HowcanIexploretheelementsofarttoimprovemyartworkandproduceastilllifepieceofwork?
• Recognisetheelementsofart:colour,line,pattern,formandshape.
• Identifyexamplesofprimary,secondaryandtertiarycolours.• Exploretheuseoflineanddifferentmarkmakingtechniques.• Explainwhatapatternisandproduceaseriesofhanddrawn
patterns.• Knowthedifferencebetweenshapeandform.• Practisedrawingdifferenttechniquesofdifferentshapesand
practiseshadingthem.• Planandproduceastilllifeobservationaldrawingusingthe
elementsofart.
• ElementsofArt
• Colour• Line• Pattern• Form• Shape• Tone• StillLife• Sketch• MarkMaking• Technique• Observational
Drawing• StillLife
Anartworkismadeupofdifferentelements,oftenusedtogethertomake
afinalpieceofart.Theyarelikethetoolsofart.Byunderstandingthedifferentelementsweareabletocreatebetterartandinterpret
theartofothers.
Colour
Form
Value
TextureShape
Space
Line&Pattern
ColourTheoryColourtheoryisthefoundationofart.
Colourtheoryisawayoforganisingcoloursandhowtheyworktogether.
Knowingaboutcoloursandtheirrelationshipshelpsartiststocreatetheirworks.Artistscanusetheserelationshipstocreatebalance,chaos,contrastandtoevokecertainfeelings.
Thereare3primarycolours:
red yellow blue
Mixing2primarycolourstogethercreatesasecondarycolour:
red yellow+ =
orange
yellow blue+ =
green
blue red+ =
purple
Acolourwheelcanbeusedtoshowwhichcoloursareharmoniouswhenplacedtogether.
Colour
PrimaryColoursRed,blueandyellowareknownasprimarycolours.
Thesecolourscannotmixedormadebymixingothercolours.
Allothercolourscomefromtheprimarycolours.
Thesecondarycoloursaregreen,orangeandpurple.
Theyaremadebymixingprimarycolours.
SecondaryColours
TertiaryColours
Yellow-orange,red-orange,red-purple,blue-purple,blue-greenandyellow-greenaretertiarycolours.
Tertiarycoloursaremadebymixingaprimarycolourandasecondarycolour.
Becauseatertiarycolourismadethroughmixingaprimaryandasecondarycolour,thecolourhasatwo-partnametoindicatethetwocoloursthathavebeencombined.
AnalogueColours
Analoguecoloursareanythreecoloursthatarenexttoeachotheronthe12-partcolourwheel.Analoguecolourscreateharmonywhenusedtogether.
Usuallywhenanaloguecoloursareused,onecolourismoredominantthantheothertwo.
Blue-purple,blueandblue-greenareanaloguecolours.
ComplementaryColoursComplementarycoloursareoppositeeachotheronthecolourwheel.
Theycontrastwitheachotherandtheyareusedtocreateanimpact.
Greenandredarecomplementarycolours.
Warmcoloursarered,andincludeoranges,andyellows.
Coolcoloursareblue,
WarmandCoolColours
andincludegreens,
andpurples.
Black,whiteandgreyareneutralcolours.
Red,yellowandorangearecloselyassociatedwithitemsthatarewarm,e.g.thesun,fireandwarmth.Theyarecalledwarmcolours.
Green,blueandpurplearetheopposite.Theyareconnectedtocoolitems,suchasice,waterandcoldness.Theyareknownascoolcolours.
• Valueisthelightnessordarknessofacolour.Highvalueislight,withwhitebeingthehighest.
• Lowvalueisdark,andblackisthelowest.
• Usingdifferentvaluescreatescontrast,whichhelpstheviewertoseeandunderstandtheimage,suchasinablackandwhitephotograph.
Value
• Thetoneofsomethingreferstohowlightordarkitis.
• Areaswithlotsoflightarecalledhighlights,anddarkerareasarecalledshadows.Therearearangeoftonesinbetween.
• Shadingcanbeusedtocreatedifferenttonesinadrawing.
Tone
Task:
Usingyourcreativitywewantyoutomakeyourowncolourwheelorshowanexampleoftoneorvalue.
Joinupwithasiblingandcomeupwithsomethingtogether.
Tryandthinkoutsideoftheboxorthepieceofpaper!
Arethereobjectsaroundyourhomeyoucanusetomakeyourwheel?
Magazineornewspapershangingaround?Whataboutacollageversion?Remembertoemailyourfinishedwheelstoyourteacher.