Art Elements Tools And Building blocks for art. Line The most basic tool for creating art

Art Elements

Tools And

Building blocks for art

LineThe most basic tool

for creating art.

Line• It can be defined as a mark made by a pointed

tool• It is often defined as a moving dot• Lines can be actual (you can see them)• Lines can be implied (you can cannot see

them, but you can sense them)

LineActual lines are easy to spot.

This painting is called Current by the artist Bridget Riley. She is an Op artist or optical artist.If you look at this painting long enough, what happens to the lines?

Curved linesLines can be curved, like this painting by Bridget Riley.

Lines can be straight

This painting, also by the famous optical artist, Bridget Riley, uses only straight lines.

Hands With Bouquet by Pablo Picasso

Lines can also define an edge. Pablo Picasso used many different lines to define the hands and the flower stems in this abstract painting.

Lines used for shading

Lines can be used for shading. This artist used parallel lines and hatching to shade this sketch of an apple.

Lines used for textureLines can show texture. This print titled Wheatfield is by the artist Ben Shahn. What is the most dominant art element in this print?

Lines can be implied or suggested. We do not see them, but we can sense that they are there.

Where is the implied line in this painting by the artist Thomas Eakins?

Parallel lines can show depth in a work of art. Lines that merge at a point suggest that some things are at a distance.

This painting by the artist Meindert Hobbema shows a road drawn using parallel lines.

ColorColor is one of the most powerful art elements. There must be light present in order to see color.What are the primary colors?Secondary?Intermediate?(Tertiary )

ColorAll other colors can be mixed from the primary colors.If we mix two primary colors such as red and blue, we get a secondary color.If we mix a primary with a secondary, we get an intermediate color. These are also known as tertiary colors.

ColorThere are three properties of color. Hue is the name for a color, such as cobalt blue, lavender, rust brown, canary yellow, etc.Hue is a synonym for the word color.

ColorValue the is the darkness or lightness of a color.For example, lavender is a light value of the color purple. It is called a tint because it is purple with white added to it.

Pastel colors such as pink, peach, sky blue, lime green, and lavender are tints because they contain a lot of white.

ColorIntensity refers to the brightness of a color.

Intense colors such as hot pink, fushia, yellow, red, orange, and lime green can really stand out and create emphasis and contrast in a work of art.

ColorComplementary colors are colors that are opposite each other on the color wheel.

What are the three pairs of complementary colors?

ColorColors can be warm or cool.

•Name some examples of cool colors:

•Name some examples of warm colors:

ColorArtists use different color combinations their pictures.These are called color schemes.

One example of a color scheme would be using analogous colors. Those are colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. Name two analogous colors.

ColorAnother color scheme would be if an artist used shades and tints of only one color. This is called a monochromatic color scheme.

An example of this would be if an artist used only shades of rust, scarlet, red, and pink in a work of art.

ColorColor can convey strong emotions.

What types of emotions do we associate with the following colors?Red: anger, love, dangerBlue: depression, calmnessPink:Black:White:Green:

How do artists use color?

Small amounts of color added to a work of art can give it punch, impact, and emphasis. (an art principle)

How do artists use color? Artists like Edvard Munch used color to convey strong emotions. This painting, called The Scream, conveys feelings of fear, anxiety, and restlessness.

How do artists use color? The artist Andy Warhol used contrasting colors in his Pop Art prints and paintings in order to get the viewer’s attention. This print repeats four Campbell’s soup cans in different color combinations.

How do artists use color? The artist Robert Indiana often uses complementary colors (opposites) to create contrast in his work. (an art principle)


The artist Pablo Picasso used a monochromatic color scheme in this painting called the Old Guitarist to express what kind of mood?


This famous painting called Blue Dog uses color in an unexpected and unconventional way. The artist who painted this is from New Orleans.

How do artists use color?The Turning Road by Andre Derain uses color in an unconvention

al, whimsical way. Have you ever seen a red and blue tree trunk?


Artists like Franz Marc use their “artistic license” when painting a cow. An artist doesn’t have to paint things the way that that they actually look!


This famous painting called The Blue Horse is by Franz Marc.

How do artists use color?The sculptor Sandy Skoglund creates a powerful sculpture with her piece titled Radioactive Cats using an intense green.


This painting of poppies is by the artist Georgia O’Keefe. What kind of colors did this artist use in her work? Monochromatic, analogous, complementary, warm, or cool?


Your eyes will mix colors automatically when the artists uses small dots of color side by side.





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