After an introduction to the Elements of Art, you will design and create a piece of artwork that explores and demonstrates understanding of each Element of Art Procedure: 1) Take a piece of square oak tag and make a point in the center. 2) From the center draw a series of curved lines to the edge of the paper creating a minimum of 7 separate sections/shapes. 3) Select a theme for your project such a quote, part of a song, a series of words you are passionate about, etc…. 4) In each shape put one or more words that relate to your theme. 5) Select one Element of art for each swirl/shape. 6) Turn each swirl/shape into a design that demonstrates understanding of each Element of Art line, shape, form, color, value, texture, space Line is a dot or mark that moves across a page. Shape is a dot or mark that moves across a page and closes. Form is a three-dimensional shape that takes up space. Forms can and should be viewed from many angles. Color depends on light because it is made of light. There must be light for us to see color. A red shirt will not look red in the dark, where there is no light. The whiter the light, the more true the colors will be. Value refers to dark and light. Value contrasts help us to see and understand a two- dimensional work of art. This type can be read because of the contrast of dark letters and light paper. Value contrast is also evident in colors, which enables us to read shapes in a painting. Texture refers to the surface quality, both simulated and actual, of artwork. Techniques used in painting serve to show texture, i.e. the dry brush technique produces a rough simulated quality and heavy application of pigment with brush or other implements produce a rough actual quality. Space is a three-dimensional volume that can be empty or filled with objects. It has width, height, and depth. Space that appears three-dimensional in a painting is an illusion that creates a feeling of actual depth. Various techniques can be used to show visual depth or space.