Elements of Art Form

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. Interpret the Painting
based on Form
O How is Form
important in this
painting? Explain
O What other
elements and
principle of art is
present in this
work?

6. Rendering Form in a 2D
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.

7. 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.

8. In Video

9. Plates for Form
Plate 13:Types of Form using Pencil
(HB, B, H, Charcoal)
Plate 14: Types of Form using Technical Pen
(Technical Pen #3, #5, #8, Ball Pen)
Note: Tech Pen #3 Scribble Tech Pen#8 Stippling
Tech Pen #5 Hatch Ball pen Cross-hatch
Plate 15: Types of Form Using brushes
(Flat brush, Pointed Brush, Fitch Brush)
Plate 16: Deconstruction of Figure Using Form
(HB pencil)

10. PLATE 13-14
Plate 13:Types of Form using
Pencil
(HB, B, H, Charcoal)
HB = Hatching H = Stippling
B = Crosshatching
Charcoal = Blending
Plate 14: Types of Form using
Technical Pen
(Technical Pen #3, #5, #8, Ball
Pen)
Tech Pen #3 Scribble
Tech Pen#8 Stippling
Tech Pen #5 Hatch
Ball pen Cross-hatch

11. PLATE 15

12. Plate 16: Deconstruction of
Figure using Form

13. Deconstruct
the Image
Below