Basic Forms Transformation | The Elements Of Art

Lines are everywhere. You can see lines in the grain of a piece of wood or in the cracks on a sidewalk.

In art, Line is an element of art that is the path of a moving point through space.

Lines are used to:

Create boundaries between shapes

Create boundaries between colors, textures or values

Lead the eye from one space to another

Create textures

Suggest emotional qualities

Lines are everywhere. You can see lines in the grain of a piece of wood or in the cracks on a sidewalk.

In art, Line is an element of art that is the path of a moving point through space.

Lines are used to:

Create boundaries between shapes

Create boundaries between colors, textures or values

Lead the eye from one space to another

Create textures

Suggest emotional qualities

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3-D Forms

Form Construction

Your goal: Using drawing paper, create a drawing using only 3-D geometric forms (cone, sphere, cube, cylinder, pyramid, dodecahedron, etc.). Have a variety and use 20 or more basic forms. Make sure to shade them to show the 5 properties of light (chiaroscuro). Create a scene and pick a topic that you are interested in.

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Examples:

Step 1. First sketch out two different ideas for your project on a piece of paper. You can add background images as well. You don't need to shade this portion.

Step 2. Next lightly outline your idea onto the project paper using an H pencil or light pressure.

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Project Rubric

Sketches

Step 3. Use your graphite pencils to shade in the forms to make them 3-D.

Be creative, fill up the paper and use care when creating the drawing.

Also think about where the light source is coming from.

Don't outline around the forms or it will appear flat and not 3-d.

Finally make sure that the drawing is original and don't use any brand names or any kind of copyrighted material.

For this project you can use black and white shading or color pencils. You can also color it in using monochrome (one color with different values of that one color). Click here for a review on monochromatic colors.

For an added challenge you can add these advanced geometric solids into your design. They are the Hexagonal Prism, Icosahedron, Pentagonal Prism, Dodecahedron, Octahedron and Hexagonal Pyramid. If you choose to use the advanced geometric solids for the project, make sure you still shade them using the 5- properties of light. You will pick at least 5 advanced geometric solids and use them at least 4 times for each for a total of at least 20 advanced forms. If you research and find another advanced one not on the list check with me for clearance.