What do you call...?
Don't let them trick you
Line, shape, and texture
Our old friend, color
Putting it all together
100
What is a negative shape?
A shape that exists in the space around a design
100
What are the three lines types? And what are the three line directions?
Gestural, structural, and contour.
and
Vertical, horizontal, and diagonal.
100
Which line direction is considered the most dynamic in a composition?
Diagonal
100
Where does color come from?
Light
100
The way in which all of an artwork's elements work together to produce an overall effect is called its _________________.
Composition
200
What is the word that describes the lightness or darkness of grays and colors?
Value
200
When lighting is just right, textured surfaces can become _________ and ____________.
Active and dominant
200
How is implied line used in a composition?
It guides the viewer’s eye around the image
200
What is a tint? What is a shade?
A color mixed with white.
and
A color mixed with black.
200
The picture below is divided up according to the _____ ____ _______.
Rule of thirds
300
How can we define shape? And how do we define form?
An object that has two dimensions – height and width.
and
An object that has three dimensions, or appears to be 3-Dimensional
300
What are two characteristics that define forms?
Weight and solidity
300
Most two-dimensional artwork (like drawings and paintings) usually rely heavily on what kind of texture?
Implied texture (texture that looks like its exists, but you can't actually feel with you hands)
300
What are the three important properties of color?
Hue, value, and intensity
300
How can we define nonrepresentational or abstract artwork?
Artworks that do not depict recognizable forms or subject matter
400
What is the foreground, midground or middleground, and background of an image?
Foreground - closest to the viewer (in the front)
Midground or middleground - not too close or too far from the viewer (in the middle)
Background - farthest from the viewer (in the back)
400
Which of the following are geometric forms?
A. Circle, square, and triangle
B. Rectangle, oval, and trapezoid
C. All of the above
D. None of the above
D. None of the above
(circles, squares, triangles, rectangles, ovals, and trapezoids are all shapes, not forms. It's a sneaky trick question.)
400
What are the two types of shapes? Describe what types of shapes you would find in each category.
Geometric and organic.
Geometric - square, rectangle, circle, oval, etc.
Organic - any other irregular, squiggly, and unnameable shape
400
Name the three primary colors. And name three neutral colors.
Red, yellow, and blue.
and
Black, white, grey, and brown.
400
Horizontal, vertical, diagonal lines, vanishing points, horizon lines, and orthogonal lines are all things we need if we are going to draw a building using ______ ___________.
Linear perspective
500
What is a light source? And how can you identify the light source in an image?
Where the light is coming from in the picture (what direction).
and
Find the highlights (the highlight is on the same side of an object as the light source)
500
What is a line created by objects that touch, overlap, or share an edge?
An implied line
500
How would you use only lines to create a gradient from light to dark (like the one below)?
Using hatching, cross-hatching, or scumbling.
Hatching - parallel lines, just a few lines on the left and tons of parallel lines on the right
Cross-hatching - perpendicular lines, just a few lines on the left and tons of crisscross lines on the right
Scumbling - squiggly lines, just a few lines on the left and tons of squiggly lines on the right
500
In a few words, define these color schemes: analogous, complementary, split complementary, and triadic.
Analogous - neighbors on the color wheel
Complementary - opposites on the color wheel
Split complementary - a color and the two colors next to its true complementary pair, makes a narrow and tall triangle
Triadic - makes a triangle, three colors even spaced on the color wheel
500
If an artist was drawing a landscape, how could they use value to show depth in their image?
(Think of atmospheric or aerial perspective)
By allowing objects to become lighter as they move away from the foreground (mountains in the distance are lighter and hazier than the ones close to the viewer)