A dot that goes for a walk. There are many kinds and characteristics of this element.
What is line?
100
The plan for selecting colors for a composition
What is a color scheme?
100
A mark made by dragging a tool across the page. It can be straight, curved, long, short, or many other types.
What is a line?
100
This artist created many self portraits in a similar style to his famouse "Starry Night" painting. He is well known for his psychiatric problems and cutting off his own ear.
Who is Vincent Van Gogh?
100
These two principles are often put together. One means the use of many elements to create interest, while the other refers to the elements creating a complete and happy whole.
What is variety and unity?
200
When an artist uses perspective, overlapping and size changes to create a 3rd dimension in their art, they are creating this element of art.
What is Space?
200
Red, Yellow and Blue are this kind of color triad.
What is Primary?
200
Shapes that have names and often have straight edges and corners.
What are Geometric Shapes?
200
The reason portraits change from being realistic historically to being more abstract in the last 100 years?
What is photography (camera and film technology)
200
The kind of texture that is 2D, like in a drawing of wood grain or a photograph of rocks.
What is implied texture?
300
Two elements that are similar, yet one is 2D like a circle, while the other is 3D like a spere.
What is Shape and Form?
300
These are colors across from each other on the color wheel, like Red and Green.
What is Complementary?
300
Space that is enclosed by a line.
What is Shape?
300
When creating a realistic self portrait, this is where you place the line for the eyes on your oval head shape.
What is halfway down the oval?
300
This is created when there is repetition through repeating elements as well as visual movement across the artwork.
What is visual Rhythm?
400
This element has a scale showing lightness to darkness of a color.
What is value?
400
Mixing a secondary and primary color creates this.
What is a tertiary(or intermediate) color?
400
This element has many kinds, characteristics and expresses feelings and ideas
What is Line?
400
From an italian word meaning to "scratch into", this is what we did on our tiles.
What is sgraffito?
400
The center of interest. The use of elements to lead your eye to a particular part of the work.
What is Emphasis?
500
The feelin of the surface quality of an artwork, or the illusion that there is a feeling to the surface.
What is Texture?
500
Colors that are next to eachother on the color wheel and blend well together.
What are Analogous Colors?
500
Shapes that are found in nature, have free flowing edges and don't have names.
What is Organic Shape?
500
The principle we created through consistency in composition, concept and order (gestalt).
What is Unity?
500
The size of an object in relationship to another object. Often used to create realistic depth and realistically sized human face and body characteristics.