FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS OF ART
LINE: Fundamental Elements of Art
Line is one of the seven basic elements of art along with Shape, Form, Texture, Value, Space and Color. These are the building blocks of all art and are a good place to start when making, looking at or analyzing works of art. Brush up on your visual literacy as we breakdown the wide variety of lines that artists use. Through the lens of the self-portrait, we look at how line is a way for artists to express their individual style and also a tool to control the messages they wish to communicate.
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SHAPE: Fundamental Elements of Art
Shape is one of the seven basic building blocks of art. Using still life paintings of fruit, we look into how artists create their individual style and develop a unique approach to making shapes.
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FORM: Fundamental Elements of Art
Study up on the different ways visual artists create Form. Through the eye-fooling genre of Trompe L'oeil, we look at techniques artists use to transform shapes into forms.
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TEXTURE: Fundamental Elements of Art
In this fourth installment of our Elements of Art series, we look at the how visual artists try to engage our sense of touch.
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VALUE: Fundamental Elements of Art
Artists are able to create the illusion of light through a wide variety of color and tonal values. In the fifth installment of the Elements of Art series, explore how they produce and use such values.
COLOR: Fundamental Elements of Art
Brush up on your knowledge of color in the sixth installment of the Elements of Art series. By considering the vital, vibrant work of the Color Field painters of the 1950's and 1960's, learn how color is a worthy subject for an artwork all on its own.
SPACE: Fundamental Elements of Art
Dive deep into the complex role that space plays in the visual arts. Using site-specific art as a starting point, learn about the specific techniques that artists use to control and manipulate space in their work.