Elements of Art
This element of art is used to define space, contours, outlines, and can suggest volume.
Line
Repeated elements in a recognizable organization.
Pattern
These three colors represent warm tones
Red, Yellow, Orange
He painted the Mona Lisa
Leonardo Da Vinci
Cubism
Indicates areas between, around, above, below or within something.
Space
Emphasis
Every color is made from a mixture of Blue, Yellow, and Red but no colors can mix to make them. What is this called?
Primary Colors
He will teach you how to paint "Happy little trees" on his PBS tv show
Bob Ross
A period of art that focused on using many small dots to create fields of color/objects.
Pointillism
Has three properties: hue, value and intensity.
Color
When all elements in a piece of art hold the same amount of interest.
Unity
Colors that are across from each other on the color wheel
Complimentary Colors
He painted the Scream
Edvard Munch
A period that used expressive brushstrokes, and many blobs of color to represent objects and people. Not quite abstract though
Impressionism
This describes the surface of an object, usually perceived through the sense of touch.
When a piece "flows" and no particular element stands out amongst the others
Balance
These three colors represent cool tones
Blue, Purple, green
He did a lot of splatter painting
Jackson Polluck
Surrealism
Enclosed space defined by line, color and texture.
Shape
Combining elements of art in a way that suggests they contain their own energy in the piece.
Movement
If you are needing to make a color darker, what can you mix in?
Black
She painted a lot of self portraits (hint: she also rocked a unibrow)
Frida Kahlo
This word means "rebirth" and is usually what you think of when you think of "fine art"
Renaissance