Elements the building blocks or the ingredients of art. Line Shape Form Space Color Texture Value Elements the building blocks or the ingredients of art.

Line continuous mark made on some surface by a moving point Line continuous mark made on some surface by a moving point. It may be two dimensional, like a pencil mark on a paper or it may be three dimensional (wire) or implied( the edge of a shape or form) Gustav Caillebotte Ansel Adams

Shape an enclosed space having only two dimensions Piet Mondrian Joan Miro

2 types of shapes: Geometric Shapes are derived from mechanical, human-made objects, such as circles, squares and triangles Organic Shapes are found in nature.

Form is three-dimensional and encloses volume (such as a cube, sphere, or cylinder)…has height, width, depth. Caravaggio Barbara Hepworth

Claude Monet Space refers to the distance or area between, around, above or within things. indicates areas in a work of art Negative Space Positive Space Edward Weston

Color Is an element of art with three properties1) Hue, the name of the color, e.g. red, yellow, etc. 2) Intensity or  the purity and strength of the color such as brightness or dullness. And 3) value, or the lightness or darkness of the color. Henri Matisse Nicolas Poussin Alexander Calder

Cecil Buller Meret Oppenheim Texture refers to the surface quality or "feel" of an object, such as roughness, smoothness, or softness. Actual texture can be felt while simulated textures are implied by the way the artist renders areas of the picture.

Value relates to the lightness or darkness of a color or tone.