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The Elements of DesignThe Elements of Design
One easy way to remember the Elements of Design is to remember this phrase: “T.V. Shows C.F.L. Season” for…
Texture Value Shape Colour Form Line
Space
TEXTURETEXTURE
Texture refers to the surface quality or “feel” of an object; its smoothness, roughness or softness.
Textures can be real or simulated.
TASK:Look around the classroom and create two
simulated textures with rubbings.
Place a piece of paper over something that has texture. Apply pressure on the paper using the
side of your 8B pencil. See what happens.
VALUEVALUE
Value is the lightless and darkness of an object. Value helps to create realism. You can create value with shading, hatching, cross-hatching and pointillism.
TASK:Remember those beautiful spheres you
created with value?
Change this circle into a sphere by adding a range of light and dark values.
SHAPESHAPE
Shape is an enclosed space defined and determined by other elements. There are two types of shapes: geometric and organic.
Geometric - are precise mathematical shapes (such as circles, rectangles, squares, triangles…)
Organic – curved or soft edges often things found in nature like flowers, leaves etc..
COLOURCOLOUR
Colour has three properties:
Hue: the name of the colourIntensity: the brightness of darkness of a
colourValue: light and darkness of a colour
Match the colour schemes with the correct colour combinations.
__Analogous Colours
__Monochormatic
__Complementary Colours
__Split Complementary Colours
__Warm Colours
__Cool Colours
a) mostly blues, greens, violet colours
b) mostly red, orange and yellow colours
c) colours beside each other on the colour wheel
d) One colour + black and white
e) Colours opposite each other on the colour wheel
f)f) A colour plus the two A colour plus the two neighbours of its neighbours of its complementary colour. complementary colour.
FORMFORM
Form is the same as the element of shape Form is the same as the element of shape exceptexcept that it is always 3-dimensional that it is always 3-dimensional therefore it shows a sense of depth therefore it shows a sense of depth
Form can also be Form can also be geometricgeometric or or organicorganic..
LINELINE
Lines are everywhere, in nature architecture, people. Lines can be thick or thin, continuous or interrupted. They can be created with pen, paint, wire etc...
Contour Lines – describes the shape of an object, and include interior detail.
Gesture Lines - are looping, twisting and changing directions. They capture movement.
TRY THIS.TRY THIS.
TASK:Create a contour line of something found
outside. (tree, flower, leaf, pumpkin)
Redraw the same object using gesture lines.
SPACESPACE
Space refers to the distance or area between, around, above or below objects.
It can be described as: (2D space) Positive / Negative spaceor (3D space) Depth or Distance
Creating the Illusion of SpaceCreating the Illusion of Space
Six ways to create the illusion of depth:
1. Size (larger in foreground, smaller in the background)2. Detail (high in the foreground, low in the background)3. Overlapping (closer objects cover objects further in space)
4. Colour Temperature (warm advance and cool recede)5. Placement (concerns with the arrangement of objects on
your picture plane)6. Perspective (1,2 or 3 point perspective or aerial
perspective)
TASK:1.Let’s try using SIZE, DETAIL and
OVERLAPPING tricks to create the illusion of space (depth).
Using a blank piece of paper draw:1 house in the foreground (this will need to be big)
1 puppy in the middleground & (medium)1 tree in the background (small)
TASK:Go back to your drawing and let’s try using
DETAIL and OVERLAPPING tricks to create the illusion of space (depth).
Add some more details to the house (like someone looking out the window).Draw (at least 5) more trees and overlapped.