1. The ingredients or building blocks of all art
The Elements of Art
The ingredients or building blocks of all art

2. A line is a mark created by a moving point or dot.
A line is created by the movement of a tool and pigment.
*Line has length and width. Lines can be long or short, thick or thin, rough or smooth, and broken or solid.
*Lines can be actual or implied.
*Lines can convey moods and feelings, express ideas and action, divide areas or suggest peace.

4. Shape
We can see a shape because it is either surrounded by a line, or because a change of color or values allows us to see its edges.
Shapes can be geometric or organic
An enclosed area defined and determined by other art elements.
2-dimensional.

5. Form is very similar to shape, except it occupies three dimensional space. It has width, height and depth.
*Forms take up space, whether they are natural or made by designer.
*Forms can be viewed from many sides.
*We are surrounded by forms.

6. Color is one of the most exciting elements of art.
Color depends on light because it is made of light. There must be light for us to see color.
*The color wheel is made up of the three primary, three secondary and six intermediate colors.
*Artists use the color wheel to organize colors and to understand how colors work together.
*Artists use color schemes to create mood.

7. The darkness or lightness of a color.
* The difference between color values is called Value Contrast.
*Value contrasts help us to see and understand a two-dimensional work of art.

8. The distance or area between, around, above, below, or within things.
Foreground, Middle ground and Background (creates DEPTH)
The distance or area between, around, above, below, or within things.

9. Positive (filled with something) and
Negative (empty areas).

10. The surface quality or "feel" of an object, its smoothness, roughness, softness, etc. Textures may be actual or implied.