elements of visual art

VISUAL ART

Elements of a Visual Art

Line

Shape

Color

Value

Texture

Form

Line

line is a series of points that extends in two opposite directions without end

A pathway between two points

A progression/series of points

Shapes

Close figures Geometric Shapes Organic Shapes

Colors and Value

Value - lightness and darkness of colors

*Hue

*Shade

*Tint

Colors and Value

Hue These are the purest and brightest

colors. They form the full spectrum of colors which progress around the Primary Color Wheel in gradual increments.

Tint It's simply any color with white

added. Shade

A Shade is simply any color with black added.

Tone A Tone is created by adding both

White and Black. Any color that is "greyed down" is considered a Tone.

Colors

In paint pigments, pure Yellow, pure Red, and pure Blue are theoretically the only hues that can't be created by mixing any other colors.

When you mix any 2 of the Pure Hues, you get 3 New "children".YELLOW + RED = ORANGERED + BLUE = VIOLET / PURPLEBLUE + YELLOW = GREEN

When you mix the Main Colors with their "children"you get 6 new colors.YELLOW + ORANGE = YELLOW-ORANGERED + ORANGE = RED-ORANGERED + VIOLET / PURPLE = RED-PURPLEBLUE + VIOLET / PURPLE = BLUE-PURPLEBLUE + GREEN = BLUE-GREENYELLOW + GREEN = YELLOW-GREEN

Color Harmonies

Monochromatic harmony — is otherwise referred to as one-mode or one hue harmony. It combines different intensities or values - lightness and darkness or brightness and dullness - of one color only. Examples are blue, light blue, dark blue.

Complementary harmony — is achieved by a combination of any opposite colors in the color wheel. Blue and violet, for instance, are complementary colors.

Analogous harmony — means a combination of two or more neigh boring colors in the color chart.

Monocromatic

Color Harmonies

Triad A triadic color scheme uses colors that are evenly spaced around the color wheel.

Triadic color harmonies tend to be quite vibrant, even if you use pale or unsaturated versions of your hues.

Split-Complementary The split-complementary color scheme is a variation of the complementary color scheme. In addition to the base color, it uses the two colors adjacent to its complement.

Rectangle (tetradic)The rectangle or tetradic color scheme uses four colors arranged into two complementary pairs.

This rich color scheme offers plenty of possibilities for variation.

Texture

Smoothness and roughness of a surface/art work

Can be identified by touch or sight

Texture

Form

The entire work

Composition of Visual Arts

Harmony

Balance

Movement/

DirectionRhythm

Composition of Visual Arts

Harmony

Balance

Movement/

DirectionRhythm

unity of all elements of arts: line, shapes, colors, values, texture, form

Composition of Visual Arts

Harmony

Balance

Movement/

Direction

Rhythm

unity of all elements of arts: line, shapes, colors, values, texture, form

beat/music in an art work

Composition of Visual Arts

Harmony

Balance

Movement/

Direction

Rhythm

unity of all elements of arts: line, shapes, colors, values, texture, form

beat/music in an art work

state of equilibrium in artwork

Symmetrical Balance - Linear

Symmetrical Balance - Radial

Asymmetrical Balance

Asymmetrical Balance

Composition of Visual Arts

Harmony

Balance

Movement/

Direction

Rhythm

unity of all elements of arts: line, shapes, colors, values, texture, form

beat/music in an art work

state of equilibrium in artwork

Prepared by: JC de Egurrolajeelchristine@i.ph

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