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ART ELEMENTS REVIEW Slide 2 THE ART ELEMENTS The Seven Building Blocks of Art LINETEXTURECOLORVALUESPACESHAPEFORM South Seneca Falcons Love To Celebrate Victories Slide 3 LINE A continuous mark that is longer than it is wide. Almost every artwork begins with a line. South Seneca Falcons Love To Celebrate Victories Slide 4 LINE can be used to communicate images, messages, and emotions. It can define the edges and surface of a form. Line is also the basis of written communication, from pictograms and hieroglyphics, to our present- day alphabet. Slide 5 3 TYPES OF LINE: Actual Line Implied Line Psychic Line Slide 6 Actual Line is a solid line found in an artwork. Slide 7 Edvard Munch The Scream Actual Line Slide 8 Bridget Riley Fall Actual Line Slide 9 Implied Line takes the eye into and through the artwork, and leads to the focal point, like Lead-In Lines. Slide 10 Johannes Vermeer The Artists Studio Implied Line Slide 11 Henri Matisse Lady in Blue Implied Line Slide 12 Psychic Line is an invisible line that connects two things, like a finger pointing to something. Slide 13 Andrew Wyeth Christinas World Psychic Line Slide 14 George Bellows Dempsey and Firpo Psychic Line Slide 15 Duane Hanson The Tourists Psychic Line Slide 16 5 PROPERTIES OF LINE: Direction Length Waviness Solidness Thickness Slide 17 Line Direction HORIZONTAL LINES are quiet and restful, like sleeping. They are PEACEFUL lines. Henry Moore Reclining Figure Slide 18 Line Direction VERTICAL LINES suggest life, growing, or reaching. They are POWERFUL lines. Maxfield Parrish Ecstasy Slide 19 Line Direction DIAGONAL LINES show motion. They are ACTIVE lines. Greek Laocoon & His Sons Slide 20 Line Length Line Length Short, Medium & Long Lines Kandinsky Composition VIII Slide 21 Line Waviness CURVED LINES are graceful, fluid, and calm. Alphonse Mucha Job Slide 22 Line Waviness STRAIGHT LINES imply precision and control. Piet Mondrian Composition in Yellow, Blue, Red Slide 23 Line Waviness JAGGED LINES Lines express tension. Hokusai The Great Wave Slide 24 Line Solidness Slide 25 Crayon Ink Charcoal Slide 26 Line Thickness Slide 27 Slide 28 6 FUNCTIONS OF LINE: Drawing a Form Show Movement and Emphasis Show Texture and Pattern Show Form and Shading Show Perspective Show Emotion Slide 29 DRAW FORMS Line can DRAW FORMS Contour Line Slide 30 DRAW FORMS Line can DRAW FORMS Sketched Line Slide 31 DRAW FORMS Line can DRAW FORMS Gesture Line Slide 32 DRAW FORMS Line can DRAW FORMS Broken Line Slide 33 SHOW MOVEMENT & EMPHASIS Line can SHOW MOVEMENT & EMPHASIS Vincent Van Gogh Starry Night Slide 34 SHOW TEXTURE & PATTERN Line can SHOW TEXTURE & PATTERN Gustav Klimt The Kiss Slide 35 SHOW FORM & SHADING Line can SHOW FORM & SHADING Slide 36 SHOW PERSPECTIVE Line can SHOW PERSPECTIVE Slide 37 SHOW EMOTION Line can SHOW EMOTION Jacques Louis David Napoleon Bonaparte Crossing the Alps Slide 38