LESSON 2: HOW DO I STUDY ART?

: MAKING ART
 Elements of Art

Lines and curves are marks

that span a distance between
two points. A line has a width,
direction, curve, and length.

Curved lines= comfort and ease

Horizontal= distance and calm
Vertical= height and strength
Jagged= turmoil and anxiety
 Elements of Art
Shape refers to a 2-dimensional and
enclosed area.
SHAPE
Three basic kinds: geometric, biomorphic,
and amorphous.

Shapes can be used to control your feelings in

the composition of an artwork:

Squares and Rectangles can portray strength

and stability.
Circles and Ellipses can represent continuous
movement.
 Elements of Art
Form is the physical volume
FORM
of a shape and the space that
it occupies.

Form generally refers to

sculpture, 3D design and
architecture but may also
relate to the illusion of 3D on
a 2D surface. It employs
several techniques like
shading, perspective and
lighting.
 Elements of Art
Value or Tone is the
VALUE
VALUE
lightness and darkness of
a colour. Often
represented in a tonal
value scale. Value can
relate to shades, where a
colour gets darker by
adding black to it, or tints
where a colour gets
lighter by adding white to
it.
 Elements of Art
Colour scientifically
colour
speaking colour
is produced
when light, striking an
object, is reflected to
the eye.
 Psychology of Colour

Black is the colour of For most of the world this is

authority and power, the colour associated with
stability and strength. It is purity, cleanliness. In some
also associated with eastern part of the world,
intelligence. In western white is associated with
hemisphere black is mourning.
associated with grieving.
Seeing the colour blue If you want to draw
actually causes the body attention, use red. Red is the
to produce chemicals that colour of energy. Red is the
symbol of life and for this
are calming. People tend
reason, it’s the colour worn
to be more productive in by brides in China. Red is
a blue room because they used at holidays that are
are calm and focused on about love and giving.
the task at hand.
 Cheerful yellow is the
colour of the sun, associated
with laughter, happiness
The colour of nature and good times. A person
surrounded by yellow feels
and money. A optimistic because the brain
calming colour also actually releases more
that’s very pleasing serotonin.

to the senses.
 Elements of Art
Texture is texture
used to describe
texture
how something feels or
looks. A small selection of
examples of the
descriptions of texture are
bumpy, smooth, rough, soft
and hard. We experience
texture in two ways:
optically and physically.
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Space is an area where the other
space
elements can space
interact. It is any
conducive area that an artist
provides for a particular purpose.
Space includes the background,
foreground and middle ground.
Positive spaces are the areas that
are occupied by an object and/or
form.

Negative spaces are the areas in

between, around, through or
within an object.