READING VISUAL ART:

DIFFERENTIATE VISUAL ELEMENTS OF ART

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 LINE - A line is an essential element of visual arts. It is defined as a
series of connected dots.
 All visual artists, such as painters, sculptors, and
architects, use line as a springboard of their finished
products.
 Most of the visual arts start with pencil sketches, which
are essentially line-based.
 Lines are classified according to position, direction, and
shape. Emotions can be associated with lines as the latter
determine motion, energy, and direction of an art.
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1. Actual Line - Actual lines
are physically present,
existing as solid
connections between one
or more points.
Actual lines are fairly
straightforward. They
are lines that we can
actually see.
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1. Actual Line - Actual lines
are physically present,
existing as solid
connections between one
or more points.
Actual lines are fairly
straightforward. They
are lines that we can
actually see.
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2. Implied line - Implied lines
are created when a
viewer of art visually
connects two or more
areas together. Implied
lines refer to the direction
to which an eye takes as it
follows other elements
within an art work.
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2. Implied line - Implied lines
are created when a
viewer of art visually
connects two or more
areas together. Implied
lines refer to the direction
to which an eye takes as it
follows other elements
within an art work.
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3. Straight or classic lines
provide the structure to a
composition. They exhibit
steadiness, stiffness, and
force. On the surface,
they can be in the form of
horizontal, vertical, or
diagonal. Most inanimate
objects are made from
straight or classic lines.
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3. Straight or classic lines
provide the structure to a
composition. They exhibit
steadiness, stiffness, and
force. On the surface,
they can be in the form of
horizontal, vertical, or
diagonal. Most inanimate
objects are made from
straight or classic lines.
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4. Expressive lines or
curved or organic lines,
indicate movements
that are smooth,
graceful, or flexible.
They add life and
dynamics to a work of
art.
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4. Expressive lines or
curved or organic lines,
indicate movements
that are smooth,
graceful, or flexible.
They add life and
dynamics to a work of
art.
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5. Outline or contour line create a path around
the edge of a shape. Outlines define shapes.
6. Cross contour lines describe the form of the
shape and reflect the movement of your
eye. They help you understand the solid
form of the object when you create shading
using this type of line.
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7. Hatch lines are repeated at short intervals in
generally one direction. They give shading and
visual texture to the surface of an object.
8. Crosshatch lines provide additional tone and
texture. They can be oriented in any direction.
Multiple layers of crosshatch lines can give rich
and varied shading to objects by manipulating
the pressure of the drawing tool to create a large
range of values.
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 COLOR - In the visual arts, color is the most noticeable element.
 Colors are classified in different ways.
 Color has three dimensions or attributes: hue, value, and intensity.
 Based on how they are produced, colors can be primary, secondary, or
tertiary.
Color theory classifies color into the "primary colors" which compose of red,
yellow, and blue, and "secondary colors" which compose of green, orange,
and violet. The secondary color is a combination of colors in the primary
colors. When primary and secondary colors are combined, they are classified
as tertiary colors. The color wheel is an illustration that shows the
relationships of all various colors to each other.
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 Based on the position in the color
wheel, colors can be adjacent,
analogous, complementary, split
complementary, or triadic.
 Based on the effect of the visual
sense, colors can be warm or cool.
 According to value, they can be
light or dark.
 Based on intensity, they can be
bright or dark.
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Hue - The
dimension of color
that gives color its
name. Example:
Green and violet
are hues.
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Value (tint, shade)
The darkness and lightness of the hue.
When values are below normal, it is called a tint
(just add white)
When values are above normal, it is called a
shade (just add black)
Example: Pink is a tint of red.
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Intensity - The brightness and the darkness of the color.
Also known as saturation.
Analogous Color - Three or four neighboring colors with
one color in all mixtures.
Complementary Color - Colors that are opposite each
other in the color wheel.
Split Complementary Color - Any three colors forming
a Y in the color wheel.
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Triadic Color - Three colors forming a triangle in the
color wheel.
Warm Color - Colors associated warmth, cheerfulness,
and excitement. Usually associated with sources of
heat. Example: orange, yellow, red
Cool Color - Colors associated with distance,
tranquility, and restfulness. Example: violet, green,
blue
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Monochrome - A color with a different shade.
Additive color - Color created by mixing green, red,
and blue
Subtractive color - The reverse of additive color; the
primary colors become cyan, magenta, yellow, and
black
Tone - Gradation of a color on a lighter or darker scale.
The color as an element as applied in visual arts
can be highlighted on the concept of
chiaroscuro in Baroque paintings. Chiaroscuro
literally means “light-dark” in Italian is used by
Baroque artists to produce a highly dramatic
effect in art. Caravaggio is popular in using
chiaroscuro in high contrast palette in his
work, “The Denial of St. Peter” as shown
below.
Such style of using the
chiaroscuro method to
achieve a dark, gloomy,
and mysterious visual
effect from the violent
contrast of light and
dark is called tenebrism.
This style is mostly seen
in Italian and Spanish
paintings.
Another term associated with color
(specifically in the context of light and shade)
is stippling. This a technique in drawing
where areas in light and shadow are created
with dots. For darker areas, you apply a
greater number of dots and keep them close
together. Then for progressively lighter areas,
use fewer dots and space them farther apart.
In a drawing or painting,
the dots are made of
pigment of a single
colour, applied with a
pen or brush; the denser
the dots, the darker the
apparent shade—or
lighter, if the pigment is
lighter than the surface.
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EXAMPLE
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PERSPECTIVE - Perspective deals with the effect of
distance to the appearance of the object.
Perspective is the point of view, the angle of vision,
and the frame of reference in art.
It enables viewers to perceive distance vis-à-vis an
object in the art work.
In perspective, the concept of horizon line and
vanishing point matter.
One-point perspective
occurs when the
receding lines appear
to converge at a
single point on the
horizon and used
when the flat front of
an object is facing the
viewer.
Two-point
perspective occurs
when the vertical
edge of a cube is
facing the viewer,
exposing two
sides that recede
into the distance,
one to each
vanishing point.
Three-point perspective is used
when an artist wants to project
a “bird’s-eye view”, that is,
when the projection lines
recede to two points on the
horizon and a third either far
above or below the horizon line.
In this case the parallel lines that
make up the sides of an object
are not parallel to the edge of
the ground the artist is working
on (paper, canvas, etc).
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