Elements 1
Elements 2
Elements 3
Elements and Principles
Principles
100

What you use to create art

What is an element?

100

The surface quality; how something feels

What is texture?

100

The vividness of a color; pastels vs neons

What is intensity?

100
Forms that you can walk all the way around

What is in-the-round sculpture?

100

Visual weight; symmetry, asymmetry, and radial are types of this

What is balance?

200
How you use the elements

What is a Principle?

200

A 3D object; height, width, and depth

What is form?

200

The outline of an object; has little to no detail

What is a contour line?

200

Forms that you cannot see all the way around; they are attached to a wall or base

What is a relief sculpture?

200

A repetition of lines, shapes, and colors

What is a pattern?

300

A moving dot; length, width, and direction can change

What is a line?

300

The range of lights and darks

What is value?

300

A line that does not exist; a suggested line

What is an implied line?
300

Opposite or conflicting elements; values, textures, and colors (warm and cool, complementary colors) create this

What is contrast?

300

A musical beat in the artwork; regular and irregular

What is rhythm? 
400

Reflected light

What is color?

400

The name of a color

What is a hue?

400

Texture that you can see but not feel

What is implied texture?

400

2-3 specific colors

What is a color scheme?

400

Using lines, shapes, and colors to create a path for the eye to follow

What is movement?

500

The edges are defined by lines and colors; organic and geometric 

What is a shape?

500

The levels of pure color

What is saturation?

500

Texture you can see and feel

What is actual texture?
500

How hot or cold a color appears based on the location on the color wheel

What is color temperature?

500

Artwork that shows movement

What is dynamic?

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