Art

Elements of Art are:

Line, space, shape, form, color, texture, and value

Line

A long narrow mark; usally made by drawing with a tool or brush but also can be formed when you place 2 objects together

Shape

a 3D or implied 2D dimensional area defined by line or changes in color

Geometric shapes

• Precise and regular

• Circles, triangles, and squares

Organic shapes

• Irregular

• Often curving or rounded

Positive shapes

More dominat shapes

Negative shapes

Shapes in background

Mass

While mass is NOT considered an element of art, it deals with SHAPE: it bulk of solid body of material

Space

The visual or physical area that surrounds, separates, or contains elements of a work

Value

The relative lightness and darkness in artworks

Color

Color is a component of light that affects our thoughts, moods, and even our health, it’a created when light waves hit an object’s surface and are then reflected back to our eyes

Texture

The tactile qualities of surfaces or the visual representation of thoes surfaces