Line
Shape and Contour
Form
Value
Burge Blurbs
100

This line direction suggests growth.

What is a vertical line?

100

This time of line describes the edge or outline of an object.

What is a contour line?

100

A form is this many dimensions.

What is 3D?

100

Value refers to the _____ or darkness of something.

What is lightness?

100

This is what you should ALWAYS write on your assignments.

What is your name and hour?

200

This line direction is associated with rest and calm.

What is a horizontal line?

200

A shape is this many dimensions.

What is 2D? 

200

These two techniques can create the illusion of form on flat paper.

What are contour lines and shading?

200

This shows a range of values from light to dark.

What is a value scale?

200

"Draw what you see, not what you _____!"

What is "know"

300

This line direction creates movement and excitement.

What is a diagonal line?

300

Circles, squares, and triangles are examples of this classification of shape.

What are geometric shapes?

300

This 3D form corresponds to a circle.

What is a sphere?

300
This is a smooth gradual change from one value to another.

What is gradation?

300

The answer to this question is "One bite at a time."

What is "How do you eat an elephant?" 

400

This term describes the thickness or thinness of a line.

What is line weight?

400

Leaves, clouds, and puddles are examples of these shapes.

What are organic shapes?

400

This quality allows a form to appear to take up space.

What is volume?

400

Artists use value to create these four things.

What are light, shadow, depth, and form?

400

This artist, who is Mrs. Burge's favorite, used cut paper shapes to create colorful collages.

Who is Henri Matisse?
500

Lines with no regular rhythm that can feel chaotic are called these.

What are arhythmic lines?

500

A shape that has been stretched, distorted, or combined is called this.

What is a modified shape?

500

Height, width, and this third measurement make a form 3D.

What is depth?

500

This technique is made by crossing layers of lines.

What is cross-hatching?

500

This artist used the grid method to create photorealistic portraits. 

Who is Chuck Close?

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