Elements/Principles 1
A point that moves across a surface.
Line
Makes your eyes move around the page.
Movement
Primary colors
Red, blue and yellow
The place all lines go to when drawing perspective.
Vanishing point
Red + Blue =
Violet/purple
Any three dimensional object that can be measured by height, width and depth.
Form
Area in a work of art that catches and holds the viewer's attention.
Emphasis
Secondary colors
Orange, green and violet
The place where the ground meets the sky.
Horizon line
The complimentary color of blue.
Orange
Smoothness, roughness, softness in visual
Texture
Lightness and darkness
Value
How do you mix the color brown?
Complementary colors
A color scheme made up of three colors evenly spaced around the color wheel.
Triadic color scheme
A monochromatic color scheme is made of...
A color plus black and white.
A feeling that all of the parts are working together as a team - the quality of wholeness.
Unity
The area around, within, or in between stuff/objects.
Space
Mixing a secondary and primary color creates this.
What is tertiary/intermediate color?
Blue, Blue-green, Green is an example of...
Analogous color scheme
The difference between a tint and a shade.
Tint is a color plus white
Shade is a color plus black
Size relationships
Proportion
Repeats and is Random
Rhythm
A painting technique that uses thick layers of paint
Impasto
A shading technique using small dots.
The tool you use to mix paint with.
Palette knife