Elements of Art
This element can be horizontal, vertical, diagonal, or straight.
What is Line?
Mix these 2 colors together to get Green.
What is Blue and Yellow?
Ms. Merryman named her snake after this artist.
Who is Picasso?
Our first project in 3rd grade we colored different lines with markers and traced this part of the body.
What is our hand?
This is Ms. Merryman's favorite grocery store.
What is Trader Joes?
This element is the area between and around objects.
What is space?
Red and Blue mix together to get this color.
What is purple?
This artist is known for his painting entitled "Starry Night".
Who is Van Gogh?
This is a 3rd grade project we completed during the beginning of the school year with pencils and different types of lines. This was a drawing of Boticelli's work, "The Birth of _________"
What is "The Birth of Venus"?
Ms. Merryman does this activity involving heights with the other specials teachers.
What is rock climbing?
This element can be geometric or organic.
What is Shape?
Red, Yellow, and Blue fall into this category of colors.
What are the Primary Colors?
This artist created the Birth of Venus.
Who is Boticelli?
When completing our cake drawings, we learned about this artist who is known for his paintings of cakes and other sweets.
Who is Wayne Thiebaud? (pronounced like "tea-bow")
When she isn't teaching art, Ms. Merryman also teaches this activity.
What is dancing?
This element is the lightness and darkness of color.
What is value?
These are the 3 secondary colors.
This artist painted the Mona Lisa.
Who is Leonardo Da Vinci?
This category of artwork by 5th grade is currently on display by the big bulletin board near Mrs. Medcalf's room.
What is One Point Perspective?
Ms. Merryman's brother is a fisherman and lives in this northern state.
What is Alaska?
This element is the surface quality that can be seen or felt
What is texture?
Yellow and Purple fall into what category of colors.
What is complementary colors?
This artist has work featured outside the music room involving some ballet dancers.
Who is Degas?
4th grade used this art material to create pictures of pears, on the display board around the corner from Ms. Merryman's art room.
What is watercolor paint?
Ms. Merryman's parents live in this state
What is Pennsylvania?