Elements of Art
Elements & Principles
One-Point Perspective
In the Art Room
Art Stuff
100

Zig-zag, wavy, dotted, straight and curly are examples of this element.

What is Line?

100

It's when a shape or color repeats itself over and over.

What is Pattern?

100

The point where objects appear to vanish.

What is the Vanishing Point?

100

These table members fill in for absent classmates.

Who are Alternates? (number 4)

100

Water color, tempera, and acrylic are examples of this.

What is Paint?

200

Smooth, rough, bumpy; in an artwork, this is the way something feels or looks like it would feel.

What is Texture?

200

Red-orange, yellow-green, and blue-violet all belong to this color group.

What are tertiary colors?

200
Where the sky meets the ground and/or where to place the vanishing point.

What is the Horizon Line?

200

Show respect, use indoor voices, and listen actively are examples of these.

What are the Art Room Rules?

200

There are no magic 'tricks'. If you want to improve your art ability, it's what you have to do.

What is Practice?

300

Red, Yellow, and Blue 

What are the Primary Colors?

300

The color you get when you mix red, yellow and blue. Or if you pour green into your red paint!

What is brown?

300
Lines that will never cross each other.

What are Parallel Lines?

300
Where we put projects that are wet with paint or glue at the end of class.

What is the Drying Rack?

300

Weaving, knitting and crochet all require this art material.

What is yarn?

400

Squares, circles and triangles are examples of this.

What is Shape?

400

This element refers to how light or dark a color is.

What is Value? 

400

These lines are often diagonal and meet at the vanishing point. They help artists create an accurate illusion of space and form.

What are Converging Lines?

400

The state of the art room before we leave.

What is cleaner/better than we found it?

400

First you use it to create with, then your creation dries before being fired in a kiln. After that it could last for 10,000 years!

What is clay?

500

What you get when you turn a square into a cube; or a triangle into a pyramid.

What is Form?

500

Foreground, middle ground and background combine to create this art element.

What is Space?

500

Applying the rules of perspective helps artists create this in their drawings and paintings.

What is the illusion of Space? (depth or form are also acceptable answers)

500

Where an artist stores their work.

What is an Artist Portfolio?

500

It's a 3-dimensional artwork. It has a front, a back, and sides.

What is a sculpture?

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