Contemporary Arts

A element of art that is used to define shape, contours and outlines, also to suggest mass and volume.

Line

Characteristics of line

Form

Direction

Curved, dotted, or broken lines

Form

Vertical, horizontal, or diagonal lines.

Direction

Characteristics of lines may convey different meanings

Horizontal line

Vertical line

Diagonal line

Curved line

Circular line

Creates an impression of serenity and perfect stability.

Horizontal Line

Creates an impression of strength and perfect stability.

Vertical Line

Creates an impression of action.

Diagonal Lines

Creates an impression of gradual change of direction.

Curved Lines

Creates an impression of abrupt change of direction.

Circular Lines

Lines can be classified into different types

Outlines

Contour lines

Expressive lines

Sketch lines

Calligraphic lines

Implied lines

Are made by the edge of an object or its silhouette.

Outlines

Describe the shape of an object and the interior detail.

Contour Lines

Catch the movement and gestures of an active figure.

Expressive Lines

Capture the appearance of an object or impression of a place.

Sketch Lines

Are the elegant handwriting or lettering done by hand.

Calligraphic Lines

Are lines that are not actually drawn but created by a group of objects seen from a distance.

Implied Lines

Is an area that is enclosed by a line or lines. Are two-dimensional figures with height and width.

Shape

Different types of shapes

Geometric shapes

Organic shapes

Positive shapes

Negative shapes

Static shapes

Dynamic shapes

Are circles, squares, rectangles, triangles, and other geometric shapes.

Geometric Shapes

Are shapes found in nature and are free flowing, informal, and irregular (abstract shapes).

Organic Shapes

Are the solid forms in a design.

Positive Shapes

Are the space around the positive shape.

Negative Shapes

Are shapes that appears stable and resting.

Static Shapes

Are shapes that appears moving and active.

Dynamic Shapes

Are the way we see light reflected from a surface or refracted through a prism. ____ we see in nature are reflections of light on the surface around us.

Color

Are red, blue, and yellow.

Primary Colors

Are the resulting colors when the two of the primary colors are mixed.

Secondary Colors

purple, green, and orange.

Are the resulting colors when two of the primary and/or secondary colors are mixed.

Tertiary Colors

amber, vermilion, magenta, violet, teal, and chartreuse.

Are colors that lie next to each other based on the color wheel.

Analogous Color

yellow, orange, and red.

Are colors that are opposite to each other based on the color wheel.

Complementary Colors

red and green; blue and orange; and purple and yellow.

Complimentary colors

Yellow/Violet

Yellow-Orange/Blue-Violet

Orange/Blue

Red-Orange/Blue-Green

Red/Green

Red-Violet/Yellow-Green

Are several values of one color.

Monochromatic Colors

Are colors that give the feeling of warmth.

Warm Colors

yellow, amber, orange, vermilion, red, and magenta.

Are colors that give the feeling of coolness.

Cool Colors

purple, violet, blue, teal, green, and chartreuse.

Refers to the distance or areas around, between or within components of a piece refers to the arrangement of objects on the picture plane (two-dimensional). In visual arts, _____ may either be positive ____or negative ____.

Space

Refers to the part which is enclosed in a shape.

Positive Space

Refers to the opposite part which the space is enclosing.

Negative Space

Is the element that appeals to our sense of feel on things—rough or smooth, bumpy or slippery. It is the character of the surface of an artwork.

Texture

2 Types of Texture

Real Texture

Implied Texture

Is the actual texture of an object.

Real Texture

Made a piece of art to look like a certain texture.

Implied Texture

Pertains to the lightness or darkness of a color in a given artwork. Can be changed by adding white or black to a color and these described as tint and shade.

Value

Pertains to the lightness of a color.

Tint

Pertains to the darkness of a color.

Shade

Is the three-dimensionality of an object. It has dimensions of height, width, and length.

Form

This refers to the repetition of certain elements to produce a pattern.

Rhythm

Is the illusion of motion in a painting, sculpture, or design.

Movement

Refers to the visual weight in a picture. It refers to the even distribution of positions of elements in an artwork.

Balance

Principle of Balance

Symmetrical Balance

Asymmetrical Balance

Proportion

Contrast

Variety

Emphasis

Harmony

Refers to an artwork wherein its both sides has the same elements in the same position.

Symmetrical Balance

Refers to an artwork wherein it is balance

Asymmetrical Balance

Refers to the relationship of the size of objects in a body of work.

Proportion

This principle shows differences between elements or arts in an artwork.

Contrast

This principle of art refers to the diversity or the different elements.

Variety

Refers to the greater impact or highlight given to a certain element in an artwork.

Emphasis

This principle of art refers to the unity of an artwork. It is about the arrangement of related elements that makes an artwork to be viewed as a whole.

Harmony