Visual arts Flashcards
what is elements of design?
are the parts or things that the artists, designer, engineers use to do or to create his or her artwork.
list the 7 elements of designs?
lines, color, pattern, form, shapes, texture, space
What is the principle of direction that can be used to place?
it can be used to place the elements of shape, lines color in any direction in a design.
What are 7 types of principles of designs ?
unity, rhythm, balance, movement, contrast, repetition, and direction
list 13 types of lines?
straight, wavy, dotted, zig-zag, broken, curvy,curved, spiral, diagnal, crossed hatched, and lightening roots and lines forming clouds and castles lines.
what are shapes?
a shape is formed by enclosed lines eg. triangles
list the three categories of shapes
geometric shapes, organic shapes, free-form shapes and random shapes
list 7 geometric shapes
oval, circles, cones,triangles,rectangle,cylinder, squares,
what are organic shapes?
they are also called natural shapes. they are found in natural eg. shape of tree, animal and humans
what is free-form shapes/random?
are shape that are done in an irregular or random way
what is value in art?
is how light and dark something is on a scale of white to black with white being the highest value and black being the lowest value.
or
value is the degree of lightness or darkness of an object.
what are two different value of the same hue?
these are called tints and shades
what is shading?
shading is the process of adding value to create the illusion of form, shape and important degree of light and dark in a picture or drawing.
what is scribbing?
lines are used to create value the closer the lines are the darker the value comes
what is stippling ?
the use of dots to create value
what is hatching?
this involves the use of parallel lines or stokes administred side by side.
whats is cross hatching?
lines that cross over each other
what is blending?
It is the technique of gently intermingling two or more colors or values to create a gradual transition or to soften lines.
who invented the color wheel?
Sir Isaac Newton, a scientist, invented the colour wheel or Colour prism in the year 1666.
what is the color wheel?
The Colour Wheel is a wheel of colours, used by artists, designers,scientists and craft personnel as a tool in organizing and understanding colours.
how much parts does the color wheel have?
12 parts
what are primary colors?
Primary colours are pure and are in their natural state. They cannot be achieved by mixing other colours. All other colours are formed from the Primary colours.
They are red, yellow and blue.
what are secondary colors?
Secondary Colours are formed by mixing two Primary colours together at a time. These two Primary colours are mixed in equal amounts or proportions.
what do we mix to get secondary colors?
- Red + yellow = orange
- Yellow+ blue = green
- Blue + red = purple
what are tertiary colors?
These colours are achieved by mixing a Primary colour with a Secondary colour
how many tertiary colors do we have and list six?
Yellow + Orange = Yellow-
orange.
Yellow + green = Yellow-
green.
Blue + green = Blue-green
Blue+ purple = Blue-purple
Red+ purple= Red- purple
Red+ orange = Red-
orange.
what is another word/name for color?
hue
key notes to label the color wheel?
Each Primary colour are three empty spaces from each other on the twelve part colour wheel.
A Secondary colour is one empty space away from each Primary colour on the twelve part colour wheel.
Each Tertiary colour is in- between one Primary colour and one Secondary colour on the twelve part colour wheel.
