The document discusses the element of form in art. It defines form as the three-dimensional characteristics of an object, as opposed to two-dimensional shapes. Form refers to the visible components of a piece of art, such as color, lines, and shapes, independent of any meaning conveyed. To create the illusion of form when drawing representationally, an artist must understand how light interacts with an object through highlights, midtones, core shadows, and cast shadows. Breaking figures down into basic geometric forms is a technique for studying form. Sample drawings demonstrate deconstructing images into simple shapes and using forms to break down a figure.

1. Element of Art:
Form
Physical characteristics
Varieties of Form
Form in relations to other Elements of Art

2. Form
O a form is a three-dimensional geometrical
figure (i.e.: sphere, cube, cylinder, cone,
etc.), as opposed to a shape, which is
two-dimensional, or flat.

3. Form
O In a broader sense, form, in art, means
the whole of a piece's visible elements
and the way those elements are united.
O Form allows the viewers to mentally
capture the work, understand it and
attempt to analyze it.

4. Understanding Form
O Form refers to the visible
elements of a piece,
independent of their meaning.
For example, when viewing
Leonardo's Mona Lisa, the
formal elements therein are:
color, space, lines, shape, etc.,
while the feelings of mystery and
intrigue the piece evokes are
informal products of the
viewer's imagination.

5. Understanding Form
O When drawing
representationally
, the goal is to
create the illusion
of form.
O To create the
illusion of form by
understanding
how light reacts
on the object.

6. Understanding Form
O Light reacts on objects and is communicated to viewers
through several factors. Adjusting these areas with values of
the local color will result in the illusion of form in a drawing or
painting.
O The highlight is the area where light is hitting the object
directly.
O The midtone is the middle value of the local color of the
object.
O The core shadow is the area(s) that is shaded on the object.
O The cast shadow is the area(s) that is shaded on
surrounding objects and surfaces because of blocked light.
O The reflected highlight is the area on an object that is lighter
because of reflected light off of surrounding objects.

7. In Video

8. Plates
Shape:
Plate 11: Brush strokes
Plate 12: Deconstructing Figures into
Simple Shapes
Form:
Plate 13:Types of Form using pencil
Plate 14: Types of Form using Technical
Pen
Plate 15: Types of Form using brushes
Plate 16: Deconstruction of Figure using
Form

9. Sample for Plate 12

10. Plate 12: Deconstructing
Figures into Simple Shapes

11. Plate 16: Deconstruction of
Figure using Form

12. Deconstruct
the Image
Below