HowcanIexploretheelementsofarttoimprovemyartworkandproduceastilllifepieceofwork?

• Recognisetheelementsofart:colour,line,pattern,formandshape.

• Identifyexamplesofprimary,secondaryandtertiarycolours.• Exploretheuseoflineanddifferentmarkmakingtechniques.• Explainwhatapatternisandproduceaseriesofhanddrawn

patterns.• Knowthedifferencebetweenshapeandform.• Practisedrawingdifferenttechniquesofdifferentshapesand

practiseshadingthem.• Planandproduceastilllifeobservationaldrawingusingthe

elementsofart.

• ElementsofArt

• Colour• Line• Pattern• Form• Shape• Tone• StillLife• Sketch• MarkMaking• Technique• Observational

Drawing• StillLife

Anartworkismadeupofdifferentelements,oftenusedtogethertomake

afinalpieceofart.Theyarelikethetoolsofart.Byunderstandingthedifferentelementsweareabletocreatebetterartandinterpret

theartofothers.

Colour

Form

Value

TextureShape

Space

Line&Pattern

Whattypesoflinedoyouseeinthisimage?

VincentvanGogh‘ViewfromtheWheatfields’1888

Thinkaboutlength,width,distanceanddirectionsofthelineyousee.

Didyoucomeupwithanyofthese?

ThinThickStraightCurvedLongShortVerticalHorizontalDiagonalCrosshatchingDottedlinesSpirals

WhatisLine?

Alinecanvaryinwidth,lengthanddirection.

Linescanalsobehorizontal,vertical,diagonal,straight,curved,thickorthin.

Lineisusedtosketch,drawandoutline,theyhelpyoudevelopthecompositionofyourartwork.

Alineisaconnectionbetweentwopoints.

Lineisoneofthemostimportantelementsofart.Imaginetryingtodraw,designorpaintwithoutusinglines!

Lineisessentialtothecreativeprocess,itcancommunicateathought,anideaandevenafeeling.

Howislineusedinart?Lineformsthebasisofanygoodpieceofartwork.Hereisanexampleofanartistusingcontourlines.

Contourlinesaretheoutlinesofanobject,shapeorform.

Contourdrawingisatechniquewheretheartistssketchestheoutlineofasubject.

Contourdrawingfocusesontheshapeofthesubjectandtheartistisnotconcernedwithdetail.

TheFrenchword‘contour’meansoutline.

Egon Schiele– ‘FranzHauer’- 1914

ExpressiveLineLinecanbeusedtoshowexpressionorfeeling.Ashort,thick,straightlineconveysadifferentfeelingoremotiontoonethatislong,thinandswirly.

VincentVanGogh‘TheStarryNight’1889

Linecanalsodemonstratemovementwithinapieceofartwork,showingtheflowofafabric,orthespeedofabirdinflight.

HerbertRailton‘WroughtIronGates,Gray’s Inn’1895

3-DimensionalLineLinecangiveanobjecttheappearanceofitbeing3-dimensional.Usingtechniquessuchascrosshatching,shadingandblending,linecanmakeanobjectappearrealistic,asinHerbertRailton'sdrawing.

TaskYouractivityistoexperimentandtestavarietyofmarkmaking.

Howmanydifferentmarkscanyoucomeupwith?

Here’sanexampletogetyoustarted