Visual Arts:

ELEMENTS
 ELEMENTS OF VISUAL ART
• LINE- CAN BE EXPRESSIVE AND
HAVE A QUALITY OF IT’]S OWN.
• ONE-DIMENSIONAL FIGURE, WHICH
HAS LENGTH BUT NO WIDTH. A
LINE IS MADE OF A SET OF POINTS
WHICH IS EXTENDED IN OPPOSITE
DIRECTIONS INFINITELY. IT IS
DETERMINED BY TWO POINTS IN A
TWO-DIMENSIONAL PLANE.
ELEMENTS OF VISUAL ART
• SHAPE- AN ELEMENT OF ART THAT IS TWO-
DIMENSIONAL, FLAT, OR LIMITED TO
HEIGHT AND WIDTH. FORM. AN ELEMENT
OF ART THAT IS THREE-DIMENSIONAL AND
ENCLOSES. VOLUME; INCLUDES HEIGHT,
WIDTH AND DEPTH (AS IN A CUBE, A
SPHERE, A PYRAMID, OR A CYLINDER).
FORM MAY ALSO BE FREE FLOWING.
 ELEMENTS OF VISUAL ART
• FORM – AS AN ELEMENT OF
ART IS THREE-DIMENSIONAL AND
ENCLOSES SPACE. LIKE A SHAPE, A
FORM HAS LENGTH AND WIDTH, BUT
IT ALSO HAS DEPTH. FORMS ARE
EITHER GEOMETRIC OR FREE-FORM.
FORM CAN BE SYMMETRICAL OR
ASYMMETRICAL.IN SYMMETRICAL
FORM,ONE HALF IS THE SAME AS THE
OTHER HALF, OR BOTH ARE IDENTICAL
TO EACH OTHER.
ELEMENTS OF VISUAL ART
• VALUE – ONE OF THE ELEMENTS OF ART
THAT DICTATES HOW LIGHT OR DARK A
COLOR APPEARS. WHETHER YOU’RE
WORKING WITH ACRYLIC PAINTS,
WATERCOLORS, PASTELS, OR GRAPHITE, A
BASIC TONAL SHIFT IN THE VALUE OF A
COLOR CAN COMMUNICATE LIGHT SOURCE,
FOCAL POINT, AND DEPTH.
ELEMENTS OF VISUAL ART
ELEMENTS OF VISUAL ART
• TEXTURE – THE PERCEIVED SURFACE
QUALITY OF A WORK OF ART. IT MAY BE
PERCEIVED PHYSICALLY, THROUGH THE
SENSE OF TOUCH, OR VISUALLY, OR
BOTH. OUR EXPERIENCE OF TEXTURE IN
VISUAL ART RELIES ON OUR EXPERIENCE
WITH THE PHYSICAL WORLD.
 ELEMENTS OF VISUAL ART
In artistic terminology,
"light" is the point or
center of light diffusion
in the composition of a
painting, or the
luminous part of a
painting in relation to
the shadows.
ELEMENTS OF VISUAL ART
• SPACE - THE AREA AROUND, ABOVE, AND
WITHIN AN OBJECT. WITH CONSIDERATION TO
DRAWINGS AND PAINTINGS, OUR GOAL IS TO
CREATE THE ILLUSION OF SPACE. MANY NEW
ARTISTS OVERLOOK THE IMPORTANCE OF
CREATING SPACE IN A DRAWING OR PAINTING.
THE RESULT USUALLY LOOKS FLAT OR OBJECTS
CAN APPEAR TO BE FLOATING. LUCKILY,
HOWEVER, CREATING SPACE IN AN ARTWORK
IS VERY SIMPLE TO ACCOMPLISH AND THERE
ARE A NUMBER OF WAYS TO IT.
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
 CONTRAST
A PRINCIPLE WHICH USES THE
ELEMENT OF VALUE TO CREATE
DEPTH AND DIMENSION. LIGHT
ALSO PLAYS AN IMPORTANT
ROLE IN CREATING GOOD
CONTRAST
 HARMONY
ELEMENTS ARE RELATED TO
EACH OTHER IN TERMS OF
FORM, COLOR, THEME, ETC.
 BALANCE
(SYMETRICAL AND ASYMETRICAL)

SYMMETRICAL BALANCE (OR SYMMETRY)

MEANS THAT THE WORK OF ART IS THE
SAME ON ONE SIDE AS THE OTHER,
A MIRROR IMAGE OF ITSELF, ON BOTH
SIDES OF A CENTER LINE.
ASYMMETRICAL BALANCE (OR
ASYMMETRY) MEANS THAT THE TWO
HALVES OF THE WORK OF ART ARE
DIFFERENT, HOWEVER, TRY TO CREATE
BALANCE.
 RHYTHM AND
MOVEMENT
CREATING A SENSE OF
DIRECTION THROUGH
REPETETIVE ELEMENT.
MOVEMENT DIRECTS THE
VIEWER’S EYE TOWARDS
SOMETHING.
 UNITY AND
VARIETY
ELEMENTS SHOULD BE SEEN AS A
WHOLE IN UNISON. WHERE AS
VARIETY STILL GIVES A SENSE OF
UNITY BUT THE ELEMENTS ARE
DISTINGUISHABLE IN SOME
ASPECTS TO SHOW MORE
INTEREST TO THE WORK.
 EMPHASIS AND
SUBORDINATION
AN AREA OR A SPECIFIC SUBJECT
IS GIVEN FOCUS, HENCE OTHER
PARTS OF THE PICTURE ARE
SUBORDINATED (SUBTRACTED)
 SCALE AND
PROPORTION
IT IS AN EFFECTIVE WAY OF
CHANGING THE SCALE TO
ACHIEVE CERTAIN VISUAL GOAL.
IT ALSO SHOWS RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN THE OBJECT AND THE
SPACE.
 DEPTH AND
PERSPECTIVE
SHOWS THREE-DIMENTIONALITY
IN SPACE THROUGH THE USE OF
PERSPECTIVE LINES AND
VANISHING POINTS.