Elements of Art
Contour Lines
Drawing/Materials
Elements PT.2
100

The path of a point moving in space

Element of Line

100

A continuous line drawing that defines the outline of an object

What is contour?

100

What was the purpose of your piece of construction paper?

To work with one section of my reference at a time
100

cubes, cylinders, spheres, cones, pyramids

what are geometric forms?


200

Shapes are ____________ ___ ___________

Geometric & Organic

200

_______________ is an exercise where your hand and your eyes move at the same time. Your focus is on your subject, not on your actual drawing.

Blind Contour Drawing

200

This project was done in

pen/ink

200

Lighness or darkness of a hue

What is value?

300

The way something feels or looks like it would feel

Texture

300

Positioning of a series of points where our eyes automatically connect them, which line is it?

Implied Lines

300

Drawing is a skill that is learned through practice?

true/false

True

300

These can be organic or geometric. They are 2D.

What are shapes?

400

space has 3 components

foreground, middle ground, background

400

This is an example of:

--->                                          *

Psychic Lines

400

A drawing or painting of a person, especially of the head and shoulders.

What is a portrait?

400

The negative or positive areas within an artwork.

What is space?

500

In drawings and paintings, form is implied because

it's an illusion of 3D

500

Which line technique is used to determine the form of objects?

Cross Contour Lines

500

Lines such as hatching and cross-hatching are used for what

Value

500

What is the main difference between the elements of SHAPE & FORM?

Shapes are flat (2D) and Forms have volume and take up spac3 (3D)

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