Elements of Art
a path between two points
What is line?
visual distribution of weight (types: symmetrical, asymmetrical and radial)
What is balance?
watercolor, tempera, acrylic and oil
What are different types of paint?
a Mexican American artist best known for her dream-like self-portraits with themes of identity, the human body and death
Who is Frida Kahlo?
a written summary used to tell the viewers of the themes, processes and materials used in an artwork
What is an artist's statement?
flat, enclosed areas (types: organic or geometric)
What is shape?
regularly repeated elements such as line, shape or color
What is pattern?
clay, cardboard construction and wire/metal
What type of materials are used for making sculptures?
a Native American potter most known for her hand built, black on black pottery
Who is Maria Martinez?
written or verbal comments given to an artist telling them what they did well and what they need to work on
What is a critique?
what you see when light reflects off of a surface (another name is HUE)
What is color?
how the eye travels through the artwork
What is movement?
the process of cutting, tearing and gluing small pieces of paper or fabric together to create an image
What is a collage?
Who is Bisa Butler?
a document used to organize an artist's ideas, purpose, and materials before creating their work
What is a project planner?
how something feels or seems to feel
What is texture?
the focal point of an artwork
What is emphasis?
What is coiling?
a Latin American artist most known for making papel picado about family, culture and bilingualism
Who is Carmen Lomas Garza?
a planning strategy that combines note taking and sketching together to improve memory and connection to new material
What is a skechnote?
creates depth in an artwork (types: positive and negative)
What is space?
comparing parts (size, shape and position) to the whole, ensuring they look well together
What is proportion?
a stage of clay where the vessel has been fired in a kiln once and is ready to be glazed
That is bisque clay?
a French artist most known for his bright, expressive paper collages and paintings of people and nature
a strategy that helps viewers become better readers of images (helping them better SEE, THINK and WONDER about what is going on in an artwork)
What is visual thinking strategy (VTS)?