The 7 elements of art

Question 1

What is the definition of the elements of art?

Answer 1

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

Question 2

What is composition?

Answer 2

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

Question 3

What is Line?

Answer 3

A mark with length and direction.

Question 4

What is organic line

Answer 4

A naturally drawn line. ex: freehand

Question 5

What is geometric line?

Answer 5

Made with a compass or ruler/straight edge.

Question 6

What is diagonal line?

Answer 6

A line that goes from corner to corner

Question 7

What does contour mean? (line)

Answer 7

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

Question 8

What does blind contour mean? (line)

Answer 8

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

Question 9

what does line adstraction mean?

Answer 9

a composition comprised of various types of lines

Question 10

What is shape?

Answer 10

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

Question 11

What is a geometric shape?

Answer 11

Created using a compass or ruler.

Question 12

What is an Organic shape?

Answer 12

A naturally drawn line. freehand

Question 13

What is form?

Answer 13

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

Question 14

What is Additive sculpture? (form)

Answer 14

adding material together to create the work

Question 15

What is subtractive sculpture? (form)

Answer 15

removing material to create the work

Question 16

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

Answer 16

shading is added. it adds dimension.

Question 17

Who works with form?

Answer 17

scultures, potters

Question 18

What is space?

Answer 18

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

Question 19

What is foreground?

Answer 19

closest to the viewer

Question 20

What is middle ground?

Answer 20

In the middle of the image

Question 21

What is back ground?

Answer 21

Furthest from the viewer

Question 22

What is positive space?

Answer 22

The space occupied by the primary objects

Question 23

What is negative space?

Answer 23

The area around the primary objects in a work of art

Question 24

What is size? (space)

Answer 24

Size of an object determines how close it is

Question 25

What is detail? (space)

Answer 25

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

Question 26

What is overlapping? (space)

Answer 26

overlapping shapes create an allusion of space

Question 27

What is linear perspective? (space)

Answer 27

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

Question 28

What is astmospheric perspective? (space)

Answer 28

objects that are very far away take a bluish tint.

Question 29

What is positioning? (space)

Answer 29

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

Question 30

What is texture?

Answer 30

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

Question 31

What is visual/Stimulate texture?

Answer 31

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

Question 32

What is tactile texture?

Answer 32

you can feel it with your fingers

Question 33

What is value?

Answer 33

The lightness or darkness of a colour?

Question 34

What is shading?

Answer 34

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

Question 35

What is cross-hatching?

Answer 35

darker tones are achieved by adding more lines closer together

Question 36

What is pointillism?

Answer 36

darker tones are achieved by adding more points closer together.

Question 37

What is highlight? (value)

Answer 37

Lightest area of the object

Question 38

What is shadow? (value)

Answer 38

Location is opposite to highlight | shadow is darker than the darkest part of the object

Question 39

What is reflected light? (value)

Answer 39

There is a dim light bounced back onto the object

Question 40

What is the tonal value chart/gradation scale?

Answer 40

Shows the change in value

Question 41

What is colour?

Answer 41

Consistes of hue, intensity, and value.

Question 42

What is hue?

Answer 42

the name of the colour

Question 43

What is dull?

Answer 43

not bright.

Question 44

What is complimentary?

Answer 44

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

Question 45

What is a tint?

Answer 45

making a lighter tone using white

Question 46

What is analogous?

Answer 46

colours next to each other on the color wheel

Question 47

What is intensity?

Answer 47

how bright or dull a color is

Question 48

What are the primary colours?

Answer 48

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

Question 49

What is warm colour?

Answer 49

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

Question 50

What is a shade?

Answer 50

making a darker tone using its complement or black

Question 51

What is value? (colour)

Answer 51

The darkness or lightness of a colour

Question 52

What are the secondary colours?

Answer 52

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

Question 53

What are the tertiary colours?

Answer 53

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

Question 54

What are the cool colours?

Answer 54

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

Question 55

What is monochromatic?

Answer 55

one colour but different tones of that one colour

Question 56

How do you darken a colour without adding black?

Answer 56

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