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G1 Elements of Art

Line is the most basic element of art. Shapes are two-dimensional outlines that can join to form three-dimensional forms. Space refers to the areas around and within components of a piece, and can be positive or negative. Color has characteristics of hue, value, and intensity, and can be organized in schemes like monochromatic, analogous, complementary, or triadic. Texture can be actual, abstract, invented, or simulated, and impacts the feeling evoked in the viewer.

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G1 Elements of Art

Line is the most basic element of art. Shapes are two-dimensional outlines that can join to form three-dimensional forms. Space refers to the areas around and within components of a piece, and can be positive or negative. Color has characteristics of hue, value, and intensity, and can be organized in schemes like monochromatic, analogous, complementary, or triadic. Texture can be actual, abstract, invented, or simulated, and impacts the feeling evoked in the viewer.

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the

seven
elements
of

art
line

Line is the most basic


element of art. Without a
line, the other elements
couldn’t exist so let's start
here and then we will
gradually go more advanced.
line

If a line joins up it forms


an outline. An outline
creates a shape.
lineS CAN BE
lineS CAN BE
lineS CAN BE
lineS CAN BE
lineS CAN BE
lineS CAN BE
lineS CAN BE
lineS CAN BE
lineS IN ART
lineS IN ART
shapes

Shapes are 2-dimensional;


the best way to remember
the shape element is to
think of an outline.
shapes

geometric organic
FORMS

Forms are basically shapes


with depth and height
making them into a three-
dimensional structure.
FORMS

shape form
FORMS
SPACE

positive NEGATIVE
SPACE

It refers to the distances or


areas around, between, and
within components of a
piece.
SPACE

positive NEGATIVE
SPACE
SPACE
color

Light reflected off


objects. Color has three
main characteristics:
hue, value and intensity.
color

warm cool
primary colors
primary colors
primary colors
primary colors
primary colors
monochromatic

It is using one color but


with the consideration of
utilizing its respective
several shades and tints
of a single hue for a
subtle palette.
monochromatic
analogous

An analogous palette
includes colors found
side by side.
analogous
complementary

Using two hues directly


opposite each other on
the color wheel, such as
blue and orange. These
complementary colors
work well together
because they balance
each other visually.
complementary
triadic

A triad creates an
adventurous palette by
using three hues evenly
spaced on the wheel,
such as turquoise,
fuchsia, and yellow-
orange.
triadic
VALUE

Value is how light or dark


something is. There is a
scale of light and dark
from pure white through
to pitch black.
VALUE
VALUE

If a painting is done on the lower


(darker) edge of the value scale it is
called a “low key” painting. Low key
paintings give rise to a heavy,
mysterious, dramatic, sometimes
brooding feeling in the viewer.
VALUE

By contrast, “high key”


paintings take their range of
values from the upper end of
the value scale and create
emotions of lightness,
quickness, spirituality etc.
VALUE

low-key high-key
VALUE

Value is what artists


use to portray light
and form. The further
from the light the
darker the value. Value
changes determines
the form of an object.
texture

Texture in art is how the


surface of the artwork looks
and feels to the sense of
touch. It is the element of
art that impacts the feeling
an artwork evokes in the
viewer.
actual texture

This is texture you can feel


in physical form when
touching it
abstract texture

A representation of texture
that has been simplified by
the artist to appear close to
real texture when viewed.
abstract texture
invented texture

This is a type of texture


that looks interesting but is
completely made up. It’s
texture that does not
represent the reality of
anything in the real world.
invented texture
simulated texture

Simulated texture may look


like something rough or soft
but does not bear out when
actually touched. It creates
an implied texture.
simulated texture

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