LESSON 1: ARTS AND ITS

VISUAL ELEMENTS
VISUAL ELEMENTS ARE:

• Line
• Color

• Shape
• Space
• Value
• Texture
• Time
• Motion
LINE

• Prolongation of a point or mark or surface

• Solid lines are used to define form
• Broken lines are used to suggest hidden forms
• To suggest dimensions and guide visual movement
SHAPE AND MASS

• An area drawn using lines

• Based on natural or living forms
• Can be organic shape and irregular or rounded.
• Measured forms
• Geometric shape
• Two dimensional mass refers to solid portions of a three dimensional object
COLOR

This refers to visual perception that allows a person to differentiate objects due to the way
various wavelengths of light are reflected.
• Hue, which refers to the basics or pure color, and is represented in the color wheel.
• Value, which refers to the lightness and darkness of color. A light color or tint is the
result of adding white to a hue, while a dark color or shade results from adding black to a
hue.
• Saturation, which refers to brightness and dullness of color. It is also referred to as purity
of the color.
THREE PROPERTIES OF COLOR

• Basic or pure color

• Value refers to the light and darkness of color
• Saturation refers to brightness and dullness
COLOR WHEEL

• Primary – red, yellow, blue

• Secondary – orange, green, violet
• Tertiary – red-orange,
blue-green,
yellow-orange
COLOR SCHEMES

• Monochoromatic- using the same hue but with different gradients of value
• Analogous- entails the use of three or four adjacent colors in the color wheel
• Complementary- a color and its complement- meaning the color located opposite of the
first color
• Split-complementary- uses the two colors adjacent to the complement
• Tradic- uses three colors that are equal distance with each other.
• Tedradic- uses two pairs of complementary colors.
VALUE

• Refers to the lightness and darkness of an area.

• Element of creating shadows for a two dimensional object to give an illusion depth.
TEXTURE

• This element refers to the feel or appearance of a surface. A person may describe
texture of the surface as either smooth or rough. Texture may also be described as actual
or implied. Actual texture can be felt tangibly based on the material that is used for the
artwork.
SPACE

• Space refers to the area that is occupied by an object or a subject, as well as the area
surrounding that object or subject. An illusion of space can still be created in a two-
dimensional surface using perspective. There are two types of perspective: atmospheric
perspective, which utilizes the properties of light and air in depicting the illusion of
distance; and linear perspective, which involves the use of vanishing points and receding
hidden lines.
TIME AND MOTION

• Movement in the visual arts can either be an illusion or an actual motion. An illusion of
movement is more common in two-dimensional artworks.