Composition
How you arrange the objects and space on you page
Value
The range from extreme darkness to light and suggests dimension in an image
Gradation of tone from dark to light
Shading
A technique you use to demonstrate Chiaroscuro using smooth gradations of tone
Diagonal Composition
Helps make the artwork feel exciting and dynamic
Medium and Media
The material that you use to create your piece
Image
Another word that would describe your picture or artwork
Overlapping Form
A way to add depth to your artwork
Focal Point
The place where the eye of the viewer focuses attention
Horizontal Composition
Makes the artwork fee still and quiet
Vertical Composition
Makes the artwork feel strong and at attention
In a strong composition, it is not advised to...
place object in center of composition
Gesture drawing
done to focus on proportion placement of composition
View Finder
Used by artist to aid in gesture drawing
Contour Drawing
Is very sow and focused on what you see
Blind Contour Drawing
When you draw what you see, but do not look at your paper
When you create a contour drawing...
you use line to give the illusion of 3 dimensions
Implied line
when you purposely draw a broken line in contour drawing to give the illusion of raised or highlighted areas
Line weight
When you draw some lines heavier and darker in contour drawing to give the illusion of recessed areas and shadows
In Chiaroscuro the edges of an object in your drawing are defined by
Tone
To create effective use of Chiaroscuro the artistic subject must have a
Light source
Chiaroscuro gives the illusion of
3 dimension
Chiaroscuro means... in Italian
Light and shade/ light and dark
To create gradations of tone using a pencil you must...
adjust pressure
In Chiaroscuro, items that are darker in value
go to the back
Elements of Art
Line, shape, form, value, texture, color and space
Principles of Art
Balance, unity, movement, proportion, variety and emphasis
ellipse
A circle drawn in perspective
When you draw glassware...
Ellipse must match
In perspective drawing, your eye level is best described as...
Horizon Line
In perspective drawing vertical lines in squares or cubes are always...
Parallel
In perspective drawing the place where lines disappear is called the...
Vanishing Point
A contemporary career in which an artist will use perspective is
Architect
Blue and Orange are examples of
...
What are primary colors
Any of a group of colors from which all other colors can be obtained by mixing; red, blue, yellow
Black and Whites are considered
Shades
Examples of Secondary colors
orange, green and purple
Tertiary Colors
red orange, orange yellow, blue green
Color triad
Red Blue Yellow
Analogous Colors
next to each other on color wheel
Violet
Purple
To create a tint
add white to desired color
To create a shade
add black to desired color
Color Saturation
Intensity
Hue
Another name for color
To create a more muted color
mix desired color with complement
Linear Hatching
Technique used to show dimension in drawing using parallel lines
Cross Hatching
Technique used to show dimension in drawing using varying amounts of intersecting lines
Stipple
Technique used to show value using different sizes and amounts of dots
Linear hatching, cross hatching, and stipple
Can be recreated in black and white for printing newspapers
True or False
An artwork that is balanced seems to have equal visual weight of interest in all areas
True
True or False
A color wheel is commonly used to remember color relationships when working with pigments
True
True or False
Secondary colors are directly opposite each other on the color wheel
False
Complementary
True or False
The term value refers to the brightness or dullness of a color
False
Intensity
True or False
Intermediate of Tertiary colors are made by mixing equal parts of two primary colors
True
True or False
A line can vary in length, width, direction, curvature, value and color
True
True or False
Monochromatic refers to a painting done in one value
False
Monochromatic: different shades, tints and tone of one color
True or False
A secondary color is created when two primary colors are mixed
True
True or False
You cannot see through an opaque object
True
True or False
When complementary colors are mixed together, they make a neutral brown or gray
True
True or False
Cool colors are colors that have white added to them
False
True or False
The term three dimensional may be applied to drawings and paintings
False
give illusion of 3D
True or False
The elements of design include line, color, value, shape, form, texture, and space
True
True of False
The principles of design include line, color, value, shape, form, texture, and space
False
True or False
The picture plane is the surface of a 2 dimensional artwork
True
True or False
Positive shapes refer to the objects in the artwork
False
Positive space
True or False
Negative space is the background or space around the work of art
True
True or False
Repetition occurs when parts are used over and over in a planned way
True
True or False
All cool colors are made with blue
True
True or False
A dark value of a color can be made by adding black to the color
True
True or False
Composition is the empty or open area between, around, or above or within objects
False
Negative space
True or False
The subject matter is the idea shown in an artwork
True
True or False
Technique is an artist's way of using art materials such as a special type of shading technique
Ture
True or False
Texture can be sensed by touch or sight
True
True or False
A work of art that has no measurable length, width, and height is 3 dimensional
False
Has measurable...
True or False
Tints of colors may be created by adding black
False
Shades
True or False
Unity is obtained by repeating colors and shapes- all parts of a design are working to obtain continuity
True
True or False
Variation is important in a work of art. Variation is the use of different lines, shapes, textures, and colors
True
True or False
Red and green are examples of complementary colors
True
outline"
presents exterior edges of objects. Line is clean and connect, no shading. More complex versions of this line can imply shading values through exterior outlines, and may have line texture or be contrasted with mixed media
Contour line
A visual path of action, our eyes tend to follow. A connection between two points, can be actual or implied. This subject has different qualities; thick, thin, dark, short and broken. Through this, direction, pattern and texture can be achieved
Line
The character of a surface that is a result of the response of vision to the wavelength of light reflected from that surface. It can have a emotional, psychological and physiological effects
Color
The smallest components of art that can be defined and demonstrated. The building blocks of an artwork
Elements of Art
The surface feel or an object (actual) or the representation of surface character (implied). This can be experienced through broth touch and vision
Texture
Balance is achieved by the use of identical compositional units on either side of a vertical axis
Reflection of symmetry
Three dimensional shape that occupies space and has volume
Form
A space with defined area
Shape
The area around an object. It can be actual 3D or implied on 2d surfaces
Negative space
A line drawing that is created without looking at the paper instead on concentrates intensely on the item that he is drawing
Blind contiur
________ balance is achieved when unequal units create a sense of equilibrium in the pictorial field without using identical shapes across an axis
Asymmetrical
_________the range of light and dark on a shape or form that gives the illusion of 3D
Value