Color
Line
Art Vocabulary
Shape, Form, and Space
Medium
100

The three primary colors.

red, blue, and yellow

100

This line's direction is up and down.

vertical

100

A place where works of art are cared for and displayed.

museum

100

flat shapes

2D shapes

100

A stick of colored wax used for drawing.

oil pastel or crayon

200

The combination of blue mixed with red.

violet / purple

200

This line's direction is from left to right.

a horizontal line

200

artwork made by glueing pieces of paper or other materials together


collage

200

A round form that is three dimensional.

a sphere

200

This medium is best used for blending and creating shadows.

colored pencils

300

This color palette includes red, orange and yellow, and is often used to evoke feelings of warmth and energy.

warm colors

300

a line that sharply alternates direction, making a series of short, angled turns, resembling a pattern of connected "W" shapes, with each turn going first in one direction then the opposite

zigzag line

300

a piece of art painted on a wall or side of a building (we have 2 at our school)

mural

300

 A three dimensional square.

a cube

300

this medium uses the techniques of slabs, coils, wheel throwing

clay or ceramics

400

Colors that are opposite on the color wheel.

complimentary colors

400

A line that is straight but slanted.

diagonal lines

400

Colors arranged in a certain order in the shape of a circle.

color wheel

400

In perspective, objects closest to you are smaller or bigger?

Bigger

400

Acrylic and tempera are two types of what?

paint

500

This colour palette includes blue, green, and purple, and is often used to evoke feelings of calmness and tranquility.

cool colours

500

A line that is not straight.

curved lines

500

the best art teacher

Miss Carley

500

shape of a soda can

cylinder 

500

A type of paint that uses the following techniques: washes, wet-on-wet, dry brush, wet on dry. If you hold up your paper, the color will drip if not dry.

watercolor paint

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