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The 7 elements of art Flashcards

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What is the definition of the elements of art?

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The elements of art are the the basic components artists use to create a work of art.

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What is composition?

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Composition is the arrangement of elements in a work of art.

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What is Line?

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A mark with length and direction.

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What is organic line

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A naturally drawn line. ex: freehand

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What is geometric line?

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Made with a compass or ruler/straight edge.

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What is diagonal line?

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A line that goes from corner to corner

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What does contour mean? (line)

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a solid continuous line that captures the detail of the outer edge of an object’s surface

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What does blind contour mean? (line)

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a solid continuous line that captures the detail of the outer edge of an object’s surfaceyou are now only looking at your object never down at your drawing

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what does line adstraction mean?

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a composition comprised of various types of lines

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What is shape?

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two dimensional- height and width- and are usually defined by lines.

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What is a geometric shape?

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Created using a compass or ruler.

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What is an Organic shape?

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A naturally drawn line. freehand

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What is form?

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3 dimensional object; or something in a 2 dimensional artwork that appears to be 3 dimensional

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What is Additive sculpture? (form)

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adding material together to create the work

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What is subtractive sculpture? (form)

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removing material to create the work

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What is change between 2-D to 3-D?

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shading is added. it adds dimension.

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Who works with form?

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scultures, potters

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What is space?

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the distance or area between above below or within things. Real sae is three-dimensional. Space in a painting or drawing is 2D.

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What is foreground?

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closest to the viewer

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20
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What is middle ground?

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In the middle of the image

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What is back ground?

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Furthest from the viewer

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What is positive space?

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The space occupied by the primary objects

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What is negative space?

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The area around the primary objects in a work of art

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What is size? (space)

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Size of an object determines how close it is

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What is detail? (space)

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Detail decrease with distance, or objects further away are less detailed

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What is overlapping? (space)

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overlapping shapes create an allusion of space

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What is linear perspective? (space)

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certain lines in a drawing converge to a vanishing point,the number will indicate the points needed

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What is astmospheric perspective? (space)

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objects that are very far away take a bluish tint.

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What is positioning? (space)

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objects near the top of the page appear further, as the objects move close to the bottom of the page they appear closer

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What is texture?

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The surface quality or “feel” of an object, it smoothness, roughness, softness, etc.

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What is visual/Stimulate texture?

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texture depicted in two dimensions. texture you can see only in a picture

32
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What is tactile texture?

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you can feel it with your fingers

33
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What is value?

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The lightness or darkness of a colour?

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What is shading?

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the darker tones are achieved by pressing harder on your pencil or using B pencils

35
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What is cross-hatching?

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darker tones are achieved by adding more lines closer together

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What is pointillism?

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darker tones are achieved by adding more points closer together.

37
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What is highlight? (value)

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Lightest area of the object

38
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What is shadow? (value)

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Location is opposite to highlight

shadow is darker than the darkest part of the object

39
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What is reflected light? (value)

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There is a dim light bounced back onto the object

40
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What is the tonal value chart/gradation scale?

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Shows the change in value

41
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What is colour?

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Consistes of hue, intensity, and value.

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What is hue?

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the name of the colour

43
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What is dull?

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not bright.

44
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What is complimentary?

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directly opposite of each other on the colour wheel; they look great together.

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What is a tint?

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making a lighter tone using white

46
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What is analogous?

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colours next to each other on the color wheel

47
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What is intensity?

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how bright or dull a color is

48
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What are the primary colours?

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red, blue, and yellow responsible for making all other colours

49
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What is warm colour?

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suggests warmth; they can make an object appear as through it is moving forward

50
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What is a shade?

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making a darker tone using its complement or black

51
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What is value? (colour)

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The darkness or lightness of a colour

52
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What are the secondary colours?

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orange, purple, and green; made by mixing two primary colours together.

53
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What are the tertiary colours?

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made by mixing one primary colour and one secondary colour. primary gets labeled first

54
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What are the cool colours?

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they can make an object appear as though it is moving back into the distance

55
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What is monochromatic?

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one colour but different tones of that one colour

56
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How do you darken a colour without adding black?

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you can make a coluor darker by adding more of the primary colours which you mixed to achieve the colour.

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