Elements of Art – The Building Blocks of Art

1. Name: _______________ Date: __________ Univ: __________ Lineis a mark with greater length than width. Lines can be horizontal, vertical, or diagonal; straight or curved; thick or thin. Shapeis a closed line. Shapes can be geometric, like squares and circles; or organic, like free-form or natural shapes. Shapes are flat and can express length and width. Formsare three-dimensional shapes expressing length, width, and depth. Balls, cylinders, boxes, and pyramids are forms. Spaceis the area between and around objects. Positive Space The space/shape/form that is the focus of the artwork. Negative Space The space around objects that is not the focus. Coloris light reflected off of objects. Color has three main characteristics: -hue (the name of the color, such as red), -value (how light or dark it is), and intensity (how bright or dull it is). Primary colors are the only true colors (red, blue, and yellow). All other colors are mixes of primary colors. Secondary colors are two primary colors mixed together (green, orange, violet). Textureis the surface quality that can be seen and felt. Elements of Art – The Building Blocks of Art

2. Line Shape Form Space Negative Space Positive Space Color Primary Colors Secondary Colors Texture Describe what Elements of Art you used in your Portrait: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Create a Self-Portrait – A drawing that represents you!

3. Elements of Art – The Building Blocks of Art Name: _______________ Date: _________ Univ: __________ Lineis a mark with greater length than width. Lines can be horizontal, vertical, or diagonal; straight or curved; thick or thin. Shapeis a closed line. Shapes can be geometric, like squares and circles; or organic, like free-form or natural shapes. Shapes are flat and can express length and width. Formsare three-dimensional shapes expressing length, width, and depth. Balls, cylinders, boxes, and pyramids are forms. Spaceis the area between and around objects. Positive Space The space/shape/form that is the focus of the artwork. Negative Space The space around objects that is not the focus. Coloris light reflected off of objects. Color has three main characteristics: -hue (the name of the color, such as red), -value (how light or dark it is), and intensity (how bright or dull it is). Primary colors are the only true colors (red, blue, and yellow). All other colors are mixes of primary colors. Secondary colors are two primary colors mixed together (green, orange, violet). Valueis considered how light or dark a subject or color is. Textureis the surface quality that can be seen and felt. Remember -Focus on writing and drawing clearly -Create definitions that help you to understand Elements of Art Foldable For our first activity you will create a foldable showcasing the Elements of Art. On the Right you will see the example and the Vocabulary with the definitions. We will fold our paper into fourths Vertically and then cut 8 door opening info areas. Inside your foldable you will write the definitions in your own words and create visual symbols that represent the concepts. On the back of your foldable cut out and glue the definitions on the right.