Brief overview of the Elements of Art. Intended to supplement classroom presentation.

1. Elements of ART Created by Brian Anderson Image: Salvatore Vuono / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

2. Line A Line is the path a point makestraveling from one place to another. Image: Rawich / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

3. Line There exist five basic types of Line. Image: Rawich / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

4. Line The first type of Line is “Straight.” Vertical Horizontal Diagonal Diagonal Image: Rawich / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

5. Line The second type of Line is “Curved.” Image: Rawich / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

6. Line Another type of Line is “Wavy.” Image: Rawich / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

7. Line The fourth type of Line is “Zigzag.” Image: Rawich / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

8. Line The last type of Line is “Swirl.” Image: Rawich / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

9. Line Lines can be short, long, in between,or never-ending. Lines can also be thick or thin. Image: Rawich / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

10. Shape Shape is an area defined by a linethat begins and ends at the same point. Shapes are two-dimensional.

11. Shape Geometric shapes are common shapeslike circles, squares, and triangles.

12. Shape Organic Shapes have irregular borders.

13. Form Form is three-dimensional and has depth. Y = Height Z = Depth X = Width Image: FilomenaScalise / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

14. Form Types of common Forms includecubes, spheres, cones, cylinders,and pyramids. Image: FilomenaScalise / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

15. Color Color comes from white light. We see color when lightis either refracted or reflected. Refracted light produces rainbows. Reflected light reveals an object’s color. Image: Salvatore Vuono / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

16. Color When light is refracted, it reveals … Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Violet Image: Salvatore Vuono / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

17. Color Wrapping these colors around in a circlegives us the color wheel. Image: Salvatore Vuono / FreeDigitalPhotos.net Image: Rawich / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

18. Color PRIMARY COLORS Red Yellow Blue Image: Salvatore Vuono / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

19. Color Mixing two Primary Colors produces a Secondary Color. Red + Yellow = Orange Yellow + Blue = Green Blue + Red = Violet Image: Salvatore Vuono / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

20. Color SECONDARY COLORS Orange Violet Image: Salvatore Vuono / FreeDigitalPhotos.net Green

21. Color Mixing a Primary Color with a Secondary produces an Intermediate Color. Red + Orange = Red-Orange Yellow + Orange = Yellow-Orange Red + Violet = Red-Violet Blue + Violet = Blue-Violet Blue + Green = Blue-Green Yellow + Green = Yellow-Green Image: Salvatore Vuono / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

22. Value Value refers to light versus dark. Value produces contrastand reveals an object’s form. Image: Louisa Stokes / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

23. Value When drawing with a pencil, you can obtain Value through three means: Blending Crosshatching Pointillism Image: Louisa Stokes / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

24. Texture Texture refers to the qualityof an object’s surface. For example, is an object’s surface“smooth” or “rough?” Image: kongsky / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

25. Texture If you sense an object’s texture by touch,we call this “Tactile” texture. If you sense an object’s texture by sight,we call this “Visual” texture. Image: kongsky / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

26. Space Space refers to both an objectand its surroundings. For example, a sculpture occupies Spaceand is surrounded by Space. Image: Chris Sharp / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

27. Space The Space occupied by an objectis called, “Positive Space.” The Space surrounding an objectis called, “Negative Space.” Image: Chris Sharp / FreeDigitalPhotos.net