Art Terms

Question 1

Lines

Answer 1

Strokes that show emotion and connect two points. May be vertical, horozontial or diagonal, curved, straight, zigzag, or show emotion.

Question 2

Value

Answer 2

The lightness or darkness of an object or color

Question 3

Color

Answer 3

The part of light that is reflected by the object we see

Question 4

Texture

Answer 4

The feel of an object or its surface. Texture can be real or implied

Question 5

Space

Answer 5

What is between object, also known as negative space

Question 6

Shape/form

Answer 6

A shape is an area enclosed when both sides of a line meet. Forms are shapes that are 3 dimensional

Question 7

Size

Answer 7

Size is simply the relationship of the area occupied by one shape to that of another

Question 8

Elements

Answer 8

The parts of art

Question 9

Principles

Answer 9

How we put the elements together

Question 10

Emphasis

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When one area in a work of art standout more than another. The part that catches your attention first

Question 11

Movement

Answer 11

The visual motion created in a work of art. Often uses the principle of rhythm to achieve this

Question 12

Rhythm

Answer 12

The repitition of lines, shapes, ir colors to create a feeling of movement

Question 13

Contrast

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A difference created when elements are placed next to each other in a work of art

Question 14

Unity

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Occurs when all of the elements of a piece combine to make a whole

Question 15

Balance

Answer 15

The ways in which the elements (lines, shapes, colors, textures, etc.) of a piece are balanced. Balance can be symmetrical (the same on both sides) or asymmetrical (unevenly arranged but unified)

Question 16

Wet on wet

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Adding pigment (wet color) to an already wet surface. Also known as wash. You can also drop color on a wet surface for a cool effect

Question 17

Wet on dry

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Adding wet pigment to a dry surface. This is the best way to get a hard edge shape

Question 18

Drybrush

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Adding a drier pigment (color) with a dry brush to a dry surface (good for making texture)

Question 19

Dry on wet

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Drybrushing over a wet surface or even drywash. If the wash is still wet you will get soft edges to your lines

Question 20

Salt treatment

Answer 20

Apply salt to a wash to create texture

Question 21

Pattern

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A principle of design, the repeating of an object or symbols. An underlying structure that organizes surfaces or structures in a consistently regular manner. The skeleton that organises a composistion
Ex. Geometric, repitition, alternating, organic flow, branching, spiral/fractal

Question 22

Line

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An element of art. Marks or connections that span or connect two points. A line has width direction and length

Question 23

Contour line

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A line or set of lines enclosing or indicating the shape of an object (or groups of similar objects) in a sketch or diagram

Question 24

Pure line

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Line that varies little in thickness, plan and consistent

Question 25

Exspressive line

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Line that appears to spring from an artists emotions, loose and gestural

Question 26

Implied line

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A line that comes in and out of visibility but follows the same path. Also the path the viewers eye takes in a composition

Question 27

Hatching

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A series of lines stacked or layered parallel to one another. They can curve as well. The more you layer the more value you can create

Question 28

Cross hatching

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Lines stacked both parallel and perpendicular

Question 29

Scumbling

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Shading technique that uses the layering of short curved lines to build value

Question 30

Directional shading

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Shading along the contours of an object to create the illusion of form

Question 31

Color

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An element of art that is produced when light, striking an object, is reflected back to the eye

Question 32

Hue

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The color name

Question 33

Intensity

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The strength or vividness of a color

Question 34

Value

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The lightness or darkness of a color

Question 35

Primary color

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Red, blue, yellow

Question 36

Secondary color

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Made by mixing two primary colors. Green, violet, orange

Question 37

Tertiary color

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Made by mixing a primary and a secondary color. Yellow-green, blue-violet, red-orange

Question 38

Monochromatic

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Using differnet tints and shades of a single hue

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Analogous

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Using colors to each others on the color wheel.

Question 40

Split complimentary

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Using one color and two colors adjacent to its complimentary

Question 41

Layout drawing

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Light drawing done in the initial stages of a realistic drawing. Meant to be erased and corrected while finding shape and form. Draw what you see, not what you know

Question 42

Horozontial and vertical alignments

Answer 42

Find distinguishable feature in a drawing and aligning with other features vertical or horozontial. Aided by the use of guidelines or grids

Question 43

Directional shading/ contour shading

Answer 43

Shading along the contours of an object. Creates the illusion of form (3D shapes)