Vincent Van Gogh Element Writing Prompt Vincent Van Gogh used the seven elements of art by using space between the church and the tree and that is what he used to create the element of space. When he had to create the element of texture he used a technique called impasto which is a fancy name for texture he poured paint on thick and then used a brush to make lines from the brush to create the texture. The next thing he used was line how he used it was by taking the brush and trolling it to create the sky and then he did a dark line to to outline the church and all the other place to make them pop.He also used value by using the different color of blue and yellow to make the value.The next thing he used was shape and the shape was the tree