Elements of Art Flashcards
a mark with one dimension: length; lines can be horizontal, vertical, or diagonal, straight or curved, thick or thin, curved or zig-zag; moving lines: excited and agitated
line
a closed line; two dimensions (length and width); shapes can be geometric (like squares and circles (made with tools)) or organic (like free-form or natural shapes)
shape
three-dimensional shapes expressing length, width, and depth; balls, cylinders, boxes, and pyramids are forms; real life objects usually have form
form
an element of art made up of three properties: hue, value, and intensity
color
name of color
hue
is lightness and darkness (it changes when white or black is added)
value
quality of brightness and purity (high= color is strong and bright; low= color is faint and dull)
intensity
only true colors (red, blue, and yellow); all other colors are mixes of these
primary colors
primary colors mixed together (green, orange, violet)
secondary colors
are made by mixing a primary and secondary color together like: yellow green, blue green, and blue violet
intermediate/tertiary colors
colors located directly across from each other on the color wheel; they contrast because they share no common colors; when mixed together they make brown
complimentary colors
surface quality can be seen (implied) and felt (actual); can be rough, smooth, soft, or hard; textures do not always feel how they look
texture
area between and around objects; can also refer to the feeling of depth; negative space: the space around objects; negative space has shape, positive space: what you look at, perspective shows a vanishing point
space
