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What is Scale?
Changing the SIZE of your objects.
What is form?
A 3 - D object with length, width and height.
How can the coiling technique help create pottery?
Build/stack the walls, create a wave like pattern, or even add a handle!
What are the primary colors?
Red, Yellow, Blue
What are the elements of art?
shape, texture, color, value, form, line, space
What is overlapping?
Objects appear one in front of another.
Why is form important when drawing a self portrait?
Makes the face feel more 3-D through the use of value.
What is scoring?
Attaching two pieces of clay together by scratching the surface in a cross like manner.
What are the secondary colors?
Green, purple, orange
What are the Principles of Design?
Movement, proportion, scale, unity, repetition, balance, variety, emphasis
What is Value?
The lightness and darkness of a color.
What is contrast?
Using as much of the "grey rainbow" as possible.
What is slip?
Clay that has been oversaturated with water to create a paste like substance.
What are analogous colors?
Colors that are next door neighbors on the color wheel.
What are the 3 basic stages of clay?
plastic, leather-hard, bone dry
What is a value scale?
A range of values starting from light and GRADUALLY transitions to dark.
What is proportion?
The relative size of objects. Does the drawing
"feel" correct?
What are complementary colors?
Colors that sit across from one another on the color wheel.
What are tertiary colors? Give me ONE example.
Yellow-Orange, Red - Orange, Red- Violet, Blue-Violet, Blue-Green, Yellow-Green
Bisqueware.
What is the purpose of a value scale?
Artist controls his or her pencil to achieve lights and dark with their pencil.
What is the coiling technique?
Using a snake like form by rolling the clay from the base of the palm to the tip of middle finger.
What is ONE EXAMPLE of a complementary color?
Red/Green, Blue/Orange, Yellow/Purple
What are neutral colors?
Created by mixing complementary colors together.
How does an artist create a monochromatic painting?
The artist uses ONE COLOR and changes the value of that color to create his/her artwork.