1. Basic Building Blocks for all Artists
The Elements of Art
Basic Building Blocks for all Artists

2. Line Angular Curved thick Thin Broken Wavy Jagged
How many lines can you see in nature?

4. Night Celebration Mark Tobey

5. Shape
Geometric
Organic

6. Shapes in Nature

7. Shapes in Art

8. Form: Length, width and DEPTH

9. Color Warm and cool Opposites are Rainbow (color wheel) Neutrals
Complimentary
Rainbow (color wheel)
Neutrals
Tints and Shades

10. Warm

11. Cool

12. Complements (Opposites)

13. Neutrals

14. Tints and Shades
Adding white to Tint
Adding black to Shade

15. Primary and Secondary Colors

16. Tertiary Colors Those in-between colors with hyphens in their name
Names are two words: one primary color and one secondary color combined
Primary color always comes first
Red-Orange
Red-Violet
Yellow-Green
Yellow-Orange
Blue-Green
Blue-Violet

17. Value Shading using various techniques: Hatching Cross-hatching
Stippling
Blending

18. Shading Techniques to Create Value
Hatching-one direction
Crosshatching-two directions

19. Shading Techniques to create Value
Stippling
Blending

20. Size

21. Size—manipulated unrealistically

22. Texture
Real Texture
Simulated Texture

23. Space
Positive and Negative Space
Space to show Distance

24. Positive and Negative The space around, or between; the object
The space taken by the object
The space around, or between; the object
The Positive Space is black
The Negative Space is white

25. Showing Space using Distance
Foreground-what is closest
The boat
Background—what is smallest, farthest
The Sky
Middleground lies between the two
The river and buildings

26. Conclusion The elements are tools for the artist to use to make successful art, and words to use to clearly discuss our work and others’.

27. Practice