Elements of Art

A line is the path of a moving point-that is, a mark made by a tool or instrument as it is drawn across a surface. Its length is distinctly greater than its width.

• line

• width

• yard

• texture

The 2-d representation of an object. It is the outline of something. Not a cube.

• block

• 2-d

• shape

• form

This is the 3-d representation of an image. It is when we draw an image that has the illusion of being able to see the back of it.

• cube

• Form

• Shape

• line

When something goes from light to dark. It can be color or shading.

• Value

• line

• contrast

• form

Drawing the distance between two objects or the area inside an object.

• value

• form

• line

• space

The way something feels

• cold

• hot

• line

• texture