It's Elemental
Sticking to your Principles
Wheel of Color
Linear Pursuit
Shape Up
100
the building blocks used by artists to create a work of art
What are the Elements of Art?
100

The way artists use the elements of art to create a work of art

What are the Principles of Design?

100
Red, Blue, Yellow
What are the Primary Colors?
100
a mark with greater length than width
What is Line?
100
a closed flat line that can be geometric or organic
What is a shape?
200
the area between and around objects; can be positive or negative
What is space?
200
something in the work must dominate; part of the design must catch the viewer's attention
What is Emphasis/Focal Point?
200

Product of mixing two primary colors

What are the Secondary Colors?

200
three different types of lines
What is zigzag, diagonal, straight, curved, or wavy?
200
triangle, square, rectangle, circle
What are geometric shapes?
300

Describes a surface's quality, can be real or implied

What is texture?

300
the path the viewer's eye takes through the work of art, often to areas of focus
What is movement?
300
Blue and Orange
What are complementary colors?
300
is a closed flat line that can geometric or organic
What is a shape?
300

Examples of these include leaves, grass, clouds, and puddles of water

What are organic shapes?

400

This element of art has 3 properties: hue, value and intensity

What is color?

400

the distribution of the visual weight, can be radial, symmetrical, or asymmetrical

What is balance?

400

Yellow-orange, red-violet, and blue-green are examples of these colors.

What are tertiary or intermediate colors?

400
System of creating the illusion of depth on a flat surface

What is linear perspective?

400
the feeling of unity created when all parts (sizes, amounts, numbers) relate well with each other
What is proportion?
500

Component of three-dimensional works

What is form?

500
the feeling of harmony between all parts of the artwork
What is unity?
500

Red, Red-violet, and Violet are examples of these colors.

What are analogous colors or colors beside one another on the color wheel?

500

May be political, spiritual, aesthetic, and/or historical in nature

What is the function of art?

500
the repeating of an object, shape or symbol all over the work of art
What is pattern?
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