Module 2 Part 1: Elements of Art and Gesture lines: when lines are used to

Design – Definition express emotions

Color Properties in Different Media
Elements of the Visual Arts Light and Value Paint Light Printing
(e.g., transm
Elements serve as the vocabulary. Light: need to perceive anything oil, itting
Composition is the grammar or rules for Value: refers to the intensity of light and acrylic) (TV)
Primary Red, Red, Cyan,
putting things together darkness in a reflective or non-light
blue, green, magenta,
transmitting surface or medium
Line yellow blue yellow,
Color black
Line: the most basic of the elements; a Secondar Violet Yellow Red
moving point that travels from position A to Color: is a phenomenon that humans y (red + (red + (magenta+
B and has a length but no width perceive visually blue) green) yellow)
Green Cyan Blue (cyan
Actual line: has width because it is drawn Colors have three (3) properties: (blue (green +
using concrete materials; visible and clearly + + blue) magenta)
1. hue which the pure state of color
expressed yellow) Magen Green
2. value Orange ta (yello +
Implied line: type of line which we see in (yellow (blue + cyan)
dotted or dash lines; our mind fills the gap 3. intensity or chroma is the brightness or +red) red)
between the separated segments and we dullness of a color Complem Blue – Red – Cyan –
do not perceive the line as a separate but entary orange cyan red
continuous Color Wheel: a device used to understand Red – Green Magenta –
the relationship among the colors green – green
a. Lines may be thick or thin, light or Yellow magen Yellow -
dark – ta blue
b. Lines have direction purple Blue –
c. Lines can be used to designate yellow
spatial relations Mixture Gray White Black
of all
Perspective or perspectival line: implied primary
lines in a work that create the illusion of colors
depth
They are focused on a point called the
vanishing point

 When parallel or repetitive, order is

suggested
 When lines collide, randomness,
chaos, conflict, and disorder is
suggested
Complementary colors: exact opposite of
each other
Analogous colors: show primary, secondary,
and tertiary colors side by side in a color
wheel
Texture and Pattern
Texture: represents the characteristics of a
surface
a. Actual or tactile: it invites being touched
b. Visual or virtual: appeal to the eye as a
result of careful use of color and color
values
Pattern
Pattern: refers to repeated visual form
Shape and Volume
Shape: refers to a two-dimensional work.
a. Regular: follows a geometric shape such
as quadrilateral, circle, triangle or polygon.
b. Irregular: complex shapes with no set
pattern
i. organic or biomorphic: nature-
based shapes
Volume: three-dimensional work
i. simulated or virtual: “to fool the
eye”
ii. real
Space: refers to the element that allows the
art work to be perceived as a whole
 Buffer: empty space around
monuments
a. planar: found on a flat picture plane
b. three-dimensional space: occupied by an
artwork with volume
c. positive space: space occupied by an
object
d. negative space: void between the subject
and around the subject
Principles of Composition
Composition: putting the elements of arts
Derived from the Latin words: cum, meaning
with; and powere, to put.
Good composition follows certain principles:
1. Balance: involves placing elements of
the composition so that their visual weight is
distributed evenly
a. Symmetrical: equal weight
b. Asymmetrical: one-half of a c
omposition does not mirror the other
2. Rhythm: refers to recurring motifs and
designs separated by intervals
a. Regular: equal intervals in
between
b. Alternating: different components
separated by set intervals
c. Eccentric: irregular but beats still
connect
d. Progressive: visual beats move
from fast to slow or slow to fast
3. Scale and Proportion
Proportion: refers to the size of one part
relative to another within an art work
Scale: size of a component in relation to
what we consider normal
4. Emphasis: means creating one or more
focal points in a work
5. Unity and Variety
Unity: when an artwork comes together (not
uniformity)
Perspective
the creation of an illusion of a space on a
flat surface; mimicking how the human eye
sees depth
a. vanishing point: point on the image
plane of a perspective drawing
b. horizontal line or person’s eye level
One-point perspective: has a single point on
the horizontal level
Two-point perspective: has a vanishing
point at both ends of the horizontal line
Three-point perspective: has third point
below or above the horizontal line
Multiple-point: more than three vanishing
points and used in complex landscapes
Aerial or atmospheric perspective: when
tones are manipulated