Elements
Principles
Art Tools
Art Terms
Art Terms Continued
100
The area in and around objects in an artwork.
What is Space?
100

the distribution of visual weight in a work of art

What is Balance

100

A tool for creating with art mediums that are fluid.

What is a Paintbrush?

100

There are four steps to this: Describe, Analyze, Interpret, Opinion (judge)

What is Art Criticism?

100

Orange, Green and Purple

What are Secondary Colors?

200
A 2D object; Ex: circle, square, trianlge
What is Shape?
200

achieved by repeating elements like line, shape, or color to create a visual "beat" or tempo

What is Rhythm

200

Comes in charcoal, color or lead and can have different levels soft/hardness.

What is a Pencil?

200

Red, Yellow and Blue

What are Primary Colors?

200

This is the law that protects artwork that has already been created.

What is Copyright?

300

The visual perception of light reflecting off objects, described by hue, lightness, and saturation

What is Color?

300
Making one object or area more important than the rest in an artwork.
What is Emphasis?
300
This type of paint MUST use water.
What is Watercolor?
300

a drawing technique using a line to define the edges or surface ridges of an object without shading.

What is Contour Drawing?

300

This type of drawing is used to duplicate and/or enlarge.

What is Grid Drawing?

400
The lightness or darkness of an object; shadows/highlights.
What is Value?
400

When different elements such as colors, shapes, textures, and forms—to create visual interest, contrast, and complexity, your are showing this.

what is variety

400

These are pointy and sharp and they open and close.

What is Scissors?

400

This can be done by gluing pieces of newspaper, magazines, tissue paper, construction paper, wallpaper, to create imagery.

What is Collage?

400
This type of Balance is UNequal on both sides.
What is Asymmetrical Balance?
500
How an object feels or looks like it feels.
What is Texture?
500
Using elements in an artwork to make it make sense; look like a whole.
What is Unity?
500

A material that is used for drawing and blending that makes your fingers greasy.

What is Oil Pastels

500

This type of Balance is perfectly equal on both sides.

What is Symmetrical Balance?

500

 the colors opposite one another on the color wheel?

What are Complementary Colors?

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