The Elements of Art
The Principles of Art
Artists
Famous Artwork
Media
100

These colors (red, orange, yellow) convey the feeling of high temperature

What are warm colors

100

The repetition of line and shape in an organized way

What is pattern

100

This artist is well known for paintings of Sunflowers

Who is Vincent Van Gogh

100

Outside his window in France, Van Gogh painted this famous painting

What is Starry Night

100

A media made of burnt wood

What is charcoal

200

An element of art that refers to the lightness and darkness of an object

What is value

200

When you draw wavy lines, you are trying to create this principle of art

What is movement

200

This iconic female surrealist painter is famous for her unibrow.

Who is Frida Kahlo

200

In 2015 a French scientist said he found a hidden portrait beneath this Leonard Da Vinci portrait

What is the Mona Lisa

200

A media used to create ceramics

What is clay?

300

A line that defines both the exterior and interior edge of a form (outline of an object).

What is contour line
300

A large difference between two objects such as the difference between light and dark

What is contrast?

300

This artist is attributed with starting the Impressionist movement with his Waterlilies painting.

Who is Claude Monet

300

This artist is known for his use of grids in his portraits.

What is Chuck Close

300

A media of slow drying pigment powder mixed with linseed oil

What is oil paint

400
The space behind an object

What is negative space

400

This principle provides stability and structure to a design based on the placement of your elements.

What is Balance?

400
The artist who painted the Scream

Who is Edvard Munch

400

This artist used vertical and horizontal lines along with red, yellow, and blue squares.

Who is Piet Mondrian

400

A type of sculptural material made of gypsum, sand, and water that hardens as it dries. 

What is Plaster

500

This element refers to the way something feels or looks like it feels.

What is texture

500

The spaces between repeating visual elements such as alternating, flowing, random, regular, and progressive.

What is Rhythm?

500

This famous artist known for dripping paint all over his canvas was often nicknamed "Jack the Dripper"

Who is Jackson Pollock

500

This artist used cut out geometric and organic shapes in his artwork

Who is Henri Matisse
500

A drawing tool used sketch or create value

What is pencil

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