Elements Of Art

Question 1

What is a line?

Answer 1

A continuous mark made on a surface by a moving point.

Question 2

What are the five types of lines? What emotions do they evoke?

Answer 2

Horizontal- calmness
Vertical - strength and stability
Diagonal - tension
Curved - flowing peacefully
Zigzag - agitated tension

Question 3

What is Colour?

Answer 3

The reflection of light through pigment.

Question 4

What is a hue?

Answer 4

Name of the colour

Question 5

What is intensity?

Answer 5

Brightness or dullness of a colour

Question 6

What is Value?

High contrast? Low contrast?

Answer 6

The lightness and darkness of non-coloured objects.

You can use shading to create tonal value

High contrast is used to creat sudden changes

Low contrast is used to rest gradual change in value

Question 7

What is Shape? 2D? 3D? geometric Shapes? Free form shapes?

Answer 7

An enclosed space defines by other elements.

2D shapes have length and width.
3D shapes have length, width and depth, called forms. Forms have volume and surface area (mass).

Geometric shapes are precise shapes that you can describe with a mathimatical formula

Free form shapes are irregular and uneven.

Question 8

How many Elements of Art, are there?

Answer 8

There are 6:
Line
Colour
Value
Shape
Space
Texture

Question 9

What is Space?

Answer 9

Distance between,around, above or below or within an object.

Question 10

Explain space is 2D and 3D objects

Answer 10

2D: the object is positive and the space around it is negative.
3D: is determined by 6 things:
- size (larger in front, smaller in back)
- Detail ( sharp in front, hazy on back)
- Overlapping ( Closer objects cover farther objects)
- Colour Temperature (Warm advance, cool recede)
- Placement ( location within picture)
-Persoective (1, 2, or 3)

Question 11

What is Texture? Real? Visual?

Answer 11

The surface quality or feel of an object.

Real: can be felt by touch
Visual: can trigger our memory of how they feel.