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Elements of Art
Elemen t s o f Art
Elements of art are the basic fundamentals that are necessary to understand in order to
make a technically correct and aesthetically beautiful piece of art..

Line

The path followed by a moving point or the connector between two
points is known as line. It is the foundation of all drawing. Lines are also straight
called as “strokes”. A line has a width, direction, and length. The width of dotted
line is called its thickness. Lines are of two types: dashed
i. Virtuous Line or Mechanical Line: Such lines are drawn with the help wavy
of mechanical tool or instrument. free (curve)

Ii. Spontaneous Line: Lines drawn freely with hands without using any
tool like scale etc.

Form

Form of an object is created by combining two or more different shapes.
It is considered to be three dimensional. Due to its visual and formal
weight different forms have different effects on our sensitive mind and
each form symbolises a different meaning. Forms are of two types:
i. Symmetrical form: Where half portion of the form is just the mirror
image of the other half.
ii. Asymmetrical form: Where both halves of the form are different
from each other.

Shape
The area covered by an object when placed in two dimensional art is
known as shape. Shapes are of two types:

i. Geometric (square, circle, triangle etc)
ii. Organic (shape of a puddle, blob, leaf etc)

Colour
Use of HUE in an artwork is known as colour. Colour is divided into three
categories:

i. Primary colours: Red, yellow and blue are known as primary colours. Primary colours
ii. Secondary colours: By mixing two primary colours, we get secondary Secondary colours
colours. Green, orange, purple are secondary colours. Tertiary colours
Iii. Tertiary colours: Tertiary colours are the mixture of primary and
secondary colours.
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