What is Visual Arts?
The visual arts are art forms such as painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, photography, video, filmmaking, design, crafts, and architecture.
Elements of Art
Definition: Elements of Art is the visual components of color, form, line, shape, space, texture, and value.
Line: An element of art defined by a point moving in space. Line may be two-or three-dimensional, descriptive, implied, or abstract.
Shape: An element of art that is two-dimensional, flat, or limited to height and width.
Form: An element of art that is three-dimensional and encloses volume; includes height, width AND depth (as in a cube, a sphere, a pyramid, or a cylinder). Form may also be free flowing.
Color: An element of art made up of three properties: hue, value, and intensity. • Hue: name of color •Value: hue’s lightness and darkness • Intensity: quality of brightness and purity (high intensity= color is strong and bright; low intensity= color is faint and dull)
Texture: An element of art that refers to the way things feel, or look as if they might feel if touched.
Value: The lightness or darkness of tones or colors. White is the lightest value; black is the darkest. The value halfway between these extremes is called middle gray.
Space: An element of art by which positive and negative areas are defined or a sense of depth achieved in a work of art .
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Lines
Definition
Types of Lines
- Horizontal Lines
- Vertical Lines
- Diagonal Lines
Characteristics of Lines
Length- can be defined as long, short, continuous, broken.
Direction- can be described as horizontal, vertical, diagonal, curving, perpendicular, oblique, parallel, radial, zigzag
Focus- is sharp, blurry, fuzzy, choppy
OTHER TYPES OF LINES
Contour
A contour line defines the outline of a form, as well as the interior structure, without the use of shading.
Gesture
Gesture drawing is a type of drawing that prioritizes flowing movement, resulting in sketchy, fluid lines with less defined shapes than contour drawing. Most gesture drawing uses the human figure as the subject, making it a type of figure drawing.
Outline
The line by which a figure or object is defined or bounded.
Calligraphy
Calligraphy is the art of forming beautiful symbols by hand and arranging them well
Sketch
Traditionally, a sketch is a rough drawing or painting in which an artist jots down of his/her initial concepts for a piece.
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Assignment
In your sketchbooks, you will create a portrait or landscape work of art using your knowledge of the types and characteristics of lines. Each work of Art should have a 1" border, Must include all three types of lines and incorporate atleast eight characteristics. Lines MUST be drawn using a BLACK GEL INK PEN, colour can be added using pencil crayons.
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