ELEMENTS OF ART 6.

Rhythm is created by movement complied

through the repetition of
1. Line is the path of a moving point. Lines define elements of art in a non-uniform but organized way.
the edges of shapes and forms.
7. Unity/Variety is visually pleasing agreement
2. Shape is an area enclosed by line. It is 2 among the elements in a
dimensional and can be design; it is the feeling that everything in the work
geometric or organic. of art works together and
looks like it fits.
3. Forms are 3-Dimesional. They occupy space or
give the illusion that they CHARACTERISTICS OF ARTS AND
occupy the space. CRAFTS IN LUZON

4. Color is the most expressive element of art and is HIGHLANDS

seen by the way light
reflects of a surface and also adds interest and
reality to an artwork.
5. Value is the lightness and darkness of a surface.
It is often referred to
when shading. Value is also important in the study
of color.
6. Texture is the actual surface feel or the simulated
appearance of
roughness, smoothness and many others.
7. Space is the distance around, between, above,
below, and within an object.
PRINCIPLES OF ART
1. Balance refers to the visual of the elements of the
composition. It is a
sense that the painting “feels stable and feels right”.
ILOCOS REGION
 Inabel literally means “woven” and abel is
Ilocano term for weave
 Calle Crisologo is considered as the
“intramuros of the North”
 Pottery is the process of forming vessels and
other objects with clay.
KALINGA
 Tattoo is the marking or coloring of the skin.
 Wang-od is the last “mambabatok” or
traditional Kalinga tattoo artist.
 Kadangyan is a burial cloth known in Mountain
Province, woven by female elders.
 The labba is a bowl-shaped basket made from
rattan.
IFUGAO

2. Contrast is the difference between elements of art
in the composition, such
that each element is made stronger in relation to the
other.
3. Emphasis is when the artist creates an area of the
composition that is
visually dominant and commands the viewer’s
attention.
 Bul’ul- is a wooden sculpture that represents
the rice granary spirits.
 Dinumug or Lingling-o are amulets made from
jade, gold, copper, bronze, stone and other
materials.
 Ginaspala wanes the men’s traditional attire is
called wanes.

4. Pattern is the uniform repetition of any of the

elements of art or any
combination thereof.

5. Movement is the result of using the elements of

art such that they move
the viewer’s eye around and within the image.