Elements+of+Art

[|BACK] Elements of Art

** Line ** A line is a mark with greater length than width, or the path of a moving point. There are many types of lines including: vertical, horizontal, diagonal, curved, angular, zig zag, bent, straight, interrupted, thick, thin, parallel, cross-hatched & spiral

A shape is a closed line. there are many types of shapes: geometric, naturalistic, nonrepresentational, amorphous & biomorphic
 * Shape **

A form has height, width and depth.
 * Form**

Value describes the lightness or darkness of a color. Value can be used to express volume.
 * Value**

Space refers to the distance or area between, around, above or within things. It can be a description for both 2 and 3 dimensional portrayals.
 * Space**

**Texture**

There are two types of texture: Actual texture: texture that you can feel Visual texture: texture that you can see, not feel (example, a picture of a porcupine looks sharp, but when you touch it the paper feels smooth)

**Color**
 * Color Is an element of art with three properties **
 * 1) Hue, the name of the color, e.g. red, yellow, etc **
 * 2) Intensity or the purity and strength of the color such as bright ness or dullness **
 * 3) value, or the lightness or darkness of the color **
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