Created by Mia Arends1 COOKING UP SOME ART Elements of Design

Created by Mia Arends 1

COOKING UP SOME ART

Elements of Design


Artists, like cooks, need ingredients to make art. These ingredients are

called the Elements of Design.They are:

SPACE

LINE

FORM

COLOR

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SHAPE

TEXTURE


LINE is the path of a point moving through space. It has

direction. Think of a knife cutting vegetables.

Can you name the 5 kinds?


LINE has 2 properties that compare to the ingredients that go into a recipe.

Quality, or unique characteristics- each line, like each food, is unique

Variation, the large/small, thick/thin andlight/dark differences in similar items


Starry Night, oil on canvas, Vincent Van Gogh 1889


Identify and describe the lines in Van Gogh’s famous painting.

• Kinds/ directions of line:

• Qualities of line:

• Variations in lines:

• If this painting were a food, what would it be?


SHAPE is the area made when a line closes on itself. (2-dimnsional)Shape is important in food, too. It helps us

identify, and make decisions about, what we eat.


is a 3-dimensional shape.

Think of some volumes and forms food comes in. Name the forms of some common cooking pots and pans.

Name the threedimensions.


Both shapes and forms have two classes:Geometric Organic

Precise, mathematical Natural, irregularCategorize the following artworks:


Texture

is how things feel or look as if they would feel if touched. Think of it as the way food feels on your tongue.

Real texture is what you can actually feel.

Simulated or visual texture is a picture that reminds us of what something feels like.


Textures on the computer…

…are virtual…


How many textures can you describe in these paintings by

John Singer Sargent?


comes from light andis an electromagnetic wave.

We see only part of the spectrum which occurs naturally as a rainbow.


Color affects us Color affects us powerfully.powerfully.

• Foods must be the color we expect…Foods must be the color we expect…– What happens if they are not?What happens if they are not?

• What happens if we eat in the dark?What happens if we eat in the dark?– Would you trust your other senses?Would you trust your other senses?– What are they?What are they?

• Color describes moods and emotions.Color describes moods and emotions.– Name a few for each color…Name a few for each color…

• We are affected by room colors, the We are affected by room colors, the colors of our clothes, lighting, etc.colors of our clothes, lighting, etc.


Attributes of colorAttributes of color

• Hue is the pure color’s name.

– Name some: (think rainbow)

• Intensity is a color’s brightness or

dullness.

• Value is its lightness or darkness,

made by adding white and/or black.


Starry Night, oil on canvas, Vincent Van Gogh 1889

What is the mood of this painting? How do the colorshelp create the mood?


SpacSpacee

is the distance or area around and within things. It is like the final form of the food being prepared.

This painting by Wayne Thiebaud, Sugar Cones, is in 2-dimensional space. Name the dimensions.

What space does an actual ice cream conefill? Can you name the 3rd dimension?


Describe the space in this sculpture.

What is the point of view of this photo?How do you think this would look from the side?


How do artists create the illusion of space on a flat surface?

Fill in the blank with Closer or Farther:

• Overlapping: What’s in front is _______.

• Relative size: What’s smaller is _________.

• Detail and focus: What’s clearest is _____.

• Placement in space: What’s at top is ______.

• Shading: What’s highlighted is _______.

• Perspective: We see things in the distance a certain way. Artists use measurements to recreate this, like taking a photo does.


Overlapping Relative size Detail and focus

Placement in space Shading Perspective

Match the technique to the art.


Overlapping Relative size Detail and focus

Placement in space Shading Perspective

Georges Seurat, The Bathing Place, 1884


Just for fun-see how many errors inperspective you can find inWm. Hogarth’s1754 woodcut,PerspectivalAbsurdities.


Click this link to your assignment Elements of Design

booklet.Click on: Fine Arts/Mia/class you are taking

Your Turn!

http://schools.lwsd.org/BEST/

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