Elements Line Form Shape Value Texture Space Color 7 Elements of Art

LINE – the path of a moving point

LINE

SHAPE The area enclosed by an outline

SHAPE VARIATIONS

FORM (3-D) – Works of art having real or implied height, width & depth

FORM SHAPE

FORM SHAPE

VALUE – relative lightness or darkness of an object, color or neutral A tool displaying graded shades to aid the artist in value placement

Cross-hatched Values

TEXTURE – there are two types of texture in art; real and implied

Real Texture – surfaces which can be physically felt Examples of Real Texture Impasto Painting Collage Mixed Media Sculpture

Implied Texture – surfaces represented in works of art by utilizing the Elements & Principles of Art

Texture

T E X T U R E

SPACE (Depth of Field) – the implied distance within the picture plane of a two dimensional surface Actual/Realistic

Actual/Realistic Stylized/Shallow Actual/Shallow

Examples of portraying Space

Examples of portraying Space Overlapping Size Value

COLOR – the appearance of objects or light sources described in terms of lightness, darkness, saturation, purity and brightness

The Primary Triad

The Secondary Triad + = = + = +

Complimentary Colors Opposites on the Color Wheel

Complimentary Colors

Analogous Colors Yellow Yellow-Orange Orange Side by Side on the Color Wheel Yellow Yellow-Orange Orange

Cool Colors

Warm Colors

Shade = color + the Compliment or Black

Tint = color + white

MONOCHROMATIC Variations of a color