1.

Lines
a. A path made by moving from one point to another
b. Horizontal, Vertical, and Diagonal
c. Zigzag line implicates tension, conflict, chaos, or violence
2. Shapes
a. Forms when two ends of the line meet to enclose an area

Kinds
of Shapes
 ORGANIC SHAPE
o Found in nature like leaves, animals, and flowers
 GEOMETRIC SHAPE
o Basic definite shapes that we all know such as triangles, rectangles, etc.
 
 
 
 
3. Forms
a. Can mean the overall form taken by the artwork or simply as the three-dimensional versions
of shapes
4. Texture
a. The feel or tactile quality of the surface of an object
b. The roughness or smoothness of a surface
c. You can create different textures by overlapping paints or pigments or by using different
brush strokes
5. Space
a. The area occupied by your artwork
b. Gives the viewers a reference for interpreting an artwork
c. We can create space by establishing a background, middle ground and a foreground
 
Kinds
of space
 POSITIVE SPACE
o Occupies design, color, or drawing in your artwork
 NEGATIVE SPACE
o Refers to the space created by an artist around or between the subject
 
 
 
 
 
6. Perspective
a. Deals with the effect of distance of the appearance of objects
b. It enables the viewers to perceive distance, see the position of an object
c. We can view perspective as the point of view of an artwork
  
kinds of
perspective
 ONE POINT PERSPECTIVE
o The artwork is going on just one direction. There's only one vanishing point in the horizon
line
 TWO POINT PERSPECTIVE
o Has two vanishing point
 THREE POINT PERSPECTIVE
o Has three vanishing point where two of them are on the horizon line and the third is high
above on the horizon or below it
o Worm's eye view or the bottom view, Bird's eye view or the view from the top
 
 
 
 
7. Color
a. The most essential element of art
b. We can see color when a light bounces from an object and strikes our eyes.
c. To understand color, first we must know its name
d. When you add black to a hue in order to lessen the intensity, you can create shade
e. When white is added to a hue, it is called a tint
i. Hue is the given name of a color
ii. Value refers to the darkness or lightness of a color
iii. Intensity denotes the brightness or dullness of a color
 
Color wheel
It is the most important instrument in order for us to understand the relationship between a colors.
Divided into two:
1. Warm
a. Signifies the color of fire
2. Cool
a. Usually signifies nature
 
 
Color Families
 Primary
o Basic colors that are created without mixing
 
 Secondary
o Created when mixing two different kinds of primary colors
 Tertiary
o Created when mixing primary and secondary
 
 
 Color Harmonies
 Monochromatic
o A single color in the composition which are varies in intensity and value by adding dark or
white. It combines different intensities of values, lightness, and darkness or brightness of
one color only
 Complementary
o Colors that are opposite to each other in the color wheel
o Cannot be mixed together. However, they can be placed side by side to complement the
other
 Analogous
o Located side by side in a color wheel
o Can be mixed together to create a new hue