Element of arts

• The elements and principles of art are the building blocks or foundations upon which a work of art is created
• You will not use all of them all the time but will you will some of them most of the time
• Line


  The path of a moving point, they define the edges of shapes and forms
• Shape


  1. D, flat, when a line connects to itself
• Form


  1. D, can be actual or implied, have height, width, and depth
• Actual form


  • A work that you can see from all sides, sculpture

  
• Implied form


  • Created with shading and modeling
• Color


  Hue of an object when light is reflected off of it
• Primary colors


  • Red
  • Yellow
  • Blue
• Secondary colors


  • Orange
  • Green
  • Purple
• Warm colors


  • Orange
  • Yellow
  • Red
• Cool colors


  • Blue
  • Green
  • Purple
• Texture


  The way something feels or the way it looks like it feels, created by using patterns
• Space


  The area around a subject in a work of art, shown with size, overlap, and proportion
• Value


  The lights and darks of a color within a work of art
• Pattern


  Repeat, can be created with lines, shapes, and colors
• Contrast


  Differences in a work of art, light & dark, rough & smooth, curved line & straight
• Balance


  The distribution of the visual weight of objects in a work of art, using color, size, texture
• Emphasis


  Main idea, the main focus, the thing your eye sees first
• Unity


  A similar element throughout a work of art that brings the parts together
• Proportion/Scale


  The size of something compared to what is next to it
• Rhythm/Movement


  Visual elements in a work of art that create a sense of action or implied motion