Elements of Art

Color- is produced when light rays reflect off an object.  (Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Violet)

Line- is a mark with greater length than width. (-------------)

Shape- has two dimensions height and width.  (Square, rectangle, circle)

Value- is the lightness or Darkness of a color.  (An apple is usually red but some parts are darker and other pats are lighter)  

Texture- is the way something feels or looks like it would feel.  (Sandpaper, bark of a tree, snake skin)

Space- Positve space is taken up by the objects.  Negative space is the  empty space around the objects.  (The image in a photo such as a person is positive space, the sky behind the person would be the negative)

Form- Has three dimensions;Height, Width, and Depth.  (A sculpture or something that can be viewed from 360 degrees)