Exploring Shape

AccessArt Glossary: Shape

Building The Collage by Tobi Meuwissen

A shape is a 2-dimensional space. It might be enclosed by lines or defined through colour. Shape can hold personality and emotion and is used as a key component to convey the things we see in front of us or imagine.

Have fun exploring AccessArt resources focused on shape.

understanding Shape

Explore these resources to help you understand how shape can be used in different ways and why.

Talking Points: An introduction to shape

sq_Heitere Gebirgslandschaft (Joyful Mountain Landscape) (1929) by Paul Klee. Original from Yale University Art Gallery.

In the Studio: Observation, Shape, Colour with Joe Gamble

sq_ Lisbon Sketchbook by Joe Gamble

Explore Artists

Explore the different ways artists use shape in their artwork.

claire willberg

relief print by Claire Willberg

Romare Bearden

Romare Bearden

cut outs by henri matisse

Henri Matisse Cut Outs https://vimeo.com/97130137

Lotte Reiniger

Lotte Reiniger - The unsung heroine of early animation BBC Ideas by Infocandy

DIP YOUR TOES INTO shape

Explore projects with shape at the centre of the exploration.

creating repeat patterns

Finished Pattern Square By Rachel Parker

DRAWING WITH SCISSORS: INSPIRED BY MATISSE

Inspired by Matisse

the geometry of chickens

Year 3 Sheffield High School

Inspired by Miro

Completed collage and automatic drawing

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