aesthetics
art element
drawing
color
color II
100
The visual expression of an idea or experience.
What is art?
100
A continuous mark on a surface.
What is line?
100
A type of drawing that is done very quickly and attempts to capture the essence of something.
What is gesture drawing?
100
Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet
What is the color spectrum?
100
red, yellow, and orange
What are hot colors?
200
The only creature on earth who has the need to create.
What are humans?
200
What the eye sees when light is reflected off of a surface.
What is color?
200
This drawing technique requires the slow careful recording of each edge and uses a continuous line.
What is contour line?
200
A color spectrum bent into a circle. This tool was first envisioned by Sir Issac Newton.
What is a color wheel?
200
purple, green, and blue
What are cool colors?
300
This refers to the way an artwork is structured and organized.
What is composition?
300
A 2D enclosed line which may be organic or geometric.
What is shape?
300
This is used to help the artist capture perfect proportions in his art and was first utilized by Albrecht Durer during the Renaissance
What is a grid?
300
A plan for organizing color.
What is a color scheme?
300
Two colors that are opposite each other on the color wheel and are contrasting in nature.
What are complementary colors?
400
The two dimensional surface an artwork is created on.
What is a picture plane?
400
The use of lights and darks in a composition.
What is value?
400
What should always be eliminated when drawing with value?
What is outline?
400
Red, blue, and yellow. These colors can't be made from any other colors.
What are primary colors?
400
Colors next to each other on the color wheel that share a common hue.
What are analogous colors?
500
Material used to make an artwork.
What is media or medium?
500
The way things feel or look like they would feel.
What is texture?
500
Name the artist who used a grid and painted large works that often were self portraits.
Who is Chuck Close?
500
This is what you get when you mix two primary colors together.
What is a secondary color?
500
This refers to the lightness or darkness of a color.
What is color value?
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