ELEMENTS AND

PRINCIPLES OF
ART
a.​)​Draw a tree using your
nondominant hand.
c. Draw a tree using continuous
lines. ​ olor only the outside part ​of
d.​)C
b. Draw a tree using squares. the tree.

Elements of Art​:
 Visual
▪E​ lements  of  art  are  the  formal  or tangible aspects of art. These are 
termed as “elements” because they are the “medium of language” of 
visual arts. 
▪​The  elements  of  art  and  design  are 
the  following:  ​line,  shape  and 
form, space, color, and texture. 
LINE ​ Keith Haring, “Todos Juntos podemos Parar El 
  
Sida” (We Can All Together Stop AIDS). Plastic   
pain on wall. Barcelona City.  
 
LINE

Francisco de   
Goya, “Why 
Hide ​Them?”. 
Etching ​and 
aquatint.  

SHAPE AND FORM

Piet Mondrian,   
“Composition   
with Color   
Planes and Gray   
Lines”. Oil on   
canvas.  

SHAPE AND FORM

Vase made of   
favrile glass  
SHAPE AND FORM

Raphael, “The   
Madonna of the   
Meadows” 
Anish Kapoot, ​“Cloud Gate” ​(2004), located in ​Chicago, 
Illinois 

COLOR

Hue  
Value  

Intensity 

COLOR

Intensity  
Claude Monet, ​“Houses of   
Parliament”   
(1900). Oil on   
canvas.  

TEXTURE
Frans Pourbus  
the Younger,   
“Margherita   
Gonzaga, Princess   
of Mantua”. Oil   
on canvas.