Elements of Art

ELEMENTS OF ART “BUILDING BLOCKS” LINE SHAPE FORM COLOR TEXTURE VALUE SPACE

LINE “a point going out for a walk” Vertical Up and down, sense of stability, static Horizontal Side-to-side, calm, restful, static Diagonal Slanted, sense of action or falling Curved Rounded, active, playful Zig-zag Angular, jagged, active

SHAPE 2-D GEOMETRIC SHAPES: Circle Square Oval Triangle Rectangle ORGANIC SHAPES: Irregular, “natural” shapes

FORM 3-D BASIC GEOMETRIC FORMS: Cube Rectangular prism Triangular prism (tent) Pyramid Cone Cylinder Sphere Ovoid form (egg) ORGANIC FORMS

COLOR Hue Value Intensity

SPACE Illusions of depth Linear perspective Size Detail Overlap Placement Aerial perspective

TEXTURE TACTILE VISUAL “Real” texture, can actually be felt Illusion of texture, can only be seen, NOT felt How do artists create visual texture?

VALUE Lightness or darkness How do artists create value? Blending Hatching and cross-hatching Stippling