Elements & Principles
This is when we change the thickness of a line.
Line Weight
These creatures have six legs, a head, an abdomen, and a thorax.
Insects
This word means that we are filling the space properly, considering balance, emphasis, and space.
Composition
What is Mrs. Griesinger's dog's name?
Buckley
This element creates a range of darkness and lightness of a color.
Value
After completing a project, it is important to write this to tell the viewer more about your artwork.
Artist Statement
This word means outline.
Contour
This is the college that Mrs. Griesinger attended.
Western Michigan University
This element describes the way something feels, or the way it looks like it might feel.
Texture
This page of our Altered Books described you to the reader.
Autobiography
This word means that the artist is working with only one color.
Monochromatic
This is Mrs. Griesinger's favorite art medium.
Printmaking
This principle happens when shapes or lines are repeated.
Pattern
When we add white or black to a color, we create these.
Tints and Shades
This is when we tint objects that are further away to make them look less clear, and add more details to the objects that are closer to us to create space in our artwork.
Atmospheric Perspective
This is Mrs. Griesinger's favorite baseball team.
Chicago Cubs
This type of shape is more commonly found in nature, and has free flowing lines.
Organic Shape
This term describes shapes that fit inside each other when they are repeated.
Tessellations
This is the type of printmaking that we practiced. It happens when the surface that is left raised collects the ink and creates the print.
Relief Printmaking
This is the team sport that Mrs. Griesinger plays in the winter.
Dodgeball