Visual grammar

A visual grammar consists of the elements of line, color; shape, and texture.

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Artist use colors to suggest direction, motion, energy, and mood.

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The combination of line and color is perhaps the most common way in which artists convey mood and emotion in picture books.

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Lines join and intersect to form shapes.

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Organic shapes are exact, rigid, and often rectangular-usually have mechanical origins.

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Geometric shapes are irregular and curving, are common in nature and in hand made objects.

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Lines can be thin or wide, light or heavy, feathery or jagged, straight, or curved.

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The way in which artists combine the visual elements of line, color, shape, and texture into unified roles create visual designs that convey meaning.

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Illustrators neglect visual elements as line, color, and shape to create textural imagery.

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Many young children mention the book size when asked what attracted them to a book.

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