Elements of Art Basic components or building blocks

Tender Loving Care For Someone Very Special Texture Line Color Form Shape Value Space

TEXTURE The way something feels or appears to feel. Consider: The roughest texture surrounding us and the smoothest texture surrounding us.

How many textures do you see?

LINE A continuous mark made on a surface by a moving point that is either curved or straight; used to control our vision and to create unity, emotional value, and meaning. • Horizontal (side to side) – calm, relaxed, tranquil • Vertical (up and down) – strength, dignity • Diagonal (corner to corner) – anxious, excitement, confused

COLOR Has 3 qualities: hue, intensity, value • Hue: name of a color • Intensity: brightness or purity (add compliment) • Value: lightness or darkness (add black or white)

Color Groups • Primary – must have these 3 to create any other color Red, Yellow, Blue • Secondary – mix primary to create secondary Green, Orange, Purple: • Complementary – colors opposite on color wheel red/green, purple/yellow, orange/blue

• Analogous Colors – colors side by side on the color wheel • Tertiary Colors – mixing a primary color and a secondary color (ex: red-orange, yellow-green, blueviolet) • Color Spectrum – ROYGBIV Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple • Warm –Red, Orange, Yellow • Cool – Green, Blue, Purple

FORM Has mass and volume. Is three dimensional or appears to be 3 D. Value turns 2 D into 3 D

SHAPE A space set off by one or more of the other elements – usually the space is described by line. Shape is flat, 2 D

VALUE Gradual change from light to dark. Makes objects appear round, solid, and more real. “Shading” Takes 2 D to 3 D Page 31

SPACE The distance or area around, between, within, under, above something. ------5 ways to create space 2 D------ • Size: Distant shapes are smaller, closer shapes larger • Placement: overlap, some shapes are in front of others, and objects in front are toward bottom of picture plane • Detail: Distant shapes have less detail • Color: Distant shapes have dull hues • Line: horizontal lines of buildings and other objects are slanted to make them appear to extend back into space