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LINE is straight or curved, heavy or light, soft or
hard or a mixture of them all
LINE can characterise a shape by being the edge of
an area or surface, colour, tone or pattern – it
becomes an outline
LINE can show MOVEMENT
LINE can suggest RHYTHM
LINE can create TEXTURAL results
LINE can indicate EMOTIONAL effects
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SHAPE can be bordered by a LINE
SHAPE can be defined by COLOUR, TEXTURE
SHAPE can suggest movement or emotions
SHAPE in 3-D is called FORM
SHAPE can be sharp and clear or hazy and suggesting
something
SHAPE can be NEGATIVE or POSITIVE
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COLOUR is an element of design with endless variety
COLOUR is a mixture of 3 primary colours, red,
yellow and blue
SECONDARY COLOURS are a mix of 2 primary colours,
orange, green and purple.
TERTIARY COLOURS are a mix of the 3 primary
colours, red, yellow and blue.
Many different colours can be made by changing the amount of
primary colours used.
Colour has TEMPERATURE – reds and oranges feel
warm like the sun or desert. Cooler
colours like blues and greens go more with water and ice.
INTENSITY of colour is its strength and
purity.
HUE is the quality that separates one colour from
another
TONE VALUE is the degree of lightness or
darkness of a colour, yellow is light, blue is dark.
TINTS are made by adding white to a colour
SHADES are made by adding black to a colour
ANALOGOUS COLOURS are hues lying near each other on
the colour wheel, red-orange, red-purple.
COMPLIMENTARY COLOURS are hues opposite each other
on the colour wheel, red and green, purple and yellow
DISCORD is where opposite colours are together and
one is a tint, so that the original tone of the hue is different.
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TONE is light and dark. Light reveals, shows the world to us, and shadow gives
meaning to the things we see
TONE can give solidity, volume and weight to
an image
TONE gives the impression of distance.
Darker tones come forward and lighter tones go back into the
image
TONE can give emotion to an image.
Highly contrasting tones give life and energy, softer tones
give a gentle mood.
TONE can create rhythm, with the eyes jumping from
one dark tone to another
TONE is the property of colour.
Yellow is light, blue is dark
TONE in sculpture is the way it catches the light,
so that sharp changes are made by deep corners, and gentle ones by
smooth gradual changes.
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TEXTURE is the part of the surface that can be felt
or seen
TEXTURE is concerned with touch, how something feels
TEXTURE can be rough, smooth, spiky, soft, velvety,
regular or irregular
TEXTURE can suggest emotions by linking with the
memory of how things feel
TEXTURE
can be real, the surface is actually rough or smooth or it can be
suggested by the way the surface is treated.
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DIRECTION is about how our eyes move around the
artwork.
DIRECTION can be horizontal, vertical, curved,
sloped or straight
DIRECTION can suggest movement by the speed at which
it is changed. DIRECTION can be balanced to give stability or imbalanced to give tension DIRECTION can have an emotional impact. Using rapid changes in direction or use of diagonals, can cause anxiety while horizontals and verticals bring about calm.
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SIZE is about the bigness or smallness of an area
SIZE can give space, it can make closer objects
appear larger and make distant objects appear smaller.
SIZE can be given by comparing one element that is
larger or smaller than the other SIZE can make a particular element look important.
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MASS is the amount of material in any sculptural
work MASS can be suggested in a painting or drawing.
MASS can be heavy or light in effect SPACE or VOID refers to the lack of mass.
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