Pens & Art Equations
Line & Definitions
Shape
Artists
Shading Techniques
100
What are pens with a metal ball at the tip, which are extremely inexpensive, and Ms. Whittle refers to as "janky"?
Ballpoint pens
100
Which principle of design can line be used to emphasize?
Movement!
100
What are the 2 types of shapes?
Double points if you can provide 1 example of each (:
1. Geometric - circles, triangles, square, etc.
2. Organic - pear, people, rocks, etc.
100
Who invented the color wheel?
Sir Issac Newton
100
What shading technique is used in this sketch?
Hatching 🐣
200
Which pen provides generous coverage and uses ink-suspended pigments in a water-based gel?
Gel Pen
200
Line is ultimately used to define shape, contours, or outlines. This can occur when line is created by one of 2 things...what are the 2 things that line can be?
1. a continuous mark
2. implied by edges of shapes and forms
200
Which shapes occur mostly in human made things? Why is that?
1. Geometric shapes
2. They are easy to reproduce
200
This artist was never famous during his lifetime and spear-headed the cubism movement with another artist. What were both of their names
Pablo Picasso & Georges Braque
200
What shading technique is used here?
Stippling
300
Which pen discussed in class is actually a marker?
Felt tip pen
300
Which technique uses fine lines close together to give an effect of shading?
Hatching
300
__________ shapes can be used to build ________ shapes... but not the other way around.
Of these shapes, which are best used to begin with when building people?
1.Geometric shapes can build up organic shapes
2. Circles and quadrilaterals
300
This impressionist artist used thick, short, and broken up linework. He also painted one of his most famous paintings based on the view from his window at a mental hospital. (Starry Night)
Vincent Van Gogh
300
Please come to the board and demonstrate an example of tiling technique.
Hint: there is more than 1 right way to do it (:
*teacher will approve*
400
Positive Space = ______ ________
Negative space = _____________
Positive Space = main object
Negative space = background
400
Which technique consists of parallel lines at 2 angels that can be used to create an impression of light?
Cross Hatching
400
Summarize the art movement of Cubism. What type of art style is this?
Cubism employed the use of geometric shapes in depictions of humans and other organic forms.
This is known as a form of abstract art.
400
Which artist used leading lines, was very precise, and created harsh perspectives?
M.C. Escher
400
What 3 shading techniques are being used in this artwork?
Hint: You can reuse some already discussed (:
The 3 techniques used are:
1. Hatching
2. Cross Hatching
3. Broken Hatching
500
When speaking of shape language, character design can provide incite into character traits. Please list what the following shapes can say if used within character design.
1. sharp + thin shapes = _____ /______
2. rounder + wider shapes = _____ / ______
1. sharp + thin shapes = evil/sly
2. rounder + wider shapes = friendly/approachable
500
What are leading lines within an artwork?
What do they help to provide for the viewer?
1. attention drawn to lines that lead to the main subject
2. center of focus
500
Through shape language, shape can do 3 things...what are those 3 things?
1. Tell a story
2. Show personality
3. Illicit/invoke a personal response
500
Who was the contemporary pop artist that utilized pop culture from the 1980s and 1990s?
He made a sculpture titled The Dying Ninja Turtle, which was an homage to the 230 B.C. sculpture titled ___ _____ ____.
1. Brett Kern
2. The Dying Gaul
500
What 2 techniques are being used here?
Take a guess at what this combination is called (:
The 2 techniques are:
1. Cross-Hatching
2. Contouring
...and it is called cross contouring!