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The document outlines the elements and principles of art, detailing seven key elements: line, shape, texture, form, space, color, and value, along with mark making and materiality. It also describes the principles of art, including rhythm, harmony, balance, contrast, movement, proportion, and variety, which guide how these elements are utilized in creating art. Together, these concepts help artists effectively communicate their intentions and evoke responses from viewers.

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Elements

The document outlines the elements and principles of art, detailing seven key elements: line, shape, texture, form, space, color, and value, along with mark making and materiality. It also describes the principles of art, including rhythm, harmony, balance, contrast, movement, proportion, and variety, which guide how these elements are utilized in creating art. Together, these concepts help artists effectively communicate their intentions and evoke responses from viewers.

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ELEMENTS

OF ARTS
Elements of art are stylistic
features that are included
within an art piece to help the
artist communicate. The seven
most common elements include
line, shape, texture, form,
space, colour and value, with
the additions of mark making,
and materiality.
Lines are marks moving in a space between
two points whereby a viewer can visualize the
stroke movement, direction and intention
based on how the line is oriented. Lines
describe an outline, capable of producing
texture according to their length and curve.
The different types of lines artists may use are
actual, implied, vertical, horizontal, diagonal
and contour lines, which all have different
functions. Lines are also situational elements,
requiring the viewer to have knowledge of the
physical world to understand their flexibility,
Shape is a two-dimensional
design encased by lines to signify
its height and width structure, and
can have different values of color
used within it to make it appear
three-dimensional. In animation,
shapes are used to give a
character a distinct personality
and features, with the animator
manipulating the shapes to
Form is a three-dimensional
object with volume of height,
width and depth. These objects
include cubes, spheres and
cylinders. Form is often used
when referring to physical works
of art, like sculptures, as form is
connected most closely with
three-dimensional works.
Color is an element consisting of
hues,
of which there are three properties:
hue, chroma or intensity, and value.
Color is present when light strikes an
object and it is reflected back into
the eye, a reaction to a hue arising in
the optic nerve. The first of the
properties is hue, which is the
distinguishable color, like red, blue or
Space refers to the perspective
(distance between and around) and
proportion (size) between shapes and
objects and how their relationship
with the foreground or background is
perceived. There are different types
of spaces an artist can achieve for
different effect. Positive space refers
to the areas of the work with a
subject, while negative space is the
space without a subject.
Texture is used to describe the
surface quality of the work,
referencing the types of lines the
artist created. The surface quality
can either be tactile (real) or
strictly visual (implied).
Value refers to the degree of
perceivable lightness of tones within
an image.
The element of value is compatible
with the term luminosity, and can be
measured in various units
designating electromagnetic
radiation. The difference in values is
often called contrast, and references
the lightest (white) and darkest
(black) tones of a work of art, with
Mark making is the interaction
between the artist and the
materials they are using. It provides
the viewer of the work with an
image of what the artist had done
to create the mark, reliving what
the artist had done at the time.

Materiality is the choice of


materials used and how it impacts
the work of art and how the viewer
PRINCIP
LE OF
ART
If the elements of art are your
tools, the principles of art are
how you put them to work. It is
where the style of art
manipulates its substance.
Rhythm, harmony, balance,
contrast, movement, proportion,
and variety are the principles of
art.
Rhythm is created by the
variety and repetition of
elements in a work of art
that come together to
create a visual tempo or
beat. This principle of art
describes the movement in
or of an artwork.
Harmony is achieved when
the elements of an artwork
come together in a unified
way. Certain elements are
repeated yet still look and feel
similar. Not monotony and not
chaos, harmony is that
perfectly honed combination
of both.
Balance , Artists combine
elements to add a feeling of
equilibrium or stability to a
work of art. Symmetry and
asymmetry are manifestations
of balance. Starry Night by
Vincent van Gogh
Contrast ,areas of contrast
are where a viewer’s eye
are usually first drawn.
Artists will combine
elements to stress the
differences between those
elements.
Movement is used to create the
look and feeling of action in an
artwork. It guides the viewer’s
eye throughout a piece. A sense
of movement can be varied lines,
repetition of elements, and
gestural mark-making among
many more. Untitled by Jean-
Michel Basquiat
Pattern , this is the uniform
repetition of an element of
art or combination of
elements. Anything can be
turned into a pattern
through repetition.
Proportion within the realm
of the elements and
principles of art, proportion is
the relationship of elements
in an artwork to the whole
and to one another.
Variety is brought about by
using different colors, sizes,
and shapes in a work of art. It
is the partner of unity. Artists
seek the balance between the
two. The principle of art
concerned with diversity or
contrast is that of variety.

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