7 Elements of Art: Helpful Research / Artistic Techniques

Article: The 7 element of Art Series:

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Having an interest in other practitioners and finding out about how other creatives approach their work and build upon their concepts/ideas is what helps inform my own work and lead me down new and unexplored paths. These videos I feel are really helpful and key to explaining these various skills which when applied to my own work - could help lift it to new heights. Reminding me of our visual skills module from Level 4, I hope these videos prove helpful to others on the course and cause creatives to ask key questions of their work and to possibly explore these skills further. I will be referring back to these video throughout the duration of this course and on into my individual professional practice in the future. 

COLOUR

Published on 16 Jan 2015

Brush up on your knowledge of color in the sixth instalment of our Elements of Art series. By considering the vital and vibrant work of the Color Field painters of the 1950s and 60s, we get a glimpse of how powerful a role color plays in art.

LINE

Published on 18 Aug 2014

Brush up on your visual literacy as we breakdown the wide variety of lines that visual artists use. Through the lens of the self-portrait, we look at how line is a way for artists to express their individual style and also a tool to control the messages they wish to communicate. http://www.kqed.org/artschool

TEXTURE

Published on 20 Nov 2014

We tend to think of art as mainly something to look at. However, many artists spend a lot of time and effort trying to stimulate other senses. In this fourth instalment of our Elements of Art series, we look at how visual artists try to engage our sense of touch. Follow along and discover the myriad ways artists create and use texture

SHAPE

Published on 16 Sep 2014

Continue gaining fluency in the language of the Arts with the second instalment in our Elements of Art series. Still life paintings of fruit provide the window into artists' individual style and approach to making shapes. http://www.kqed.org/artschool

SPACE

Published on 2 Feb 2015

Space is always part of a work of art, sometimes in multiple ways. Follow along with the final instalment of our Elements of Art series as we dive deep into the complex role that Space plays in the visual arts. Using site specific art as a starting point, we highlight the specific techniques that artists use to control and manipulate Space in their work.

VALUE

Published on 5 Jan 2015

Artists are able to create the illusion of light by being able to produce a wide variety of values. In our fifth episode on the Elements of Art, we explore how artists produce and use different color and tonal values.

FORM

Published on 14 Oct 2014

Study up on the different ways visual artists create Form in the third instalment of our Elements of Art series. Through the eye-fooling genre of Trompe L'oeil, we look at techniques artists use to transform shapes into form.