – quality of an object with respect to light reflected by it.

- measured by hue, saturation, and brightness

Red courage, war, passion, violence, life, love

Blue justice, peace, wisdom, honesty

Yellow pride, cowardice, jealousy

Green deceit, hope

Violet majesty, pompisity, mysticism

Orange growth

Brown miser lines

White purity, chastity

VALUE– lightness and darkness of color and its relative degree in a graphic work of art or painting

SHADE = Black + hue

TONE = Gray + hue
TINT = White + hue

SHAPE– one of the major elements

- exact
GEOMETRIC

- curving irregular lines

FREE-FORM

- found in natural environment

ORGANIC

- simplified representation of a real-life

shape
ABSTRACT