Elements of Art
What we use to make art
What is elements of art?
an element of art with three properties
1) Hue: the name e.g. red, yellow, etc.
2) Intensity: the purity and strength such as brightness or dullness.
3) value: the lightness or darkness. White is the lightest value; black is the darkest. The value halfway between these extremes is called middle gray.
what is color?
what we use to organize the elements of art.
what is principles?
A principle of design used to create the look and feeling of action and to guide the viewer’s eye throughout the work of art.
what is movement?
Rebecca
What is Mrs. Layson's first name?
a continuous mark made by a moving point. It may be two dimensional, like a pencil mark on a paper, or it may be three dimensional (wire) or implied( the edge of a shape or form).
What is line?
Refers to the surface quality or "feel" of an object, such as roughness, smoothness, or softness. Can be felt physically or implied visually by the way the artist renders areas of the piece.
what is texture?
Refers to some kind of connection between all the visual elements in a work of art
what is unity?
A principle of design that indicates movement, created by the careful placement of repeated elements in a work of art to cause a visual tempo or beat.
what is rhythm?
Clay
What is Mrs. Layson's favorite medium/material?
an enclosed space defined by other elements of art. May take on the appearance of 2-D or 3-D objects of art.
What is shape?
we used this material to create lines and "draw in space"
what is wire?
refers to how well all the visual elements work together in a work of art.
what is harmony?
Repeating a motif in a recognizable organization.
what is pattern?
Callanwolde Fine Arts Center
Where is Mrs. Layson's studio/other job?
An element of art by which positive areas (within objects or the objects themselves) and negative areas (outside of or around objects) are defined or a sense of depth is achieved in a work of art .
what is space?
When using this material, one focus of the project was to include negative space
what is paper?
refers to the differences in the work, You can achieve variety by using different shapes, textures, colors and values in your work.
what is contrast?
A way of combining elements to add a feeling of equilibrium or stability to a work of art. Major types are symmetrical and asymmetrical.
what is balance?
purple/blue/green
What are Mrs. Layson's fave colors?
An element of art that is three-dimensional and encloses volume; includes height, width, AND depth (as in a cube, a sphere, a pyramid, or a cylinder).
what is form?
This project allowed us to use color.
what is clay?
in a composition, refers to developing points of interest to pull the viewer's eye to important parts of the body of the work
what is emphasis?
We focused on symmetry and balance when working with this material.
what is paper?
ceramics/wheel throwing/handbuilding
what is the other AGS class Mrs. Layson Teaches?