In Your Element
The most basic element of art, created by connecting two points.
What is Line?
When the elements are arranged to create the impression of equality in weight or importance.
What is Balance?
Form, the three-dimensional element, can be measured by these three dimensions.
What are length, width, and depth/height?
Measurement of length, width, depth/height.
What is Dimension?
A list of information on a work of art.
What is Credit Line?
The surface quality of a work of art, which can be either actual or implied.
What is Texture?
Combining elements in a way that highlights their differences and/or creates visual interest.
What is Contrast or Variety?
Principle that demonstrates a repeated motion.
What is Rhythm?
The way the human eye interprets light bouncing off of objects.
What is Color?
A Genre of art that depicts specific people.
What is Portrait?
What is Shape?
Using the elements of art to create a focal point by drawing special attention to particular area.
What is Emphasis?
A name for colors that are created by mixing a Primary and Secondary color together.
What is a Tertiary Color?
The comparative relationship between two or more elements in a piece with respect to size, color, quantity, etc.
What is Proportion?
A Style of art that depicts subject material as we see them.
What is Realism?
The lightness or darkness of color.
What is Value?
When elements are combined in a way that produce the illusion of motion.
What is Movement?
A line that is slightly tilted and can create the illusion of movement.
What is a Diagonal Line?
When an image is flat, but is made to look like it has a certain physical quality or texture.
What is Implied Texture?
What is a Medium?
This element of art can refer to many things, including size, proximity, or the position of something in the work of art.
What is Space?
The principle present when all parts of an image work together to be seen as a whole, often accomplished through repetition and simplicity.
What is Unity?
A shape that does not have an exact name, uniform measurements, and appears in nature.
What is an Organic Shape?
The area that defines and surrounds the subject of a work of art.
What is Negative Space?
Colors that are directly across from each other on the Color Wheel.
What are Complimentary Colors?