What does the term ELEMENTS of ART mean?

The ELEMENTS of ART are the building blocks of art.

LIST & define the SEVEN ELEMENTS OF ART.

Elements of ArtBeside each element write the definition in

your own words. LineShapeFormSpaceValueColor

Texture

Hue the name of the color itself. They have values from light to dark.

ColorCreated when light is reflected off of a surface.

We see the reflected light and our eyes convert it to color.

Tint a lighter value– made by adding white to the hue.

Shade a darker value– made by adding black to the hue.

Intensity the brightness of the hue. Can be changed by changing the value or adding another color to it.

Value the lightness or darkness of a color

The PROPERTIES OF COLOR:

ColorColor comes from light, either natural or artificial.

What happens to color in low

light?

What happens to color in bright light? Ellen Phelan, Light in a Far Field, 2001.

DULL COLORS

COLORS POP- APPEAR BRIGHTER

ColorColor is produced by the way our vision responds to different wavelengths of light. When a ray of white light (such as sunlight) passes through a

glass prism, the ray is bent, or refracted. This ray of light then separates into individual bands of

color, called the spectrum.

ColorArtists’ colors come from powered substances

called pigments.

These natural or chemical materials are combined with other materials to make the

various paints, crayons, inks, and pencils

commonly used by artists.

The name of the color itself. They have values from light to dark.

HUE

RED YELLOW VIOLET

The lightness or darkness of a hue.

VALUE

+ =

HUE WHITE TINT

TINT: Made by adding white to a color so that it is lighter.

SHADE: Made by adding black to a color so that it is darker.

+ =

HUE BLACK SHADE

INTENSITYThe brightness or dullness of a hue.

FUSCHIA - HIGH INTENSITY

OLIVE - LOW INTENSITY

Color is most intense right out of the bottle.

Ways to change the intensity of a pigment: Change the value of the pigment.

Mix the hue with another color (or it’s compliment)

Create a TONE by mixing the hue with gray.

William H. Johnson, Going to Church, 1940-41.

The color wheel fits together like a puzzle - each color in a specific place. Being familiar with the

color wheel not only helps you mix colors when painting, but in adding color to all your art creations.

The Color Wheel

A GUIDE TO STUDY HOW TO CHOOSE

AND COMBINE COLORS

NEUTRALS(NOT REALLY COLORS)

White

Black

Gray

Beige

NEUTRALS

Neutrals don't usually show up on the color wheel. Neutrals include black, white, gray, and sometimes brown and beige. They are

sometimes called “earth tones.”

There are a few different ways to make neutrals.

•You can blend black and white to make gray. You can create brown in two way:•Blending two complementary colors together •Blending all three primary colors together.

In Snow in New York, Robert Henri uses many different neutrals. You can see a few glimpses of red paint, but the overall effect is of natural browns, whites and grays--like those you might see in rocks, sand, dirt, or clay.

Snow in New York by Robert Henri

Color is like Music• The selection and use of color has

been of primary importance to artists over the centuries.

• Like music, color can be used in pleasing chords and many artists have gone so far as to assign particular notes to each color. Like music, there are several primary chords that are universally accepted as harmonic: – Complementary, – Analogous (Warm, Cool), – Monochromatic – Neutral

Richard Cramer, Redbank

PRIMARY HUES

•Pure and basic

•Cannot be made from any other colors

•All other colors are made from these

•Equal distance from each other on color wheel

RED YELLOW BLUE

PRIMARY HUES

PRIMARY COLORS

RED, YELLOW, BLUE

Primary Colors

Boogie Woogie By Piet Mondrian

Roy LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)Untitled1974Silkscreen 82/100113 cm x 90 cmTehran Museum of Contemporary Art

Primary color scheme

PRIMARY HUESPure & Basic

Cannot be made by mixing other colors.

RED, YELLOW, BLUE

SECONDARY HUES

MIXING A PRIMARY + ADJACENT PRIMARY

ORANGE= Red + Yellow

GREEN= Blue + Yellow

VIOLET= Red + Blue

Tertiary / Intermediate HUES

A PRIMARY mixed with a SECONDARY

red- violet red- orange

Yellow-orange

Yellow- greenBlue- green

Blue-violet

Pablo Picasso, The Old Guitarist, 1903

This work is from Picasso’s Blue Period, which was, in part, an outgrowth of the suicide of a

close friend.

What aesthetic experience do you get from this painting?

How does hue help emphasis this?

PRIMARY HUESPure & Basic

Cannot be made by mixing other colors.

RED, YELLOW, BLUE

SECONDARY SCHEME

MIXING A PRIMARY + ADJACENT PRIMARY

ORANGE= Red + Yellow

GREEN= Blue + Yellow

VIOLET= Red + Blue

TERTIARY SCHEME

A PRIMARY mixed with an

adjacent SECONDARY

red- violet red- orange

Yellow-orange

Yellow- greenBlue- green

Blue-violet

COMPLEMENTARY SCHEMEColors directly across from one another

on the color wheel

COMPLEMENTARY SCHEMEColors directly across from one another

on the color wheel.Examples:

Red AND GreenBlue AND OrangeYellow AND Violet

Complements are one of the most common harmonic color schemes and can

provide a beautiful array of subtle variations.

Complements are most pleasing to the eye when one of them dominates and the other is featured as an accent.

Andy WarholElvis I and II 1964silkscreen on acrylic, on aluminum208.3 x 208.3 cm

Complementary Color scheme

Complementary colors: colors opposite each

other on the color wheelRed/Green Orange/Blue Yellow/Violet

COMPLEMENTARY COLORS

Red and green are an example of complementary colors. Look at the painting Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose by John Singer Sargent. The reddish-pink color of the flowers really stands out against the green background. Imagine if Sargent had painted all yellow or blue flowers instead. They would just blend in with the green (ho-hum).

Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose by John Singer Sargent

Which green looks brighter? Why?

The green next to the red appears brighter because red and green are complementary colors.

When complementary colors are placed side by side or used together in an artwork they intensify one

another and appear brighter.

When complementary colors are mixed together they neutralize or make a brown. The BEST brown is

made by mixing red and green.

Complementary Zing• Complementary Colors are

capable of creating two opposite effects: 1. placed next to each other, they

make each other more exciting. For example, to bring out the zing in a dull orange, just try putting pure blue right next to it – both become vivid!

2. mixed with each other, the complement makes the first color darker, duller. So when you want to show a darker side to an object, you can create this shading with the color's complement. In the example the violet has been tempered with its complement, yellow.

Wayne Thibaud, Untitled, Pear with Strawberry

Wolf Kahn, Yellow Square

Complementary Shadows

• When light falls on an object the shadow is generally the complement of the color of the light. Our sun is yellow so we prefer to use purple as a shadow color.

• The light at sunset is orange and pink at sunrise. You can use complements in your art to great effect at those times.

MONOCHROMATIC COLOR SCHEME

A monochromatic scheme consists of different values (tints and shades) of a single color.

A SHADE of a hue is made by mixing black with the hue.

A TINT of a hue is made by mixing a hue with white.

Monochromatic Scale

SPLIT-COMPLEMENTARYCOLOR SCHEME

A split-compliment color scheme includes a main color and the two colors on each side of its complementary (opposite) color on the color wheel.

An example of a split-compliment color scheme could be green, red-violet, and red-orange.

TRIADIC COLOR SCHEMEA triadic color scheme uses colors at the points of an equilateral triangle (three colors spaced equally on the color wheel).

An example of a triadic color scheme could be red, blue, and yellow; green, orange, and purple, etc.

ANALOGOUS COLORS• These colors are 3-4

colors located next to each other on the wheel, such as:• Blue, Blue-green,

Green

• Red, Red-Orange, and Orange Analogous

• Analogous colors also have a dominant color

temperature.

ANALOGOUS COLORS

Orange, yellow-orange, and yellow are also examples of analogous colors. They are blended nicely in Sunflowers, a painting by Vincent Van Gogh. How do you know that these colors are closely related? They share a color—each of them

contains some yellow.

Sunflowers

Vincent Van Gogh

WARM COLORSo Appear hot like the sun or like fire

o Give feelings of gaiety, activity or cheerfulness

o Appear to advance-they make body look larger

o Can give a nervous impression if overdone

The Wolf River, KansasAlbert Bierstadtc.1859Oil on canvas48 1/8 x 38 1/8 inches (122.5 x 97.1 cm)The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, USA

Warm color scheme

COOL COLORSo Remind us of water or sky

o Give feelings of quietness or restfulness

o Appear to recede and make body look smaller

o Can be depressing if overdone

Color evokes mood

Cool color scheme

Pablo Picasso,

The Tragedy, 1903, oil on wood, 1.053 x .690 m (41 7/16 x 27 3/16 in.), National Gallery of Art, Washington,

Warm Colors

In The Fighting Temeraire by William Turner, the warm colors of the sunset give a feeling of brightness and heat. Look at the red spreading from the setting sun and the deep golden glow on the

water. If you're feeling cold, looking at colors like these can actually make you feel warmer!

The Fighting Temeraire by William Turner

Warm Colors

The Walk, Lady with a Parasol by Claude Monet

In this painting by Claude Monet, The Walk, Lady with a Parasol , the cool colors of the ground and

sky contributes to the peaceful feeling of the painting. Imagine how

different the painting would look with a bright red sky—it might seem more exciting

or energetic than restful.