Techniques
Mixed
Art Basics
Color
Space
100
Small dots used to create shadows
What is Stippling
100
A work of art that has the artist as its subject
What is self-portrait
100
A work of art that has a person as its subject
What is portraiture
100
The color across the color wheel
What is complimentary color
100
Area of the picture plane closest to viewer, details are more defined
What is foreground
200
Short parallel lines artists use to create shadows in pen and ink drawings
What is Hatching
200
Making the same number of squares on a photo and transferring the image to larger squares on the drawing surface
What is gridding
200
The materials an artist uses such as charcoal or pastels
What is media
200
The actual color of the object you are drawing
What is local color
200
The two types of space
What is positive and negative
300
A drawing that emphasizes action or movement
What is gesture drawing
300
A line we see around an object and across its surface to determine edges
What is contour line
300
The actual surface that an artist draws or paints upon
What is picture plane
300
Light that bounces off an object
What is a highlight
300
The area of the composition that falls in one of the four commonly used areas of special interest, tic-tac-toe lines
What is focal point
400
A technique artists use to project an illusion of the 3D world onto a 2D surface
What is perspective
400
Technique of shading invented by Rambrandt
What is chiaroscuro
400
Lines, shapes, colors, values and textures in a work of art
What are the Art Elements
400
The darker areas of an object
What is Shadow
400
Objects in this area of the picture plane tend to be blurry and/or smaller than the rest
What is background
500
Small parallel lines that cross to create value
What is cross-hatching
500
A division of lights and darks ranging from black to white with different tones of grey
What is a Value scale
500
Blue, Purple, Green/ Red,Yellow,Orange
What is warm/cool colors
500
Brightness and purity of a color
What is intensity
500
The way an artist places objects in a work of art
What is composition
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