The Elements Of Art

Elements of Art • Line • Shape • Value • Form • Color • Texture • Space

the building blocks of art

line - a moving point to create a continuous mark

shape - lines combined to create an enclosed space (Geometric/Organic)

Value - the lightness or darkness of something

form - combining shape and value to create the illusion of three dimensions on a flat surface

COlor -the recorded light hitting the eye



hue: name value: lightness or darkness intensity: purity or strength, warm/cool

visual actual

Texture - The way something feels (visual or actual)

Space - the area something takes up in the artwork (refers to depth, positive & negative space or 2-D & 3-D space)