Elements
Still Life
Principles
Design Chart
Pastels
100
A mark with length and driection, created by a point that moves across a surface.
What is line?
100

What is a still life?

A still life is a work of art, most often a painting. In a still life, objects like flowers, fruit, or glasses are arranged in a certain way, and then painted. Most still lifes are of inanimate objects manmade or natural.

100
A way of combining visual elements to produce a sense of action.
What is movement?
100

The technique where you use a colored pencil layered over each other with more and more pressure

What is burnishing?

100

Which type of pastel do you blend with your fingers?

Both

200
Any three dimensional object that can be measured by height, width and depth.
What is form?
200

What is one rule you should consider when creating a still life?

Different sizes/heights of objects

overlapping/intermingling elements 

etc.

200
Area in a work of art that cathes and holds the viewer's attention.
What is emphasis?
200

what is a group of colors that you decide look appealing together called? 

a color palette

200

what happens when you over mix chalk or oil pastel

colors begin to become muddy or don't blend/layer well on top of each other

300
Smoothness, roughness, softness in visual
What is texture?
300

What is one thing about still lifes that changed from when they started in the 16th century (to the 20th century)

less realistic, less detailed, more abstract, bolder colors, etc.

300
The use of different lines, shapes, textures, colors and otehr elements of design to create inteerst in a work of art.
What is variety?
300
Common name for color.
What is hue?
300

What is the biggest difference between painting with paint and "painting" with pastels?

Painting you mix the colors before you put it on the project, pastels you mix ON the paper

400
Lightness and darkness
What is value?
400

What is the name of the time period when still lifes started?

middle ages/early renaissance

400

what is the definition of implied movement?

These types of lines are often used to represent the person/object doing an action such as jumping, dancing around or falling, and are put in a way they 'represent' where the movement is coming and going.

400
When a variety of elements work well together.
What is harmony?
400

What is the importance of using colored paper for a chalk pastel piece?

The colour of your paper will also have a significant effect on the overall atmosphere of your painting as unlike paint, pastels rarely cover the whole surface. Depending on the ‘tooth’ of the paper, when chalking you will notice the underlying colour will show through.

500
Negative and positive
What is space?
500

What was the "hierarchy of genres"?

held that a painting's artistic merit was based primarily on its subject. In the Academic system, the highest form of painting consisted of images of historical, Biblical or mythological significance, with still-life subjects relegated to the very lowest order of artistic recognition.

500

A feeling of stability that is not symmetrical using different shapes.

What is asymmetrical balance?

500

What is the definition of composition?

to the way in which all its elements work together to produce an overall effect.

500

What two things are chalk pastels made out of?

dry pigments (chalk) with binders

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