Line
This type of line suggests action or movement, often slanting across the page.
What is a diagonal line?
Red, blue, and yellow are known as these.
What are primary colors?
Define Texture:
What is what something feels or looks like it feels like?
A square, triangle, or circle are examples of this type of shape.
What are geometric shapes?
The lightest and darkest possible value is of color?
What is White and Black?
A contour line outlines this aspect of an object.
What is its shape/form?
Colors across from each other on the color wheel are called this.
What are complimentary colors?
This technique uses dots to create tonal or textural effects.
What is stippling?
A shape that appears 3D with depth, width, and height is called this.
What is form?
Define Value:
Value refers to the lightness or darkness of this element.
Lines that never meet, no matter how far they extend, are called this.
What are parallel lines?
Adding white to a color creates this variation.
What is a tint?
This type of texture only looks real but cannot be felt.
What is implied texture?
Organic shapes are often found in this part of the natural world.
What is nature?
Adding black to a color changes its value to this.
What is a shade?
Artists use these short, repeated lines to create shading and texture.
What are hatching lines?
The intensity or brightness of a color is called this.
What is saturation?
Examples of textures are:
What is fur, grass, bricks, etc?
This word describes the area inside or around a shape.
What is space?
A smooth, gradual transition from light to dark is called this.
What is a gradient?
The expressive quality of line that conveys emotion is called this.
What is line character?
This color scheme uses only one hue with its tints and shades.
What is monochromatic?
Artists often use this technique of rubbing over a textured surface with a crayon or pencil to capture its pattern.
What is rubbing or (frottage)?
A cube is to a square what a sphere is to this.
What is a circle?
This technique uses light and shadow to create the illusion of depth.
What is shading?