Visual Language

The basic elements of visual language are:

• Dots, shading, shapes, aesthetic and paint

• Dots, lines, shapes, textures and color

• Shading, lines, shapes, paint and texture.

• Aesthetics, dots, lines, textures and color.

Name ONE of the five basic elements of Visual Language and, using your own words, explain

WHY it is important:

Do you know what a texture is? Explain with your own words:

Texture can be perceived with the sense of _______ or _____ .

Explain what "tactile texture" in your own words:

Explain what "visual texture" is using your own words:

Define what a "Geometric Shape" is using your own words:

Define what an "organic shape" is using your own words:

What is it called when a figure partially hides

an object that is behind it?

• Obscuration

• Convergence

• Superimposing

• Overlapping

Smaller objects will appear to be _______ away from the viewer