Elements of Art
These three colors are made from the primary colors.
What are orange, green and purple. (secondary colors)
This describes when an object is placed over another object to create space or depth in an artwork.
What is overlapping.
He painted "Starry Night"
Who is Vincent Van Gogh.
This word describes a color that is mixed with white to make it lighter.
What is a tint.
An object that is far away and closest to the horizon line is in this place.
What is the background.
This is a mark that moves across the page. Sometimes it can be horizontal, vertical, straight, curvy, or zig-zagged.
What is a line.
This balance is when the weight is the same on both sides.
What is symmetry.
This group of artists began in France. They loved to paint out doors and loved how light and colr affects objects they paint. It's very sometimes blurry images
Who were the Impressionists.
This word describes the vertical strings in a weaving.
What is warp.
This has length and width and is flat.
What is two-dimensional (2-D).
These can be geometric, free form or organic.
What are shapes.
This describes when something repeats itself over and over again.
What is pattern.
This artist created a variety of artwork. His famous art consists of broken up shapes or cubes. Often times when he created a portrait, the eyes and noses would be placed in silly places and abstracted. He also used blue to show he was sad and rose colors to symbolize he was happy.
Who is Pablo Picasso.
The art form where a loom, warp, and weft are used
What is a weaving.
Something that has length, width, and depth (thickness). It pops out at you and is not flat. You can see it from many sides or angles.
What is three-dimensional (3-D)
This describes how something feels.
What is texture.
This describes a balance when things come or go to and from a center or middle point.
What is radial balance.
He painted the "Japanese Bridge." He tried to capture a moment in time or impression with lights and colors. Up close his art looks like blotches of colors but far away the image unfolds.
Who is Claude Monet.
The area of the picture plane where an object is lowest and closest to the viewer and the largest in scale .
What is foreground.
Art that looks like real life.
What is realistic.
This describes lights and darks
What is value.
This type of balance is uneven.
What is asymmetry.
He created art that used color in unusual ways. His portraits would often have unusual colors on them. His painting of the woman with the purple robe used patterns. He also created cutout art by "drawing with scissors."
Who is Henri Matisse.
This kind of perspective uses a horizon line,converging lines , and a vanishing point to show distance or space
What is linear perspective.
A type of fiber art where a variety of stitches are sewn into a fabric.
What is embriodery.