Art Elements
This Element is repeated over and over to create a design.
Pattern
Mixing two things together, often to create a gradient of color.
Blending
Used in pottery to "throw clay" and traditionally make bowls or cups.
Pottery Wheel
A medium that uses water as it's foundation.
Watercolor
The artist who invented cubism.
Pablo Picaso
This element is used to give a work of art a "feeling" you might use one of your five senses.
texture
A technique used for shading where you only use dots.
Stippling
"Paint" used on clay
Glaze
The technical term for a basic grey material used to learn how to draw.
Graphite
Most famous Surrealist artist?
Salvador Dali
This element is the lightness and darkness of a color
Value
A technique used in watercolor to create a gradient or basic background.
Wash
a soft round object used to smooth clay
sponge
Collage
Vincent Van Gogh
This element uses the distribution of visual weight in an artwork.
Balance
How to attach separate pieces of clay together so they don't fall apart in the kiln.
Slip and Score
The "roller" used in printmaking.
Brayer
Japanese form of art using positive and negative shapes.
Notan
The most famous painting in history
Mona Lisa
This element uses the volume and mass of an object, using this element many artists attempt to create 3-d images.
Form
Used on landscapes, creating this line gives an artwork 'depth'
Horizon Line
Tortillions
What is an analogous color?
Colors next to each other on the color wheel.