Elements of Art
This element is defined as a mark made by a moving point, often used in writing and drawing.
What is Line?
This principle ensures a visually pleasing agreement among elements in a design, making everything look like it fits together.
What is Unity?)
This is the area where light directly hits an object, creating pure white.
What is Highlight?)
A technique that involves applying a second layer of paint and scratching into it while it’s still wet to reveal the layer underneath.
what is Sgrafitto?
An artist uses a tortillon to do this
What is blend or smudge?
This is a flat, enclosed area that has two dimensions: length and width.
What is Shape?
This principle involves the use of different elements to create visual interest or avoid monotony.
What is Contrast?)
The shadow that forms directly opposite the light source, on the surface the object rests on.
What is Cast Shadow?)
Adding white to a color results in this
Adding two primary colors together equally results in this type of color
What is secondary color?
This element refers to the lightness or darkness of a color.
What is Value?
The center of interest or focal point that draws the viewer's attention first.
What is Emphasis?)
This type of charcoal is light both in weight and in value
Vine charcoal
Adding black to a color results in this
what is shade?
Other than mixing black and white, name a way and artist can create the color gray
Mixing all three primaries OR mixing complements
It is three-dimensional and can be viewed from multiple sides; it has volume and mass.
What is Form?)
This principle guides how the eye moves through a composition and can create the illusion of action.
What is Movement?)
Name two way to shade using a pen
hatching, cross hatching, stipple, scribble
To lower the intensity of a color one adds this
What is its complement?
Finishing your work with neatness and completeness
This element is about how eyes perceive reflected light and includes hue, value, and intensity.
What is Color?)
Refers to the size relationship of parts to one another and to the whole.
What is Proportion?)
The smooth transition from light to dark
what is gradation?
A method of applying a thick layer of paint, often seen in Vincent van Gogh’s works.
Impasto
The requirements set forth in an art project
what are objectives