The Visual Elements

To comprehend the Visual Elements of Art, get hungry... think: Sandwich of Composition.

We use the Visual Elements to build an appetizing composition. The Visual Elements are the same for drawing, painting, sculpture and architecture.

Here is a summary I distilled from the Seven Visual Elements lecture in class. Sometimes a playful mnemonic device helps to encode lists into memory.

Try "ShaC TeLLS Time"
Shape
Color
Texture
Line
Light
Time


Bon Appetite!