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.