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The Elements of Art are the components
used to create or build a work of art. |
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Line - is a mark, or hatch mark, made on a surface.
Shape - A shape has two dimensions, both length and width, and is represented as an enclosed area defined by line, color, value, texture, space, or form.
Form - Appears 3 dimensional and encloses volume. Form has 3 dimensions; length, width, and height (cube, sphere, pyramid, and cylinder).
Color - Derived from reflected light, the sensation of color is aroused in the brain by response of the eyes to different wavelengths of light. A color has 3 parts: hue (color name), intensity (strength/purity), and value (lightness and darkness).
Value - Refers to changes of a base color, and includes light, medium, and dark areas. Value is determined by how much light a surface reflects or absorbs. Highlights, midtones, shadows, and cast
shadows may all show up as different intensities of the same color.
Texture -- The tactile quality of a surface or its representation, what a surface appears to feel like. The three basic types of texture are actual, simulated, and invented texture.
Space - The creation of visual perspective, and the illusion of depth; the distance around, between, above, below, and within an object or group of objects. |
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Click here for a printable Elements of Art (Microsoft Word Doc)
Click here for a printable Elements of Art (Adobe Acrobat PDF) |
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Brain Teasers
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