4. Line
Shape
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Colour
Value
Texture
Form
Space
A line is the track made by a
point moving on a surface or
in space.
The impression the eye gets by
light reflected off or absorbed
by the surface of things
How the surface of a work of art
feels or looks like it would feel
Two dimensional form of
things
3-dimensional volume or
mass of things
The range from light to dark
of any colour (hue) mixed
with white, grey or black
The area or distance around , between
things. Can be 2-dimensional, 3-
dimensional , positive or negative
8. Tertiary Colours
Mix a basic ( primary)
colour ( e.g. blue) with
any complementary
other than its own ( e.g.
green or purple but not
orange) and you have
tertiary colours
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10. Hue
The quality and
property of any colour
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Tints Shades and
Tones
Colour + white = tint
Colour + black = shade
Colour + grey = tone
12. The Line
A line is the track made by
a point moving in space.
A line can be straight,
horizontal, vertical long or
short, perpendicular,
wavy, thick or thin,
curved, curly diagonal, zig-
zag or spiral
The Elements of Art
35. “Painting is poetry
that is seen rather
than felt, and
poetry is painting
that is felt rather
than seen.”
Leonardo Da Vinci
The aim of art is to
represent not the
outward appearance of
things, but their inward
significance.
Aristotle
“A man should hear a little music, read a
little poetry, and see a fine picture every
day of his life, in order that worldly cares
may not obliterate the sense of the
beautiful which God has implanted in the
human soul.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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