2025 MCC Elements and Principles of Art

The basic building blocks used to create a work of art are known as the _____________ of art.

• Elements
• Principles
• Components
• Features

A ___________is an element of art that is a mark made by a moving pointed tool such as a brush, pen or stick; a moving point

• Shape

• Form

• Line

• Colour

A ________________is an element of art that is a flat enclosed area that has two dimensions, length and width.  Examples include circles, squares and triangles

• Texture
• Shape
• Form
• Line

___________________ is an element created by light.

• Value

• Shape

• Space

• Colour

___________________is an object that has three dimensions:  length, width and height.  Examples:  Spheres, Cubes, Pyramids

• Form
• Shape
• Space
• Line

__________________is an element that describes the way a surface feels: rough, smooth, bumpy etc.

• Line

• Texture

• Colour

• Value

_________________is an art principle that creates the illusion of depth.  This can either be positive or negative.

• Form
• Line
• Shape
• Space

_________________of art are rules or guidelines that artists use to arrange the elements of art into a visually pleasing composition.

• Standards
• Laws
• Principles
• Foundations

This image is a good example of which principle of art?

• Variety
• Emphasis
• Contrast
• Balance

This image is a good example of which principle of art?

• Emphasis
• Contrast
• Pattern
• Movement