Elements of Art

The elements of art are the building blocks of visual art. There are 6 elements.

 

Line

Line is the path of a point moving through space

   

Shape / Form

   

Color

Colors all come from the three primaries and black and white. They have three
properties – hue, value, and intensity

  

Value

Value refers to relative lightness and darkness and is perceived in terms of varying levels of contrast.

    

Texture

Texture refers to the tactile qualities of a surface (actual) or to the visual representation of such surface qualities (implied).

     

Space / Perspective

Space refers to the area in which art is organized. Perspective is representing a volume of space or a 3-dimensional object on a flat surface.

   

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