Elements of Art

Line – the path of a point moving through space

Thick & Thin

Organic

Geometric

Smooth CurvedContinuous

Broken

Texture – the way something feels to the touch or looks to the eye.

Soft & furry

Ground Pork!

Slimy & cold

Christmas kisses!

Shiny & crinkly

Space – the area in (positive) and around (negative) an object

Value – the lightness or darkness of a color

Strong shadows

Shadow play

Inside of washing machine

Shape – a flat, two-dimensional area with height and width; may be geometric (circle, square, triangle,

rectangle) or organic

Post It Note Mario

Circles

Cowboy Stars

Form – an object with three dimensions (height, width, and depth) such as a basketball that you can see from

the front, back and side.

Waving Hands

Green Barbie

Stack ‘o Ducks

Color – the visual quality of objects caused by the

amount of light they reflect or absorb.

Yellow

YellowGreen

Green

BlueGreen

Blue

Blue Violet

Violet

RedViolet

Red

RedOrange

Orange

YellowOrange