![]() Usually these paintings have a light, happy mood. High key paintings are light in value without much contrast. Some colors are naturally light in value such as yellow and orange. Light values make things feel further away and dark values make them feel closer. Value describes form: value creates a focal point, and value defines space. Value contrasts help us to see and understand the work of art. Color plus white is a tint, color with black is called a shade. Neutral colors are made by mixing opposites. Colors may be warm (reds, yellow, orange) or cool (blue, green, purple) analogous (neighbors on the color wheel) or complementary (opposites). The primary hues are red (magenta), yellow, and blue (cyan).The secondary hues orange, green, and purple, are made by mixing two primaries. intensity or how bright or dull or pure it is. value or the lightness or darkness of a hue, andģ. Color has three characteristics or properties:Ģ. The subject in an artwork is usually the positive shape while the space around it is the negative space.Ĭolor: Color is made from light. Shapes/forms are either positive or negative. Shapes/forms may be realistic, abstract, or non-representational (non-objective). Shapes and forms may also be “organic,” ( free-form or natural) such as cloud-like or leaf-like shapes. Shape and form may be “ geometric,” such as circles, squares, triangles, spheres, cubes, pyramids and cones. ![]() Forms exist in three dimensions height, width & depth. ![]() Shape/form : Shapes have two dimensions height & width. They may show softness, calmness, danger or energy for example. Lines can be expressive because of their variety. It is the identifiable path of a moving dot. Line : A line is a mark made by a pointed tool brush, pen, stick, pencil, etc. The elements are line, shape/form, color, value, texture, & space. All works of art have an order determined by the artist. We can also see repetition of this type of symmetry in the eyespots along each feather as well as the white lines of light that shine through from behind the bird.Composition : The arrangement of elements in a work of art. Focusing on the bird's body as the center point it's plumage is an example of radial symmetry. This male Indian peacock splays it's train into a fan-like formation which fills the entirety of the frame. Radial balance: the elements are arranged around a central point and may be similar.The wooden shed mirrors the cow while the two cows mirror the dog creating an X-shape which fills the space and balances the composition. Simultaneously, the background reciprocates the asymmetry in the foreground. The cow takes up two-thirds of the painting while the dog, which is markedly smaller, takes up one-third. This painting demonstrates asymmetrical balance through the composition of the cow and the dog in the foreground. Asymmetrical balance: the sides are different but still look balanced.The fountain heads that line the center of the reflecting pool serve to bisect the entire photo wherein each side mirrors the other. The composition of the photo also contributes to the overall symmetry. In this photograph of the Taj Mahal the symmetrical balance is found in the architecture itself, the garden design, and the reflecting pool. Symmetrical balance: the elements used on one side of the design are similar to those on the other side.There are three types of balance: symmetrical, asymmetrical, and radial. These combinations achieve a harmonious look and feel.īalance is the distribution of objects, colors, texture, and space. These color combinations offer high contrast.Īnalogous color schemes are comprised of three neighboring colors on the wheel. They are opposite colors and are located directly across from each other on the color wheel. Yellow (primary) + Orange (secondary) = Yellow-OrangeĬomplementary colors enhance each other.Red (primary) + Orange (secondary) = Red-Orange.Red (primary) + Violet (secondary) = Red-Violet.Blue (primary) + Violet (secondary) = Blue-Violet.Blue (primary) + Green (secondary) = Blue-Green.Yellow (primary) + Green (secondary) = Yellow-Green.Tertiary colors are created by mixing equal parts of a Primary and Secondary colors together: Secondary colors are created by mixing equal parts of two Primary colors together: All other colors in the wheel are derived from these three hues. Their true color pigments cannot be created by mixing any other combination of colors. Red, blue, and yellow are the foundation of the color wheel. Intensity: How bright or dull the color is.Ĭolors can also be described as warm or cool depending on which end of the color spectrum they fall on.Color is the perception of light reflected from the surface of a shape or form.
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