Drawing
Painting
Sculpture
Art History
Elements of Art and Principles of Design
100
This dry, powdery but solid material comes in sticks and is often used for drawing on sidewalks.
Chalk
100
These come in tubes or pans and are activated with water to make colorful paint.
Watercolor paints
100
This is the thick, white liquid used to attach paper or craft materials together.
Glue
100
What is the name of this famous painting by Leonardo DaVinci?
Mona Lisa
100
This element refers to what something looks like or feels like it would feel.
Texture
200
These coloring tools come in a box, are made of wax, and are a classroom classic.
Crayons
200
This tool is used to put paint on paper or canvas.
A paintbrush
200
This soft material is easy to shape with your hands.
Clay
200
This Dutch artist cut off part of his ear and painted Starry Night.
Vincent Van Gogh
200
Circles, squares, and triangles are examples of this element.
Shapes
300
This is the line where the sky meets the ground in a perspective drawing.
The Horizon Line
300
These three colors—red, blue, and yellow—cannot be made by mixing other colors.
The Primary Colors
300
This type of clay hand-building technique involves flattening clay into sheets and joining them to make shapes.
Rolling a slab
300
These ancient people painted detailed scenes inside pyramids.
The Egyptians
300
This element is made when a point moves across a surface.
Line
400
Adding light and dark areas to a drawing makes it look more real.
Shading
400
This happens when you mix a color with white.
A tint
400
Clay tools can help you press designs into clay to make this. (Hint: An element of Art)
Texture
400
This Mexican painter is known for her bold self-portraits and famous unibrow.
Frida Khalo
400
This principle uses differences like light vs. dark or big vs. small.
Contrast
500
This is the single spot on the horizon where all lines seem to meet in one-point perspective.
The Vanishing Point
500
Artists put their paint on this flat, oval board while they work.
A palette
500
Name 5 tools you could use to make your Pies
Rolling pin, plastic knife, pencil/pen, fabric, cookie cutters, fingers/hands, etc.
500
This American pop artist became famous for painting colorful soup cans.
Andy Warhol
500
When elements in an artwork feel evenly arranged, this principle is used.
Balance