The Seven Elements
of Art
Presented in PowerPoint
by: students’ names
An element
is a basic part of something in its
simplest form.
There are 7 elements in art.
Line,
shape,
form,
texture,
value,
color,
and space
are the basic elements we
find in all artwork.
LINE
A path left by a moving point.
Line Types and Variations
(Read pg75-76)
1. Explain and draw an example of Line Value.
2. Explain and draw an example of crosshatching.
The Expressive Qualities of a
Line (Read page 77-78)
3. Explain the Expressive qualities of vertical,
horizontal, diagonal, curved and zigzag lines.
4. Do the activity called, “Using Imagination to
Draw Lines Expressively” on your sketch pad
The Expressive Qualities of a
Line
Contour Drawing is outline drawing. Please
do the following exercise:
Draw all the contours of your neighbor
without lifting your pencil. You cannot look
at your paper at all!
Try to draw every contour you see
SHAPE
Shape
An area outlined by a line. Shapes are twodimensional and can be geometric or free form.
FORM
Form
Form describes volume and mass (how much
the object fills out); it is
three-dimensional.
TEXTURE
The surface qualities, both real and imagined,
in artwork. How the art would feel on your
hands is called texure
Two Types of Texture
• Tactile Texture – Texture that you can
actually feel with you hands
• Visual Texture – Texture that you only
imagine when looking at a piece of art such
as a photograph or painting
VALUE
Refers to the dark or light in a work of art.
Create your own value Sphere
• Activity: Create
your own value
chart.
COLOR
Depends on light, because it is made of light.
Color has three properties.
Hue names the color.
Value refers to the lightness
or darkness of color.
Intensity refers to the purity
of the hue.
SPACE
When three-dimensions are created
on a two-dimensional surface.