SHAPE / FORM
What is shape?
When a line meets itself, it creates this element.
What is line?
The element of art that is a moving point through space.
Name the type of texture you can feel with your fingers.
What is actual (tactile) texture?
What is value?
This element refers to the lightness or darkness of a color.
What is depth?
The difference between positive and negative space helps create this in a composition.
What are geometric shapes?
Circles, squares, and triangles are examples of these kinds of shapes.
What are expressive lines?
Lines that show feelings or movement in art (like wavy or zigzag).
What is texture?
This element describes how something looks like it would feel or actually feels.
The difference between the darkest and lightest values in art is called this.
What is contrast?
What is negative space?
The empty area that surrounds an object in a work of art.
When a shape appears 3-D, it becomes this.
What is form?
What is line?
A path made by a moving point.
What is visual texture?
Texture that only looks like it can be felt.
What is contrast?
Strong differences between light and dark.
What are analogous colors?
Colors next to each other on the color wheel.
What are organic shapes?
Shapes that are irregular and free-form.
What is line variety?
Lines that are thick, thin, wavy, or zigzag show this quality.
Artists use tools like brushes or sponges to create this.
What is texture?
What is shading?
Artists use value to make objects look three-dimensional.
What are complementary colors?
Colors opposite each other on the color wheel.
What are two-dimensional shapes?
Shapes that take up space but have no depth.
What are organic lines?
Lines that are free-flowing and found in nature.