Color
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Museum
Elements
Miscellaneous
100
An art material that you cannot see through.
What is opaque?
100
There are many ways to add depth to a design. One way is by having an object partially cover another object.
What is overlapping?
100
When a talented artist uses skill, knowledge, neatness, and effort.
What is good craftsmanship?
100
How rough or smooth a surface feels.
What is texture?
100
Wedging clay before using it helps to remove these.
What are air pockets?
200
Colors that are opposites on the color wheel.
What are complementary colors?
200
The process of an image being captured and recorded by light.
What is photography?
200
Use the power of independent thought or constructive imagination.
What is original?
200
The mark or path of a moving point.
What is line?
200
Differences that help areas stand out more.
What is contrast?
300
A chart that artists use to compare lights and darks in a design.
What is a value scale?
300
A free - flowing shape, such as those found in nature.
What is organic?
300
For an image to be a primary resource, it must come from
What is your own imagination? What is your own photograph? What is your own observation?
300
A drawing style that focuses on the edges of the object without looking at the paper.
What is blind contour?
300
The design has some kind of change to make it more interesting.
What is variety?
400
The main colors that you select for your artwork.
What is your color scheme?
400
A shape that is the exactly the same on both sides.
What is symmetrical?
400
How the elements are arranged and organized according to the Principles of Design.
What is composition?
400
3D forms that are carved constructed or modeled.
What is sculpture?
400
A basic guide to follow when deciding where to place a focal point and other important shapes in a design.
What is the Rule of Thirds?
500
A color scheme that uses only one color with its tints, tones, and shades.
What is monochromatic?
500
It is important to arrange the parts of a design to equalize the visual weights. Symmetrical, asymmetrical, and radial are all good decisions about this Principle of Design.
What is balance?
500
Bring greater attention to a particular part of your design.
What is emphasis?
500
A technique showing parallel lines as appearing to converge in the distance.
What is perspective?
500
A sense of oneness or wholeness.
What is unity?
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