Elements of Visual Art

LineShapeFormSpace

TextureValueColor

Elements of Art

the basic visual tools artists use when making an artwork.

color, line, shape, value, form, texture, and space

LineA mark with length and direction, a mark made by

a moving point

Can be real or implied.Can be long or short.Can be solid or broken.Can be thicker or thinner.Can be straight, wavy, zig-zag, bumpy, vertical, horizontal,

diagonal, curved, bent, or spiral.

Texture the feel of the actual surface

Appearance of roughness or smoothness of an object.

Can be created using lines, shapes, and values.

Shape/Form An enclosed space or areashapes are 2D

Implied by an area of color

Can be geometric or organic

Forms are 3D.

Drawing

Geometric

Shapes and Forms Forms

ValueLightness or darkness

TINTS, made by adding white

SHADES, made by adding black

SpaceDistance between lines and shapes, orthe illusion of depth

Shown by:– Converging lines– Overlapping shapes– Changing brightness of color– Position on the page– Decreasing size (foreshortening)– Use of shading and shadows