Elements
The way something looks or feels.
What it is texture?
Having an even distribution of weight.
What is balance.
The art and science of using color based on groups of color and their effects.
What is color theory?
These colors sit across from each other on the color wheel.
What are complementary colors?
The type of paint used on your mask.
What is tempera paint.
An object that is 2 dimensional, has height and width, but no depth.
Having real or implied motion.
What is movement.
The hue of an object made with visible light.
What is color.
These colors are made by mixing 2 primary colors.
What are secondary colors?
This was used to choose your color scheme.
What is color theory?
The range from light to dark.
What is value.
Common elements that tie an art work together.
What is unity.
Red and Green
Yellow and Purple
Blue and Orange
What are complementary colors?
These colors are made by mixing a primary and secondary color.
What are tertiary colors?
This was used underneath to support your plaster craft.
What is an armature?
The area where objects exist. The area surrounding the subject.
What is space.
Placing greater attention in an area to direct the viewer.
What is emphasis?
Tints, shades, and tones of one hue.
What are monochromatic colors.
Whites, greys, and browns.
What are neutral colors?
This is used on top of the armature to create your mask.
What is plaster craft?
An object that has height, width, and depth.
What is form.
The repetition of movement, like a beat in music or dance.
What is rhythm?
Next door neighbors on the color wheel.
What are analogous colors?
Three colors that form a triangle.
What are triadic colors?
This is piece of writing by you that helps the audience assess or understand your artistic work. It is written in the first person.
What is an artist statement?