Elements of Art
A mark made by a moving tool.
What is a line?
What is Repetition?
The reflected light that the eye sees.
What is color?
The 3 primary colors are.
What is Red, Blue and Yellow?
The material used to make art.
What is media?
A flat area defined in some way.
What is a shape?
Art work has this when both sides have equal visual weight.
What is Balance?
If you mix equal amounts of 2 primary colors you get this.
What are Secondary colors?
3-4 colors that are side by side on the color wheel and share one primary color.
What is analogous?
The special oven used to harden clay.
What is a kiln?
How light or dark a color is
What is Value?
This happens when you have differences in the elements of art such as light and dark, straight and curvy.
What is Contrast?
Colors you get when you mix a secondary color with one of it's primary colors.
What are Tertiary or Intermediate colors?
A color and the 2 colors beside it's complement. For example, orange, blue-green and blue violet.
What is split complementary?
A line that defines where the sky and ground look like they meet in a landscape.
What is the horizon line?
The way something feels or looks like it feels.
What is texture
The part of the artwork that stands out or catches the eye.
What is Emphasis?
Two colors opposite on the color wheel.
What are complementary colors?
3 colors equally space on the color wheel.
What is the Triadic color scheme?
The artist that designs buildings.
What is an architect?
A 3d figure, has height, width and depth.
What is form?
When all parts of an artwork has the feeling they belong together.
What is Unity?
Use only one color and it's tints and shades.
What is monochromatic?
Brown and gray are examples of this type of color.
What is neutral?
The type of balance in which the two sides are different.
What is asymmetrical balance?