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KCC Art 211 Ch 3 Visual Elements
This document discusses various visual elements used in art including line, shape, form, space, perspective, light, color, and texture. It defines different types of lines such as contour lines, curvilinear lines, and implied lines. It also describes geometric shapes, organic shapes, positive and negative shapes, and figure-ground reversal. Additionally, it covers topics such as linear perspective, atmospheric perspective, implied motion, light, color schemes including primary/secondary/tertiary colors and warm/cool colors, and textures both actual and implied.
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KCC Art 211 Ch 3 Visual Elements
- 1. Chapter 3 VisualElements
- 2. Line a pathof action Characteristics of line – Active Static Aggressive/passive Sensual/mechanical Directional Defines boundaries Implies volume or mass Suggests motion or emotion Forms patterns and textures
- 3. Line Implied line– suggests a visual connection Contour line – outline of something
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- 6. Geometric Shapes 2Dshapes on the left 3D shapes on the right Square Triangle Circle Box Pyramid Sphere
- 7. Organic Shapes irregular,curving, rounded, relaxed, informal, lines in nature
- 8. Positive/Negative Shapes Positiveshapes – subject or dominant shapes on the picture plane Negative shapes – background areas
- 9. Figure-ground Reversal M.C.Escher's work
- 10. Mass/ Form 3D– physical bulk Closed form open form
- 11. Space continuous, infinite,ever present 3D space – our relationship to objects in space 2D space – defined by height and width, implied a. Overlapping – b. Overlapping and size – c. Vertical placement - d. Implied space - Overlapping Diminishing size Vertical placement
- 12. Linear perspective theway objects appear in space to the eye Vanishing point Horizon line Eye level Vantage point One point perspective Two point perspective
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- 16. Implied motion Tocreate a sense of movement
- 17. Light Light dramaticallychanges the way we perceive things
- 18. Light Chiaroscuro usesthe graduations of light and shade revealing forms by subtle shifting from light to dark areas, there are no sharp outlines
- 19. Color A componentof light that affects our thoughts, moods, actions, and health Hue means color
- 20. Achromatic - Withoutthe property of hue/color Black, white and gray Value - Lightness or darkness of a hue White makes the color lighter creating a tint Black makes the color darker creating a shade Achromatic painting using black, white and gray
- 21. Neutral Colors Brown,white, black, gray
- 22. Primary Colors Red,blue, yellow Cannot be produced by intermixing other colors All other colors are mixed from these 3 colors
- 23. Secondary Colors Orange,green, violet Colors mixed from a combination of 2 primary colors Red + Blue = Violet Blue + Yellow = Green Red + Yellow = Orange
- 24. Tertiary Color Red-orangeYellow-orange Yellow-green Blue-green Blue-violet Red-violet
- 25. Warm Colors RedYellow Orange
- 26. Cool Colors BlueGreen Violet
- 27. Color Schemes Colorgroupings that create distinct color harmony Monochromatic One color plus white and black Analogous 3 – 5 colors next to each other on the color wheel Complementary 2 colors directly opposite each other on the color wheel
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- 29. Monochromatic one colorplus black and white Violet, black and white were used in this painting
- 30. Analogous atleast 3 – 5 colors next to each other on the color wheel
- 31. Complementary Colors 2colors directly opposite each other on the color wheel Red – green Blue – orange Yellow – violet These colors when mixed create hues of brown
- 32. Texture Tactile qualitiesof touch and feel Actual textures – feel by touching Meret Oppenheim – Object 1936 Tree root
- 33. Implied texture –created to look like something on a flat surface Van Gogh close up