Our first Art lesson introduced the six elements (building blocks) of Art: line, shape, colour, form, texture, and value. Line, shape, colour, and form are fairly obvious, although many students did not know that black, brown, and white are not considered to be true colours. Texture is how something feels, or how it looks like it feels. Value is lightness and darkness. In its basic form, value is white and black and all the gradients in between. With colour, value is the addition of white and black to show different shades and tints of the basic colours.
Students were to use a variety of wax coloured crayons to show these elements. There were rubbing plates and plastic tracers that they could use. Their work is displayed on the bulletin board in our classroom.
Here are some ‘in progress’ photos:
