1. Principles of AAVTC 1Copyright © Texas Education Agency, 2012. All rights reserved. Images and other multimedia content used with permission. Elements of Art

2. Copyright © Texas Education Agency, 2012. All rights reserved. Images and other multimedia content used with permission. 2 Elements of Art

3. Line 3Copyright © Texas Education Agency, 2012. All rights reserved. Images and other multimedia content used with permission. “A line is a dot that went for a walk.” –Paul Klee The path of a moving point It is longer than it is wide Refers to various types of mark making May not be continuous or physically connected Can be actual or implied

4. Shape 4Copyright © Texas Education Agency, 2012. All rights reserved. Images and other multimedia content used with permission. An area of two-dimensional space Defined by edges or lines Can be geometric or organic

5. Color 5 Copyright © Texas Education Agency, 2012. All rights reserved. Images and other multimedia content used with permission. primary secondary tertiary cool warm complementary analogous

6. Texture Copyright © Texas Education Agency, 2012. All rights reserved. Images and other multimedia content used with permission. 6 The quality of a surface Can be actual Can be implied

7. Value Copyright © Texas Education Agency, 2012. All rights reserved. Images and other multimedia content used with permission. 7 Refers to relative lightness or darkness of a color Black, white, and all shades of grey in between Tints, Tones, Shades