Elements of Art and

Principles of Composition
 Ojectives:

At the end of the session the students are

expected :

• Understand how contemporary artists use the

elements of art.
• Explain the importance of the Elements of Art.
• Create an integrative artwork that will
demonstrate the elements of art.
 Activity : Group Work

Jumbled Words

Rearrange the set of letters to form a

new word. Write your answer on a
metacard.
1. elni
2. olroc
3. nietnisty
4. ureextt
5. ahsep
6. Oemvmetn
7. ribillanec
1. Line
2. Color
3. Intensity
4. Texture
5. Shape
6. Movement
Elements of Art- are sort of like atoms in
that both serve as "building blocks" for
creating something. You know that atoms
combine and form other things.
1. Line- is associated with the body’s axis
as it moves toward different directions
and adjusts to a point of reference
through various positions and actions,
such as walking, running, standing,
sitting, reclining, etc. In the visual art, it
also refers to the quality of the line,
whether thin, broken, thick, or blended.
U.P. Diliman University Gateway
Guillermo Tolentino’s “Oblation”
 The straight diagonal lines of the
modernist waiting shed connote
dynamism and movement, while the
Oblation convey balance, symmetry,
formality, grace and serenity, in keeping
the university as a zone of contemplation.
Church of the Holy Sacrifice
Church of the Holy Sacrifice
Pangalay Dance in Mindanao
Pangalay Dance in Mindanao
2. Color- is associated with our
experiences of cold and warmth, and the
quality of light in our tropical
environment, the cycle of night and day,
of darkness and light.
Hue- which has to do with how light
waves of various lengths and rapidity of
vibrations bounce off objects and enter
our eyes. Hue is said to be warm when it
has longer wavelengths and is more
distinct and easily discenable.
Example: red, orange, and yellow
Cool Hues- such as blue or violet have
shorter wavelengths, and seem to merge
into each other.
Warm colors seem to be advance toward
us; cool colors appear recede.
Blue, yellow and red are primary colors.
When they are mixed, they produce
secondary colors: yellow and red= orange
Red and blue= violet
Blue and yellow= green
When they are placed opposite each
other in the color wheel, they said to be
complementary: red and green, yellow
and violet, orange, and blue.
Hue
 Hues vary in saturation, intensity, or
brilliance- another aspect of color. When
we mix a brilliant blue with a neutral hue,
such as gray, its hue or blueness does not
change; it just becomes less intense or
duller.
Value or tone- refers to the hue’s
brightness or darkness. When a hue is
mixed with black, it becomes more dim or
heavy; when it is mixed with white or gray,
it lightens.
chiaroscuro
Leeroy New (Astreopora light and
sound art)
Leeroy
3. Value- refers to gradations of tone from
light to dark, which can be an aspect of
color, but could also specifically refer to
the play of light on an object or a scene.
Representational paintings- it is shading,
blending, and chiaroscuro, or the play of
light and dark that lend the flat surface an
illusion of depth and perspective.
Non-representational- use of value is also
useful in black-and-white photography,
where images are given unique character
and meaning.
Value
Texture
4. Texture- refers to how objects and
surfaces feel, and is most associated with
the sense of touch or tactility. Texture is
created when several lines combine. The
combination mat be described as smooth,
translucent, fine, silky, satiny, velvety,
sandy, furry, feathery, slimy, gritty, rough,
rugged, coarse, porous, irregular, jagged,
thick, thin, and so on.
 For example, the barong and baro’t saya
fabrics are translucent and delicate, while
the crocheted dresses of Aze Ong are
soft, yet thick.
In representational works, texture can be
simulated or imitated. However, texture
can be actual, as can be found in collage,
where actual objects are glued on a
surface.
5. Shape- refers to form that are two-
dimensional or three-dimensional.
Two-dimensional shape exist as planes
having length and width.
Three-dimensional shapes posses length,
width and volume.
Shapes can be either be
geometric(rectilinear or curvilinear),
biomorphic, or free inventions.
Two- dimensional shape
Shape
Three- dimensional shape
Shape
Binakol by Tinggians Abra, Northern
Philippines
The geometric t’nalak of T’bolis of
Southern Mindanao
Pis syabit of the Tausug
6. Composition in space- involves the
relationship between figures and
elements. It also refers to how these
elements are organized and composed
according to principles of organization,
among balance, proportion, rhythm, unity
in variety, dominance and subordination.
Bonifacio Monument
Bonifacio Monument
7. Movement- may occur in two-
dimensional design as rhythm or through
the recurrence of motifs, their alternation
or progression unfolding in a series.
Movement is also very much related to
line, and the direction of the eye.
Movement
Movement
Movement
Carlos’ Francisco’s Filipino Struggles
through History
Napoleon Abueva’s Nine Muses