Elements of Art
Post date: Sep 01, 2015 4:53:4 PM
The elements of art are the ingredients used by artists to create a work of art.
Line
Line is a mark with greater length than width. Lines can be horizontal, vertical, or diagonal; straight or curved; thick or thin.
Video about line: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDePyEFT1gQ
Shape
Shape is a closed line. Shapes can be geometric, like squares and circles; or organic, like free-form or natural shapes. Shapes are flat and can express length and width.
Video about shape: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJzGkZwkHt4
Form
Forms are three-dimensional shapes expressing length, width, and depth. Balls, cylinders, boxes, and pyramids are forms.
Video about form: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DIPs3T2dQk
Space
Space is the area between and around objects. The space around objects is often called negative space; negative space has shape. Space can also refer to the feeling of depth. Real space is three-dimensional; in visual art, when we create the feeling or illusion of depth, we call it space.
Video about space: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U11B_0FCn6o
Colour
Color is light reflected off of objects. Color has three main characteristics: hue (the name of the color, such as red, green, blue, etc.), value (how light or dark it is), and intensity (how bright or dull it is).
White is pure light; black is the absence of light
Primary colors are the only true colors (red, blue, and yellow). All other colors are mixes of primary colors.
Secondary colors are two primary colors mixed together (green, orange, violet).
Intermediate colors, sometimes called tertiary colors, are made by mixing a primary and secondary color together.
Simple video about colour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWW_UbrkBEw
More detail about colour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj1FK8n7WgY
Value
Value is the lightness or darkness of a colour.
Video about value: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAwYHNo31ZQ
Texture
Texture is the surface quality that can be seen and felt. Textures can be rough or smooth, soft or hard. Textures do not always feel the way they look; for example, a drawing of a porcupine may look prickly, but if you touch the drawing, the paper is still smooth.
Video about texture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoOb3JSDAUo