1. The ingredients for a great composition
The Elements of Art
The ingredients for a great composition

2. What are the Elements of Art?
The Elements of Art are the tools that artists use to make art. There are 7 of them:
Line
Value
Texture
Shape
Form
Space
Color

3. LINE
A line is a path that a point takes through space. Lines can be thick, thin, dotted or solid. They can be straight, zig-zagged, wavy, curly, etc.

4. There are two basic types of shapes:
A shape is created when a line becomes connected. Shapes are 2 Dimensional- which means you can measure its HEIGHT and its WIDTH.
There are two basic types of shapes:
ORGANIC GEOMETRIC

5. FORM
A Form is a shape that has become 3-Dimensional (3-D). A form has HEIGHT, WIDTH and DEPTH. Depth shows the thickness of the object. Forms are NOT flat like shapes are!

6. VALUE
Value is the lightness or darkness of a color. Value makes objects appear 3D because it imitates natural light. When showing value in a work of art, you will need a LIGHT SOURCE.
A light source is the place where the light is coming from, the darkest areas are always on the opposite side of the light.

7. COLOR Color is the product of light. Without light you have no color.
The color wheel is divided
up into primary (red, yellow,
blue), secondary (orange,
green, violet), and tertiary (red-orange, blue-violet, etc) colors.

8. TEXTURE
Texture is the way the surface of an object actually feels. In the artistic world, we refer to two types of texture:
Real & Implied

9. SPACE
Space is the area in, around, above, below, etc., in a composition. It is basically divided into 3 parts: Foreground, Middle Ground and Background.

10. Your Assignment:
Create a name tag that includes at least 5 Elements of Art (you must use space).
Your name tag must be completely colored using markers, crayons & colored pencils.