ART ELEMENTS The “building blocks” of art. The tools by which we make art.

LINE Line- A mark made on a surface that has length and direction. Geometric

LINE Organic

SHAPE GEOMETRIC SHAPES (MATHEMATICAL) SQUARES CIRCLES STARS HEARTS TRIANGLES, ETC. A two-dimensional enclosed area, or object.

SHAPE ORGANIC (FROM NATURE)

Primary Colors: (Red, yellow, and blue) come from nature. Nothing can be mixed together to achieve these colors. COLOR The quality of light reflected from an object.

Secondary Colors: Those colors achieved by a mixture of two primaries. COLOR

Tertiary Colors: These colors are created when mixing one secondary and one primary color. These always have 2 names (i.e. blue- violet, red-orange, etc.). COLOR

Complementary Colors: Are opposite each other on the color wheel. They look good side by side, but neutralize each other if mixed.

COLOR Analogous Colors: Are next to each other on the color wheel.

COLOR Cool Colors Warm Colors Warm & Cool Colors

VALUE VALUE CAN BE IN COLOR ABOVE: VALUE SCALE (from dark to light) VALUE- THE LIGHTNESS OR DARKNESS OF A COLOR.

VALUE TINTS: Color mixed with whiteSHADE: Color mixed with black HUE

FORM Three-dimensional shapes or objects. Form can be implied or actual. Implied form

Actual Three-Dimensional form FORM

TEXTURE The tactile quality of a surface. It can be actual or implied.

TEXTURE Implied texture

SPACE The illusion of depth & distance. Spatial Planes: Closer objects are lower on the page and larger than objects behind them.

LINEAR PERSPECTIVE SPACE Edges and lines appear to converge (come together) at a point in the distance.

ATMOSPHERIC PERSPECTIVE Colors are darker, warmer, and sharper up close. Farther away, objects appear cooler, lighter, and fuzzier.

POSITIVE & NEGATIVE SPACE THE AIRPLANE IS NEGATIVETHE TREE IS POSITIVE

CAN BE REVERSED

What is overlapping, and what is in perspective?