Monday, September 24, 2012

The Visual Vocabulary of Painting

1. Line:
In additional to forming shapes, lines may be curved, slraight, horizintally, vertically and disagonally.

2. Shape:
Shape is the outline of a form. All shapes are related to triangles, rectangles or circles.

3. Value:
The term value refers to the darkness or lightness of a colour.

4. Colour:
Colour often sets the dominant tine of painting. It may be used for bold contrast or one primary colour may be used throughout a painting.

5. Texture:
It can be represented in variety of ways. The texture of the paint itself can be altered by using additives - paint thinned with turpentine or oil become more transparent for example - Heavy Brush strokes creat a rough surface.

6. Space:
Space in a painting is established by the position, size and colour of the shapes used creating a sense of relative closeness of distance.

7. Composition:
To work as a unit, the various elements of the painting must be put together in such a way as to move the eye over the canvas. The requires repetition of elements with variations.

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