Elements of Art
This element can be vertical, horizontal, diagonal, or curved
Line
This artist is famous for being "The Father of Impressionism". For 30 years he painted the water lilies in his garden. Name the artist.
Claude Monet
How do you change the value of watercolour paint (i.e. How do you make it lighter or darker?)
Water (less water is darker, more is lighter)
What is a Beautiful Oops?
Taking anything in art that might look like a mistake and turning it into something beautiful!
Name two complimentary colours
Red-Green
Blue- Orange
Yellow-Purple
This element an be organic or inorganic
Shape
In the spring we studied an artist who was an authority on the use of colour in art, yet when he began his career as an artist he said using colour was the most difficult part of art for him. One of his most famous paintings is called, "Cat and Bird"
Paul Klee
An art piece that combines pieces of glass, shell, wood, ceramic, etc. to form a picture is called...?
A mosaic
What did we use to simulate snow/stars on our landscape (mountain) paintings?
Salt
What are analogous colours?
Colours beside each other on the colour wheel
This element refers to the lightness or darkness of a colour.
Value
In the fall we studied Indigenous art styles. On the west coast of Canada, a famous type of carved Indigenous art is the...?
Totem pole
Name one way to blend an oil pastel
blend a lighter and darker colour, paper towel, fingers!
During our printmaking unit, we used a styrofoam sheet to carve our prints. What is that sheet called?
A plate
What did we use to cover the design in printmaking? Was it acrylic paint, ink, or tempera paint?
Ink
This element refers to the way something feels when touched, or the way it LOOKS like it might feel.
Texture
The use of colour and shape was important in this artist's work. He painted many abstract works of art. We painted circles inspired by this Russian artist. Who was it?
Wassily Kandinsky
When weaving, we always move the the horizontal string in which way across the loom strings
HINT: O____ and U_____
over and under
In printmaking, what is the roller called?
A brayer
What are the colours of the rainbow (i.e. colour wheel!) in order?
Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, (indigo), purple
This element refers to the area around or within an object. We use this element to create depth, or an illusion of distance in our work.
Space
In October, we learned about an artist who made giant collages out of paper. Due to cancer, he often had assistants help him. We made turkeys by cutting pieces of paper and gluing them into a turkey shape. This mixed media project was inspired by this artist. Who was it?
Henri Matisse
Oil pastels are HYDROPHOBIC. What do we call the technique of watercolour painting over oil pastels?
Resist
In weaving, what do we call the string that moves across the loom?
The WEFT
Name two ways we show an object is farther away than another object
higher on the page, lighter in value, less texture, partially behind another object