Art elements

What are the 7 art elements?

• painting, sculpture, drawing, photography, craft, printmaking and video

• pencils, paper, paint, erasers, crayons, markers and clay

• line, shape, texture, form, space, color and value

• Picasso, Matisse, van Gogh, da Vinci, Dali, Warhol and Rembrandt

Elements of art are features included in art pieces to help the artist communicate.

• True

• False

This is an example of which element?

• line

• shape

• portrait

Answer explanation

A line is one of the simplest elements of art. They can be horizontal, vertical, curved, or any other shape.

This is an example of which element?

• triangles

• texture

• shape

Answer explanation

Connecting lines together to enclose some areas is called shape. Shapes are often organic, meaning that they follow the kinds of shapes that one might find in nature and are more or less irregular. Some artists also use geometric shapes, which are the genre of shapes one might find in a mathematics textbook.

This is an example of which element?

• form

• shadows

• line

Answer explanation

Form refers to three-dimensional objects. Shapes are flat and have two dimensions (height and width). Forms have three dimensions. (height, width and depth)

This is an example of which element?

• apples

• value

• space

Answer explanation

Value defines how light or dark a given color or hue can be. Values are best understood when visualized as a scale or gradient, from dark to light.

This is an example of which element?

• value

• buildings

• colour

Answer explanation

Colour is light reflected by an object. Colour can affect how people feel.

This is an example of which element?

• field

• space

• colour

Answer explanation

Space is the variation of size and shape in the elements of a drawing or painting. Space can be used to create the illusion of depth on a flat canvas.

This is an example of which element?

• texture

• gold

• light

Answer explanation

Texture is the way an object feels or looks as it may feel.

What are the 7 art elements?