Studio Cascadia

Studio Cascadia brings the joy of education through creativity right to your home. Our collection of lessons created by Mona T. Smiley-Fairbanks explores the concepts of line, shape, texture, space, and more through interactive lessons you can download and print right from our page. Please enjoy these free lessons, and look forward to our video art lesson series coming soon!

THE ELEMENTS OF ART

The elements of art are the building blocks to all artworks, from painting and sculpture to photography. Artists use these building blocks to create their pieces, and viewers can use them to study any art piece. While they seem simple, these elements can create the most complex of pieces.

Below is a list of the 7 elements of art along with a piece that has been shown at Cascadia showing that element of art. Art lessons are included for some of the elements along with different art activities.

Try out these art elements yourself with the projects below!

Element of Art: Line

Element of Art: Shape

Element of Art: Texture

Element of Art: Value

Element of Art: Form

Element of Art: Space

Element of Art: Color

Virtual Art Explorations

Cascadia Coloring Pages

Take a look at these original color woodblock prints below by Northwest artists W. Corwin Chase, Waldo S. Chase, and Elizabeth Colborne. The artists made these prints by carving a design into a block of wood, rolling ink onto the block, then pressing a piece of paper over the block to create the print. A different block was used for each color you see, so this was an involved process!

Fortunately, you don’t have to carve your own woodblocks to experiment with color. We’ve made it easier for you! Download these coloring pages and explore your creativity. What color combinations will you choose? Use your imagination while you color in these beautiful Northwest scenes.