Elements of Art for

Kindergarten
Created by: Jayne Rhodes

Use these strips in small pocket charts as you learn about the elements of
art and to help students talk about art masterpieces.
 Color
c. 1625-1630
1987
and the Angel
The Castleton
Shepherd Boy Pointing at Tobias
1627
Germanicus
The Death of
Nicolas Poussin
Michele Zalophany
Abraham Bloemaert

High on plane appears further: low on plane appears closer

Warm

Space
Give feeling of heat: tend to advance

Cool

Placement
Calming: tend to recede

Analogous
“side by side” colors: harmony & easiness

Complementary
“opposite on color wheel”: tension, excitement, & energy
The Antimenes Painter
Detail of Black-figured
Hydria
c. 530 B.C.

Created by Jayne Rhodes

 Overlapping
Give spatial depth

Use of warm & cool

Warm colors advance & cool colors recede

Shapes found in nature: often irregular

Converging parallel

Geometrical
Manmade with smooth even sides

Biomorphic
lines Create depth
Clarity & Distortion
Clear appears closer; Blurry or fuzzy appears further away

Shape
Geometric Mouse - Scale A
Claes Oldenburg

1969/1971

Created by Jayne Rhodes

Slick
Matte
Soft

Appear aggressive and strong

Fuzzy
Texture
Thick

Dull
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Course
Horizontal
Vertical

Energetic, explosive, and dramatic

Create strength and balance

Thin

Zigzag
Delicate and fragile

Spiral
Line
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Broken
Curving
Harmony, rhythm, and gracefulness

Diagonal
Energetic, explosive, and dramatic

Thin
Delicate and fragile

Created by Jayne Rhodes