Teachers can help students become more fluent and confident in creating their own art, as well as being consciously aware of the art elements--line, color, shape/form, texture, space and value--when they view the art of others. Let's review and define the characteristics of each element separately, basic elements that were likely included when most of us were enrolled in an introductory art course.
LINE is the mark left by a dot or point that moves over a surface, starting and stopping someplace, and leaving a path as it is drawn. Perhaps the most common use for the element of line is to show the edges--the contours--of an object. Line has a number of characteristics: direction (horizontal, vertical or diagonal), length (short or long), thick or thin, blurred or sharp, uneven, clear-edged, straight or curved, …
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