Elements of Design Powerpoint 2006 655

Formal Elements
Elements of Art
Principles of Art
What makes up an art work?

The Elements of art
Elements of Art
The composition of an art work is made up
of the arrangement of the elements.
These are known as the Elements of Art
Color
line
texture
tone
shape /form
COLOUR
Colour is very expressive and an exciting
element of art. It appeals strongly to the
senses and emotions.
Colour can communicate in all different
ways, it can be very powerful thing in art
work. Art works can communicate by
colour alone. It can cause emotional
reactions.
COLOUR
Primary colours-yellow, red and blue.
(colours that can not be made by mixing
other colours.
Secondary colours- purple, green and
orange (colours mixed from a combination
of any two primary colours)
Complimentary colours (colours found on
the opposite on the colour wheel.)
Monochromatic colour scheme (uses

only one colour and tints and shades)
Harmonious colours- colours that have
something in common. One colour will be
in harmony with another.
Primary colours
Lichtenstein
Secondary colours
Complementary colours
Gauguin
Monochromatic colour scheme

Escher
Colour Schemes
Colour schemes
Complementary colours scheme
Communicating with colour
Cool colours go away from

you
Van Gogh
Van Gogh
Rothko
Warm colours come
towards you
Rothko
Lines
Line in art may mean a single thin stroke
It may signify the meeting edge of two areas
It may refer to the contours as in sculpture
Line can display strong suggestion of
Movement
Line can produce a sense of tranquility
Line
Clement Meadmore
Line
can create volume
Escher
Lines can create movement

they can move through an art work
Escher
Lines can create movement

Brett Whiteley
Brett Whiteley
Brett Whiteley
Brett Whiteley
Larger lines in the
foreground
Smaller lines in the
back ground give an
illusion of distances,
space and
perspective.
Lines create pattern and shape

John Olsen
Tone
Tone can be flat or graduated
Can be created by using shading, line or
dots.
Lines can be used to create tone in
hatching or cross-hatching
Dots can be used to create tone.
Rick Amor
Tone
Tone can be subdued
Strong
Contrasting
Rick Amor
Tone
Rembrandt
Hatching and cross-hatching
Tone
Dramatic use of tone.
Mattia Preti
Tone used to attract
out attention to the
most important part of
the painting
Spot light shining on
the painting
Texture
Read or Simulated
Real texture are the
textures that actually
exist they are what
you actually feel
Simulated textures
Texture
Grained
Rough
Corrugated
Smooth
Furry
Shiny
prickly
Texture
Van Gogh
Texture
When we actually touch and feel a surface we experience
real texture
Real texture; the feel of a surface
Cactus, feathers, scales
When we look at a photograph or a painting of the texture
of a surface such as glass or velvet leather, we see
patterns of light and dark that create the effect of texture
Simulated texture; a two dimensional surface that
imitates real texture, simulated textures copy or imitate
real textures.
Simulated texture
imitates real texture
Max Ernst
Oldenburg
real texture, the feel of a surface
Shape / Form
A shape is an area that is defined in some way
by a line, an edge, a colour or a texture. If we
traced around its outline we would have a
shape, silhouette
Shapes are flat they have only two dimensions
height and width
Shapes can be geometric look as if they were
made with a ruler.
Organic irregular, uneven shapes of nature.
Shape
Shape / Form
Forms, like shapes have height and width
but they also have the third dimension
depth. They are solid. They have
volume and occupy space.
Two dimension - painting
Three dimension - a sculpture
Elements of Art
These five elements are the primary
aspects of visual perception. Every
artwork can be described by reference to
these elements.
For example, a work will have the
presence of strong lines or absence of
line. A work may be full of tone or a
complete lack of tone.
Principles of Design
These are the nine main principles of design
Space
Balance
Proportion
Emphasis
Unity
Contrast
Repetition
Movement
Rhythm
Direction
Principles of Art
The artists use the principles to combine
the elements in a satisfying way.
Ways to create space

Divide the picture into the fore-ground, middle
ground and background
Strong details is used in the foreground, with
gradual loss of detail as the image fades into the
back ground
Large objects in the fore ground graduating to
smaller objects in the back ground
Overlapping of objects give the appearance of
objects being in front of each other
Warm colours in the foreground and cool colours
in the back ground
Degas
Space
Balance
Refers to the distribution of weight in an
art work so that no one part overpowers
another or seems heavier that another.
Artists may choose to create imbalance of
a particular purpose. Sydney Long
Proportion
The relationship between the size of the
objects within an artwork.
Eugene von Guerard
Emphasis
An artist can create a centre of interest by
allowing one area of an art work to
dominate.
Picasso
Contrast Picasso Girl Mirror
Repetition
John Brack - Collins St 5pm
Rhythm
Richard Mock

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Formal Elements

What makes up an art work?

Monochromatic colour scheme (uses

Monochromatic colour scheme

Complementary colours scheme

Communicating with colour

Cool colours go away from

Lines can create movement

Lines can create movement

Lines create pattern and shape

Ways to create space

Contrast Picasso Girl Mirror

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