Colors
The set of colors that all other colors can be created by mixing. These colors cannot be created by mixing any colors together.
Primary Colors (Red, Blue, Yellow)
The placement or arrangement of visual elements in an artwork.
Composition
The lightness or darkness of an area in an artwork. This is often used to create three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface.
Value
Artists use ____ to show the illusion that objects are becoming farther away from the viewer.
Perspective
Artists mix their paints in a…
Palette
When two secondary colors are mixed together, you create a…
Tertiary color (red-orange, blue-violet, yellow-green)
The surface quality of a work of art; the illusion of having a specific feeling to a surface.
Texture
Artists use this tool when recreating an image to assure that all sizes and placements are exact according to the original.
Grid Method
The point that all lines lead to when making an object appear three-dimensional.
Vanishing Point
Charcoal is made from...
Wood
When two primary colors are mixed together, you create a…
Secondary Color (Orange, Green, Purple)
(Red + Blue = Purple)
When an element (colors, shapes, lines) repeats itself consistently.
Pattern
An artwork that is primarily depicting nature; plants, animals, the sky, etc.
Landscape
When using watercolors, how do you make a color lighter?
Add water
If there is a lot of charcoal or chalk dust on your artwork, what is the best way to get it off of your paper?
Tap it off
When all three of the primary colors are mixed together, what color does it make?
Brown
Equal distribution of visual weight throughout an artwork.
Balance
An artwork that is primarily depicting man-made objects within an outdoor setting.
Cityscape
When using acrylics or tempera, how do you make a color lighter?
Add white
A waxy drawing material that appears similar to paint.
Oil Pastels
What is it called when colors are opposite each other on the color wheel?
Complementary Colors
*Colors that are next to each other on the color wheel +20
The comparison of size, placement and angle of objects/items according to one another.
Proportion
An artwork that mainly contains the human face.
Portrait
*When drawing the eyes on the face, where do they go? +10
The repetition of lines drawn closely together to create the illusion of shading and/or texture.
Hatching
*The drawing technique that uses small dots to create shading and/or texture. +10
*The drawing technique that uses a circular motion to create shading and/or texture. +20
Compressed powdered pigment used for drawing.
Chalk Pastels