7 Elements of Art

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7 Elements of Art
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Ben Shahn Supermarket

Songya People kifwebe mask
Kathe Kollwitz Self-Portrait
Kenneth Snelson Needle Tower
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Line

• A line is a basic element of art, referring to a
  continuous mark, made on a surface, by a moving
  point.

• How many types of lines can you make? How
  important are lines to our environment? The
  artist recognizes the power of the "Line" when he
  or she creates a work of art.

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What element catches your eye?

MerryGoRound
Piet Mondrian Broadway Boogie-Woogie
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Color

• Many people would argue that the Element of
  "Color" has the most effect on a work of art.
  Consider what our world would look like if
  everything was black, white and shades of gray?
  The effects of "Color" on humans has been studied
  many times. Artists have known that "Color" has a
  powerful effect on their works and on the
  impressions of the viewers.

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Color wheel

• Primary colors
• Secondary colors
• Tertiary colors
• Complimentary colors
• Hue
• purest form of a color

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Shanon Fitzpatrick Coral Study
Gustav Klimt Emilie Floge
Paul Klee Ad Parnassem
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Texture

• An element of art which refers to the surface
  quality or "feel" of an object, its smoothness,
  roughness, softness, etc. Textures may be actual
  or simulated. Actual textures can be felt with
  the fingers (tactile), while simulated textures
  (visual) are suggested by the way the artist has
  painted certain areas of a picture.

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Louise Nevelson Sky Cathedral
Korean Nok masks
Joan Miro The Policeman
Henri Matisse
Cut Paper Collage
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Shapes

• Shapes are everywhere. More common ones are given
  names such as circle or square. There are an
  infinite amount of shape possibilities and
  combinations.
• Two Types (2-D)
• Organic
• Geometric

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• Specifically, it is an enclosed space, the
  boundaries of which are defined by other elements
  of art (i.e. lines, colors, values, textures,
  etc.).
• Shapes are limited to two dimensions length and
  width. Geometric shapes - circles, rectangles,
  squares, triangles and so on - have the clear
  edges one achieves when using tools to create
  such shapes. Organic shapes have natural, less
  well-defined edges (think an amoeba, or a cloud).

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Sandy Skoglund Radioactive Cats
Michelangelo Buonoratti David
Frank Gehry
Alexander Calder Mobile
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Form

• Forms are often called the "three-dimensional
  shapes". Unlike flat, two-dimensional areas,
  Forms are represented as "three-dimensional". The
  great illustrators and sculptors of the world of
  art have mastered the Element Form.

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Henry Moore Reclining Figure
Paul Cezanne The basket of Apples
Salvador Dali The Deterioration of The
Persistence Of Memory
Andrew Wyeth Christinas World
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Space

• Often we do not consider Space when we create a
  work of art. It often just seems to happen. Space
  creates interest in an artwork.
• Two Types
• Positive ()
• Negative (-)

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Ferdinand Leger
Marc Chagall
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Value

• Value refers to the lightness or darkness of a
  color. It also refers to how artists use other
  Elements Of Art to create a sense of light or
  dark. 
• Different Values
• Tint
• Tone
• Shade

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Review

• Line
• Shape
• Space
• Form
• Texture
• Color
• Value