ELEMENTS OF ART

The elements of line

• one of the seven elemts of art

• Most basic element of art

• “A moving dot”

• Also the foundataional to painting even if associated with drawing

• The most bvious use of line when its used to define the boundaries of a subject

• Used to describe the details of the subject

• Outlining is just the beginning!!!

• Getting the size, balance, and proportion of the subject

Types of lines

• horizontal

  • Infinity

  • Parallel to horizon and flow from left to right

  • Calmness

  • Ground

  • Body of water

  • Cloud

• vertical

  • Shows structure

  • Stability

  • Move up and down without any slant

• Diagonial

  • Shows imbalance

  • Lines that are slant

• Zigzag and curved

  • Both show chaos

  • Lines that change abruptly

  • Z - chaos

  • Curved - soft edges, sense of softness, shows a sense of infinity, shows freedom to use any shapes or any form

• implied lines

  • Not drawn or invisible, may “implied” line using broken lines

  • Usually for optical illusion

  • May not be visible but are implied due to contrast in valye or in the inclusion of broken lines

• Contour lines

  • Using shades and details to create shadow

  • Line that folow the outlines of the subject, emphasizing shape and form

  • Use line and details to give detail and information

  • Adds depth to the image

• Line quality/ line weight

  • refers to thickness of line To give info/impression of shadows

• Cross contour lines

  • 3 dimentionality of an object

  • Flow over the form of the subject

  • Can be implied or visible

  • Used to shade a drawing with hatching and cross hatching

• Hatching

  • Using directional linear strokes that do not cross over each other to create shading in a drawing

• Cross hatching

  • hatching in two directions of lines

  • To create lighter shades and show that structure of ab object

  • Structure na solid

  • The greater the concentration of marks, the darker the value

Shading with line

• By using lines, hathing, scribbling, we can create a shape

• hatching (one direction)

• Cross hatching

• Circulism (finer, lighter aka scrbbling)

• Contouring (we create shape)

Shape

• flat and closed area craeted thought lines, area enclosed by other shapes, texturs, and colors

• Form, however is a 3d subject in a 3d compotisition

• geometric shapes

  • Precise edges and mathematically consistent curves

  • Precise edges

  • Can be measures and they are absolute

• Organic shapes

  • Flowy and infinite

  • Shapes like trees, plats, coral,s flowers, animals, etc

  • No precise edges and measurement

  • Different forms and they vary

  • Unpredicatble and free flowing

• Positive and negative shape

  • Shape that has details inside it, such as an outline of a human, with body features

• Representational shapes

  • 3d shapes or it can be a persona, animal, object that is 3d but made into 2d to make an impression

  • Aka abtract shapes

  • Shapes that we see in signs or signals (like yung drawing of male or female sa cr)

ELEMENTS OF VALUE

Value

• aka tint

• Created by ADDING WHITE

• Manipulation of light and dark

• Create illusion of the mass and of the volume

• Cration of dramatic effect and of the focal point within the art work

Tone

• hue with GRAY added

Shade

• hue with black added