Study Task 5 | Initial Ideas - Definitions

Line - A long, narrow mark or band

Shape - The external form, contours, or outline of someone or something

Colour - The property possessed by an object of producing different sensations on the eye as a result of the way it reflects or emits light (hue, shade, tint, tone...)

Texture - The feel, appearance, or consistency of a surface or a substance

Collage - A piece of art made by sticking various different materials such as photographs and pieces of paper or fabric on to a backing / a collection or combination of various things

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Line - The basis of drawing, can be gestural, or accurate, well-observed. Different line qualities can be achieve through the use of different tools and create different tones and moods.

"A drawing is an autobiographical record of one's discovery of an event - seen, remembered, or imagined" (Berger, 2007)

Ben Shahn

Shape - Very graphic and bold in appearance. Often creates a playful tone within an image. Although it can be quite restrictive too.

Antti Kalevi

Colour - Colour influences the tone or feeling of an image, and sometimes what is conveyed. With digital processes almost any colour can be used, however historically only certain colours may have been available. Colours can also have political and cultural connotations.

Texture - Can be created through the use of different materials, as well as their application. Mark making, brush strokes, unusual surfaces, and materials like clay, fabric and 3D processes provide another textural element which is more physical/tangible.

Charlotte Mei

Collage - A combination of many different elements. Can also give a sense of the real world when certain pieces are collaged (photographs, packaging, printed material, receipts, everyday things). A good process for bringing together line, shape, colour, texture if that is the desired effect.

Tom Tyve

What visual element have I chosen?

In my sketchbook I began with line drawings and slowly integrated elements of collage - so the two were combined.

In terms of choosing one element to carry on with in my practical work, I think I will select collage as that counts for a lot of different methods and materials - and I can still drawing whilst including shape and other aesthetic qualities.

Here are some examples of sketchbook pages from early on in my book..