Elements / Principles
Color Theory
Composition
Media
Misc
100

This is a point moving in space

Line

100

Green, purple, and orange are

Secondary colors

100

This is the way objects are arranged in a picture

composition

100

This type of pencil is the lightest

3H

100

This pop artist was famous for his Marilyn Monroe art

Andy Warhol

200

A 2D form

Shape

200

Triadic colors

colors that create a triangle on the color wheel: red, yellow, blue; orange, green, violet; ect.

200

This is the line where the sky meets the land

horizon line

200

This dark dry medium can create beautiful shadows and smooth blending

charcoal

200

This famous artist painted surreal dreamworlds

Salvador Dali

300

A 3D shape

Form

300

Colors that create a triangle on the color wheel: red, yellow, blue; orange, green, purple

Triadic

300

This type of perspective shows that things far away are hazy and small, things close up are clear and dark

Aerial/atmospheric perspective

300

This dry medium is like painting with chalk

chalk pastels

300

This work of art by Leonardo da Vinci depicted Jesus at a table with his disciples

The Last Supper

400

When one side has the same "weight" as the other side

Balance

400

Colors that are next to each other on the color wheel; neighbors

analagous

400
Dividing the page into 9 boxes can create beautiful composition

Rule of 3rds

400

This type of paint will not wash off of clothing

Acrylic

400

The idea that we are all individuals in nature

Humanism

500

When two objects in an artwork differ greatly - can be text, color, ect.

Contrast

500

Colors that are opposite each other on the color wheel

complimentary

500

A math-matical spiral that helps map out composition; used by the Renaissance greats

Fibanacci Spiral

500

You can use this special eraser for charcoal and chalk pastel

kneaded eraser

500

During the middle ages, this was the illustrated page of a book, with the first letter larger than the rest.

illuminated manuscript