Elements of Art

Elements of Art: Line, Shape, Form, Value, Space, Color, and Texture

Below are examples of Line.

Below are examples of Shapes.

Form is what the shape or shapes describe. See below.

Value shows how dark or light somthing is, and is used in Art often to depict light. See below.

Space can describe the environment within your picture. See below. Please note that this is only one kind of use for space, and more examples will come as this site develops!

Click the picture below to learn about color. It will take you to a different webpage. You can hit the backspace button to return here after.

Texture describes the surface of things, and can be depicted using various kinds of Lines. See below.