ELEMENTS OF ARTThe tools you use to make art.

LINEConnecting two points.

HorizontalVertical

DiagonalZig Zag

COLOR Primary Colors (meaning one)

RedYellowBlue

Secondary (meaning two) primary + primary = secondary

Purple 1 + 1 = 2OrangeGreen

COLORSHUEWarm Colors Cool Colors Red Yellow Orange

Blue Green Purple

VALUE

Tints Shades The lightest part of the

color. The darkest

The scale from light to dark.

TEXTUREHOW SOMETHING FEELSReal Texture Implied or visual Texture Texture you can reach out

and touch. Making something look

like it has texture.

SHAPE2 DIMENSIONAL OBJECT – HEIGHT AND WIDTH

Geometric Organic Shapes you use in math Circle Square Triangle

Shapes from nature Clouds Heart People

FORM3 DIMENSIONAL OBJECT – HEIGHT AND WIDTH AND DEPTH

Geometric Organic Shapes you use in math Sphere Cube pyramid

Shapes from nature Clouds Heart People

SPACETHE AREA OF AN ARTWORKPositive Space Negative Space The main object of the

painting. All the space around the

object.