Elements of Art
Principles of Design
Artists
Vocabulary
Color Wheel
100

A mark with length and direction, is created by a point that moves across a surface.

Line

100

A way of combining visual elements to produce a sense of action.

Movement

100

Host of the Joy of Painting

Bob Ross

100

Using small dots to create and build up value

Stippling

100

Red, yellow, and blue are

Primary Colors

200

Any three-dimensional object that can be measured by height, width, and depth.

Form

200

Area in a work of art that catches and holds the viewer's attention.

Emphasis

200

Painted the Mona Lisa

Leonardo Da Vinci

200

Having parallel lines meet at a single vanishing point on the horizon line

One-point perspective 

200

Green, purple, and orange are

Secondary colors

300

Smoothness, roughness, and softness in visual formal 

Texture

300

The equal visual distribution of weight in a design

Balance

300

His glasswork is shown in the Bellagio.

Dale Chihuly

300

A simple form of handmade ceramics, position thumb and pinch around. Create a bowl shape

Pinch pot

300

WHAT COLORS MAKE BROWN

RED,  YELLOW, AND BLUE

400

Lightness and darkness

Value

400

The repeating of visual elements in a piece of art.

Repetition

400

Leader of the Fauvists

Henri Matisse

400

Created by drawing closely spaced, parallel lines. When the lines are close together, they create a dark area. When they are farther apart, they create a lighter area.

Hatching

400

Blue, Blue-green, Green is an example of...

Analogous colors

500

The area around and between objects. This can be  negative or positive

Space

500

The use of different lines, shapes, textures, colors, and other elements of design to create interest in a work of art.

Variety

500

One of the members of SAMO

Jean-Michel Basquiat

500

A painting or drawing of an arrangement of objects, typically including fruit and flowers and objects contrasting with these in texture, such as bowls and glassware.

Still life

500

Mixing a secondary and primary color creates this.

Tertiary color