FOUNDATIONS OF ART DIGITAL SNAPSHOT: ELEMENTS OF ART

LINE

• A mark with length and direction
• Created by a point that moves across a surface

This pictures shows LINE because the cabinet files have length and direction. It moves across a surface which it the cabinet. The cabinet files are lines because they go across a surface and have length

SHAPE

• A flat figure
• Created when auctual or implied lines meet to surround a space

This picture shows SHAPE. The celling have lines that form the rectangles. The rectangles meet to surround a space. The celling has shape because it has rectangles and lines that meet.

FORM

This picture shows FORM because it is 3D and have a mass. I can tell it takes up space on the counter top. A stapler has mass and volume.

COLOR

This picture shows COLOR because it has different shades. I can see there is more than one color. If you can see it, it is a color.

VALUE

This picture shows VALUE Because the surface is dark. This picture is dark. This picture is dark because it was drawn with a darker color.

TEXTURE

This picture shows TEXTURE because it looks spiky. The brush has texture because it is spiky so it can clean objects.

SPACE

• Empty or open area
• Between, open, below, or with in objects.
• Postive space- space an object takes up
• Negative space- space around an object

This picture shows SPACE because the buckets take up space. The buckets are a positive space. The bucket takes up space because it is 3D.