ARTS AND ELEMENTS OF
DESIGNS
TLE – Grade 7
ART
▪Is the production and
expression of what is
beautiful.
CLASSIFICATION OF ARTS
1. Fine Arts –
artworks
created for
aesthetic
reasons.
2. Visual Arts – new media
3. Plastic Arts – 3
dimensional works.
4. Decorative
Arts –
functional but
ornamental
art forms.
5.
Performance
Arts – public
performance
events.
The Elements of Design
TLE – Grade 7
1. Color
▪the property possessed by an
object of producing different
sensations on the eye as a result
of the way the object reflects or
emits light.
Color Wheel
Components of Color
1.Hue – used to distinguish one color
from another.
2.Value – lightness or darkness of
color.
1.Tints – pure color plus white.
2.Shades – pure color plus black/gray.
3.Intensity – brightness and dullness
of the color.
Classification of Colors
1. Primary
Colors
Red, yellow, blue
2. Secondary Colors – mixture of
primary colors.
3. Tertiary Colors – mixture of 1
secondary and 1 primary.
4. Quaternaries
– mixture of
tertiary colors.
5. Neutral Colors – white, black, and
white.
2 Types of Color
Schemes
A. RELATED COLOR
SCHEME
1. Monochromatic
▪Three
tones of
the same
color.
2. Analogous
▪Three
adjacent
colors.
B. CONTRASTING COLOR
SCHEME
1. True Complementary
▪2 colors
that are
directly
opposite
each other.
2. Split Complementary
▪One hue and
the hue on
each side of its
complement.
3. Double Complementary
▪A 4 – color
treatment
obtained by
splitting both
ends of the
complement line
of the color
wheel.
4. Mutual Complementary
▪A combination of
two basic types of
color schemes –
harmony of
contrast and
harmony of
analogy.
5. Triad
▪The union of
three colors that
are equidistant
in the color
wheel.
6. Tetrad
▪4 equidistant
colors.
Characteristics of Color
1. Dark Colors
▪Reduce size
2. Light Colors
▪Increase size.
2. Line
▪Is an elongated
mark, connection
between two
points.
Lines is described by:
▪Quality
▪Kind
EFFECT OF LINES:
▪Light Lines – weakness
▪Heavy Lines – Strength
▪Straight Lines – Simplicity
▪Curve Lines – Grace
DIRECTION OF LINES:
▪Lines that go downward – feeling of despair
▪Lines that go upward – uplifts spirits
▪Lines that go to different directions –
confusions
▪Interrupted horizontal Lines – rest
▪Uninterrupted horizontal lines – rapid
motion
3. Space
▪Area or extent.
4. Shape
▪Flat, two – dimensional.
5. Texture
▪Roughness and
smoothness.
6. Size
▪Measurement or extent

Arts and principles and elements of designs grade 7