Visual Journal, Study Task 4 - Elements Definitions, Studio Task

To start exploring the 5 elements, it is important to figure out what they actually are, what they mean and stand for, and then how they can be used for specific purposes.

The initial definitions remain quite broad and vague almost, with lots of cross over between them all, which I believe there always will be and it can always be argued this way. They are all related and contribute to each other; a line can make a shape, or a texture, and vice versa, just as colour can do the same also. It is down to the creator and the viewer to decide their own personal interpretations of what these elements are or can be.

To begin with, I am interested in texture, which is closely linked to line, and I am interested in how line can build up texture. There is something very tangible and appealing about texture, and I think it can be very evocative of mood and feeling and concepts.

I am going to start to research into all the different elements first and try and narrow them down, trying to not just pick texture straight away and leave it open to new discoveries about the others.


I will research:

• artists who use the elements as an important part of their work.
• political uses of each element, how and why they have been used and to what effect.
• hierarchy of what elements are more effective to my overarching theme than others.