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ELEMENTS OF ARTThe elements of art are the building blocks of a composition
• Line
• Shape
• Form
• Space
• Color
• Value
• Texture
LINE• A mark drawn from one point to another
• Implied/Contour line- the edge or definition of the surface of an object or shape.
Lines can vary in:
Length- short, long, continuous, broken
Width- skinny, thick, tapering, uneven
Direction- vertical, horizontal, diagonal, zigzag, curving
Focus- sharp, fuzzy, blurry
Color
LINE
SHAPE• A shape is a figure that has height and length, but no depth (is flat). A shape
can be defined by a line that overlaps or becomes enclosed, by color, or by
shading.
Different kinds of shapes:
• Geometric shapes- shapes that have a defined name (square, diamond,
octagon)
• Organic shapes- free form or irregular shapes
• Positive shapes- are the solid shapes in a picture (apple, person, square)
• Negative shapes- shapes created by the space made between and around
the positive shapes in a drawing (space around the apple, person,
square...)
FORM• three dimensional figures- has length, height, and depth.
Form can be:
Implied- drawn to appear 3D but it still made on a flat surface
Actual- an object (like a sculpture) that has depth.
• A form will have sides- a front, back… (length, height and depth)
SHAPE/FORM
SPACESpace can be looked at in two ways
1. Positive or Negative
• Positive space- is the area of a composition that is occupied by an object or shape;
the area in a picture that is filled by a solid shape or object.
• Negative space- is the area in and around the positive space; often, negative space
can take on a shape itself.
2. Near to Far- distance between objects
foreground, middleground and background
SPACE
COLOR
Broken down into 3 main parts:
• Hue: the names of the color
• Value: the lightness to darkness of a color
• Intensity: how bright or dull a color is
There are different color groups that artists use to create interesting compositions-
Primary (red, blue and yellow) Complimentary (opposites on the color wheel)
Secondary (green, orange, violet) Analogous (warm/cool)
COLOR
VALUEThe light to dark range of a color. This can most easily be identified in a gray
scale- the range of black to white with all the grays in between
Having a full range of values in your work can add drama!
VALUE
TEXTUREThe way something feels or appears to feel
• Implied texture- (sometimes called invented textures) the appearance of
texture (cannot actually feel the texture that is represented in the picture; for
example- if I walk up and touch a painting of a cactus, I may feel the texture of
the paint, but I cannot actually feel the cactus’ texture!)
• Actual Texture- texture that you can feel. This is texture that can be felt on the
surface of a piece of artwork (example- the weave of a basket or the smooth
feeling of a marble statue).
TEXTURE