SMART Board Lesson:

Understanding the Elements of Art

By: Emily Davis

SMART Board Lesson:

What are the Elements of Art?

TEXTURE

LINE

SHAPE

FORM

SPACECOLOR

VALUE

What is a Line?A line is a mark, which is greater in length then in width.

Can anyone draw these different types of lines?

Diagonal Lines:

ZigZag Lines:

Vertical Lines:

Horizontal Lines:

Curved Lines:

OutLine:

Click to the right of each line type in order to display the example

What is a shape?A shape is a two dimensional object: height and width

Geometric Shape can be measured mathematically.

Organic Shape can not be measured mathematically.

Organic ShapesGeometric Shapes

Match the Shapes

When you get a match, tell the class if it's a geometric or organic shape!

What is a Form?Forms are objects with three dimensions:

-height-width-depth

A form can be seen from many sides. It can be real object or an illusion.

Take the shapes below and turn them into a form, by adding a third dimension.

TIP: Visualize and Create the shape in the back then make the connecting lines.

Create a Form!!!

For example:

The Solution: to creating a Form!!!

What is space?Space is the illusion of depth created between and around objects on a flat surface.

Negative Space: is empty space around objects.

Positive Space: is space taken up by objects.

Can you create positive and negative space?

Positive Negative

What is Color?

All colors can be made from red, yellow, and

blue!

Hue: the color itselfValue: the lightness or darkness of a colorIntensity: the brightness or dullness of a color

Secondary colors are created by mixing primary colors

Tertiary colors are created with one primary and one secondary color.

Name that Color!Is it a Primary, Secondary or a Tertiary color?

Click in the center of the color wheel to make it spin.

PrimaryPrimary

Primary

Primary

Secondary

Secondary

Secondary Tertiary

Tertiary

Tertiary

Tertiary

Tertiary

Tertiary

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+ =

+ =

Can you create a secondary color?

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Lets see how you did!!!

What is value?Value is the lightness and darkness of any object.

To lighten the value of a color add? _______

To darken the value of a color add? _______

Can you put the color values in order?

What is texture?Texture is the Visual and Actual surface quality of an

object. It can be smooth, rough, bumpy, or soft.

Crinkly

RoughBumpy

Smooth

Does the object have Visual or Actual texture?

The Paper feels rough.

The desktop is smooth. The tree appears to have splinters.

The Metal grate looksbumpy.

Visual

VisualActual

Actual

Image Resources

Images:http://www.cemca.org/maldives/colours.htmhttp://arteelle.com/img/fb/fb1/The_Elements_of_Art.jpghttp://www.mmwindowtoart.com/webimages/paintimages/clwhdesign1.gifhttp://www.mmwindowtoart.com/foundations/foundationscolor.htmlhttp://www.sciencebuddies.com/science-fair-projects/project_ideas/Math_img080a.jpghttp://cdn1.1stwebdesigner.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/high-resolution-paper-

texture4.jpghttp://ruralart.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/rug20texture.jpghttp://www.free-pictures-photos.com/texture/texture-hz6t5.jpghttp://www.photoshoptextures.com/wood-textures/stump-ring-texture.jpg