1. SMART Board Lesson:
Understanding the
Elements of Art
By: Emily Davis

2. What are the Elements of Art?
LINE
SHAPE
FORM
SPACE
COLOR
VALUE
TEXTURE

3. What is a Line?
A line is a mark, which is greater in length then in width.
Can anyone draw these different types of lines?
Horizontal Lines: Diagonal Lines:
ZigZag Lines:
OutLine: Vertical Lines:
Curved Lines:
Click to the right of each line type in order to display the example

4. What is a shape?
A shape is a two dimensional object: height and width
Geometric Shape can be measured mathematically.
Organic Shape can not be measured mathematically.
Geometric Shapes Organic Shapes

5. Match the Shapes
When you get a match, tell the class if
it's a geometric or organic shape!

6. What is a Form?
Forms are objects with three dimensions:
-height
-width
-depth
A form can be seen from many sides. It
can be real object or an illusion.

7. Create a Form!!!
Take the shapes below and turn them into a form, by
adding a third dimension.
TIP: Visualize and Create the shape in the back then
make the connecting lines.
For example:

8. The Solution:
to creating a Form!!!

9. What is space?
Space is the illusion of depth created between and
around objects on a flat surface.
Positive Space: Negative Space:
is space taken is empty space
up by objects. around objects.

10. Can you create positive and negative space?
Positive Negative

11. What is Color?
Hue: the color itself
Value: the lightness or darkness of a color
Intensity: the brightness or dullness of a color
All colors can be made
from red, yellow, and
blue!
Secondary colors are
created by mixing
primary colors
Tertiary colors are
created with one primary
and one secondary color.

12. Name that Color!
Is it a Primary, Secondary or a Tertiary color?
Primary
Tertiary Primary
Tertiary
Secondary
Tertiary Secondary
Primary Tertiary
Tertiary Primary
Secondary Tertiary
Click in the center of the color wheel to make it spin.

13. Can you create a secondary color?
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14. Lets see how you did!!!
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15. What is value?
Value is the lightness and darkness of any object.
To lighten the value of a
color add? _______
To darken the value of
a color add? _______

16. Can you put the color values in order?

17. What is texture?
Texture is the Visual and Actual surface quality of an
object. It can be smooth, rough, bumpy, or soft.
Crinkly
Smooth
Bumpy Rough

18. Does the object have Visual or Actual texture?
The desktop is smooth. The tree appears to
have splinters.
Actual Visual
The Metal grate looks The Paper feels rough.
bumpy.
Visual Actual

19. Image Resources
Images:
http://www.cemca.org/maldives/colours.htm
http://arteelle.com/img/fb/fb1/The_Elements_of_Art.jpg
http://www.mmwindowtoart.com/webimages/paintimages/clwhdesign1.gif
http://www.mmwindowtoart.com/foundations/foundationscolor.html
http://www.sciencebuddies.com/science-fair-projects/project_ideas/Math_img080a.jpg
http://cdn1.1stwebdesigner.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/high-resolution-paper-
texture4.jpg
http://ruralart.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/rug20texture.jpg
http://www.free-pictures-photos.com/texture/texture-hz6t5.jpg
http://www.photoshoptextures.com/wood-textures/stump-ring-texture.jpg