What are the six main elements of art

line, shape, value, space, texture, and color.

Explanation:

Line

A line is mark drawn with a pointed, moving tool or the path of a dot through space. Although lines can vary in appearance, they are considered one-dimensional and are measured by length. A line is used by an artist to control the viewer’s eye movement and to create shapes. There are five kinds of lines: vertical, horizontal, diagonal, curved, and zigzag.

Shape

A shape is a two-dimensional area clearly designated in some way, generally by one or more of the other five visual elements. Although a form has depth, a shape has only width and height. Shapes are either geometric or organic (free form).

Texture

Texture is how things feel, or look as if they might feel, if touched. Texture is perceived by touch and by sight. Objects can have innumerable versions of rough or smooth textures and matte or shiny surfaces. Visual texture produces the illusion that something would feel rough smooth, or soft if touched.

Color

Color is what the eye sees when light is reflected off an object. The sensation of color is aroused in the brain by the eyes’ response to different wavelengths of light. Color has three properties: hue, value, and intensity.

Value

Value is the lightness or darkness of an object. Value depends on how much light a surface reflects. Value is also one of the three properties of color. When black or white are added to a hue, the results will be a tint (white), tone (gray), or shade (black).

Space

Space is the emptiness or area between, around, above, below, or within objects. Shapes and form are defined by these spaces. Positive space is the area within an object and negative space is the area around the objects. Space is also the illusion created on a two-dimensional picture plane that objects and the picture plane have three dimensions.

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