Line: Notes, Sketches, Doodles, Ideas: An element of art, Line refers to the continuous mark made on a surface by a moving point.

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1 The Elements of Art Definitions The elements of art are the basic building blocks of art. We use the elements to create artwork. The seven basic elements are: Line, Shape, Form, Value, Texture, Color, and Space. Line: An element of art, Line refers to the continuous mark made on a surface by a moving point. Line may be: 2 - dimensional - pencil, pen, brush; 3 - dimensionalwire in space; Impliedthe edge of a shape or form

2 Shape: An Element of art shape is an enclosed area defined and determined by other art elements such as line, color, value and texture. In panting and drawing, shapes may take on the appearance of solid three dimensional objects even though they are limited to dimensions. Length & Width. Shapes can be geometric (squares, circles, triangles) or organic (wild, uneven, from nature).

3 Form: An Element of art, form is 3 - dimensional and incloses volume inside. Examples of forms are cubes, spheres and pyramids. In art we think of forms as sculpture.

4 Texture: An Element of art, texture refers to the surface quality or feel of a work of art. Textures can be actual or simulated. Actual textures would be something that you could physically feel with your fingers, while simulated textures are suggested by the way the artist has created certain areas of an image.

5 Space: An Element of art space refers to the distance or area between, around, above, below, or within things. It can be 2 - dimensional, or 3 - dimensional. Space can also be broken down into positive and negative space. Positive space would be the subject matter of an artwork, negative space would be the empty area around the subject.

6 Value: An Element of art which refers to the lightness or darkness of a color or tone in a work of art. A full range of values creates the illusion of three dimensions in a two dimensional work. If you want your drawings to pop out, choose a light source and don t be afraid to add lots of Value. Value Scale: Create a value scale from lightest to darkest. Use the highlighter tool for this assignment. Start with leaving the first box white, and use small steps to darken between each box, with your last box solid black! Total Score: / 5 pts. Possible White Very Light Gray Medium Light Gray Gray Medium Dark Gray Low Dark Gray Black

7 Color: Properties & Sets Use a mix of the pencil tool and the highlighter tool to create colors. Overlap pencil colors with highlighter colors when creating intermediate colors. Label each color Hue you use. An Element of art color has three properties: 1. Hue, the name of the color, like red, yellow, or blue, etc. 2. Intensity, the strength of a color, such as bright red or dull red. 3. Value, the lightness or darkness of a color. Color can be broken up into three sets; 1. Primary colors are the hues Red, Yellow and Blue. They are considered The Color Hues: Red Red-Orange Orange Yellow-Orange Yellow Yellow-Green Green Blue-Green Blue Blue-Violet Violet Red-Violet primary because we make all the other colors by mixing Red, Yellow, and Blue, also, you can not mix the other colors together to get the primary colors. 2. Secondary colors are the hues Green, Violet, and Orange. They are the secondary colors because they are made by mixing 50% of one primary color to 50% of another primary color. As an example, mixing 50% Red to 50% Yellow will give you the secondary hue Orange. 3. Intermediate colors are the hues, Blue-Green, Blue-Violet, Red-Violet, Red-Orange, Yellow- Orange, and Yellow-Green. They are made by mixing unequal amounts of primary colors together. As an example, mixing 75% Red to 25% Yellow will give you the secondary color Red-Orange. Notice that the primary color always will be first in the name of the intermediate colors. The Color Sets Primary = Circles, Secondary = Triangles Intermediate = Squares

8 Color: Schemes Use a mix of the pencil tool and the highlighter tool to create colors. Overlap pencil colors with highlighter colors when creating intermediate colors. Label each color Hue you use. Color can also be broken up into color schemes, such as; 1. Warm colors are ones that use the hues Red, and Yellow as well as any combination of the two. 2. Cool colors are the ones that have at least 50% of the hue blue. 3. Complementary colors are located directly across from each other on the color wheel. Complementary colors often look good together. 4. Monochromatic colors are when you use only one hue, but many different values of that hue. Tint =Color + White Tone = Color + Gray Shade = Color + Black 5. Analogous colors are any three colors that you see next to each other on the color wheel. One example is the three hues Red, Red-Violet, and Violet, another set could be Blue-Green, Green, and Yellow-Green. Warm Colors: Color hues that are made of red & yellow, & all the tints, tones, & shades of those colors. Cool Colors: Color hues that are made of at lest 50% blue & all the tints, tones, & shades of those colors. Complementary Colors: Sets of color hues that are directly across from each other on the color wheel. (Show 3 possible sets) Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Monochromatic: Choose one color hue and create the four different kinds of value asked for. Analogous Colors: Any 3 color hues that are next to each other on the color wheel, & all the tints, tones, & shades of those colors. (Show 2 possible sets) Score: 20 pts. / Possible Light Tint Tone Pure Hue Dark Shade