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How to Make a Masterpiece - Coggle Diagram
How to Make a Masterpiece
line
Artists use line to determine the edges of the images they're depicting. Lines can have different qualities.
shape/form
Shapes are two-dimensional. Forms are three-dimensional-in appearance or in actuality (as in a sculpture).
Space
Artists who paint or draw create the illusion of space on a flat surface.
Sculptors create work using physical space.
color
The three primary colors-red, yellow, and blue-are used to make all other colors. Artists use color to create mood.
value (chiaro scuro)
Value is the lightness or darkness of a color.Artists use value to shade images and add light and shadows.
texture
Texture means surface quality. It can be the way a painting or sculpture actually feels or an illusion like this feather.
Art's ingredients, called the elements of art, are line, shape/form, space, color, value, and texture (see chart at left).
Artists compose, or arrange, the elements in endless ways to create vastly different works of art.
The Starry Night,
Line is one of the most prominent elements in this painting. Notice how Van Gogh uses continuous spirals to paint the night sky. He contrasts this by using long, organic (curved) lines to paint the large cypress tree on the left and short, sharp dashes in the tiny village below.
The artist also uses line to develop shape and form. He uses short, choppy lines to circle the stars and call attention to their shape. He uses thick, dark outlines to build the geometric forms of the village houses and make them look three-dimensional.
illusion of physical space on the picture plane (two-dimensional art surface)?.
look at the cypress tree in the foreground. Compare its size with the steeple of the church. Which is closer to the viewer?
In the middle ground, the artist paints rolling hills on the horizon, which separate the sky from the land.
The night sky in the background occupies nearly two thirds of the canvas.Which part of the painting demands the most attention?
the value of color
Blue is the dominant hue, or color, in The Starry Night.
The artist paints the stars, the moon, and a band of light on the horizon in yellow and white.
These highlights (brighter colors)
also reflect off the roofs in the town, giving the entire work a mysterious glow.
come viene realizata l'opera LEYERS OF THE TEXTURE
PENNELLATE GROSSE VISIBILTI TECNICA AD IMPASTO Van Gogh used a painting technique called impasto on this work.work. He spread paint thickly across the canvas.The thick paint makes the brushstrokes more visible.
PENNELLATE CIRCOLARI By changing the direction of his brushstrokes, the artist gives the painting a dense texture, or surface quality.