8th Grade Art: Banksy Contrast and Emphasis

Monday, May 13, 2013

Hello students,

The work below is by the Graffiti artist Banksy. The girl is holding an umbrella to keep out the rain but instead the umbrella is causing the rain.

Summarize how Contrast and Emphasis are used in this work of Graffiti in three lines or more. This is due Friday, May 17.

Unity- Seeing the whole before the parts. This can be done by proximity, similarity, or continuation.

Pattern- When items repeat. It can be singular or sequenced.

Contrast- The differences between things; strong, sharp, soft, subtle.

Balance- The arrangement of the Elements; symmetrical, asymmetrical, or radial.

Movement- The direction your eye moves through the artwork; starts a focal point.

Emphasis- The focal point, the most important part of the artwork.

Rhythm- The visual beat, regular, irregular, stacatto

The Elements of Art

Line- straight, wavy, zig-zag, dotted, horizontal, vertical, diagonal, parallel, crosshatch, implied, outline, gesture

Color-primary, secondary, tertiary,neutral,warm, cool, tint, shade, complimentary, analogous

Shape-geometric (square,triangle, circle), organic (free flowing), open, closed

Value- Highlights, mid-tones, shadows, shading, subtle contrast, soft-contrast, chiaroscuro

Space-deep, shallow, overlapping, one-point perspective, 2-point perspective, aerial perspective

Form-height, width, depth, sculpture, actual, representational

Texture- real, simulated, smooth, rough, prickly