Elements of Art
What defines how light or dark a given color or hue can be.
What is value
A design in which lines, shapes, forms or colours are repeated.
What is a pattern
A layer or coating "paint" that is fused to pottery through firing.
What is glaze
What are the secondary colors?
What are orange, violet, green
Linear drawing techniques that can be used to create texture, value, and the illusion of form and light.
What is hatching and cross hatching
Element of art that refers to the way an object feels to the touch or looks as it may feel.
What is Texture
The strength, heaviness, or darkness of a line.
Line Weight
A technique used to join two pieces of clay together.
What is slipping and scoring
Two colors that are on opposite sides of the color wheel
What are complementary colors
A smooth transition from one color to another or one shade to another
what is a gradient
Shapes that are often curvilinear in appearance, that are similar to those found in nature, such as plants, animals, and rocks
What are Organic shapes
Defines the outline of a form, as well as interior structure, without the use of shading.
What is a contour line
Pottery that has been fired in a kiln without a ceramic glaze.
What is bisqueware
A group of three colors next to each other on a color wheel
What are analogous colors
Solid figures or an object or shape that have three dimensions – length, width, and height.
What are 3D shapes
Lines that are used to lead your eyes through a work of art or towards the vanishing point
What are diagonal lines
In art this is achieved when opposite elements are arranged together.
What is contrast
This technique makes clay more flexible, removes air pockets as well as small hard spots in the clay before you use or reuse the clay for a project
What is wedging
What are the tertiary colors?
What are yellow-orange, red orange, red violet, blue violet, blue green, yellow green
The process of creating sculpture by adding material to create the work.
What is an additive sculpture
A set of principles used to create harmonious color combinations pleasing to the eye and senses.
Color Theory
A system of creating an illusion of depth on a flat surface using line.
What is linear perspective
Clay that has not been fired in the kiln
What is greenware
3 colors equally spaced around the color wheel.
What are triadic colors
The _________ tells you where to draw all the light values and shadows.
What is light source