Color
Line
Art Vocabulary
Shape, Form, and Space
Medium
100

The three primary colors. They make all other colors.

red, blue, and yellow

100

This line's direction is up and down.

vertical

100

A place where works of art are cared for and displayed.

museum

100

flat shapes are 2D or 3D?

2D shapes

100

A stick of colored wax used for drawing.

oil pastel or crayon

200

The combination of blue mixed with red.

violet / purple

200

This line's direction is from left to right.

a horizontal line

200

artwork made by glueing pieces of paper or other materials together


collage

200

A 2D shape with 6 sides and 6 corners.

hexagon

200

fiber arts uses what to sew or weave.

fabric or yarn

300

This color palette includes red, orange and yellow, and is often used to evoke feelings of warmth and energy.

warm colors

300

a line that sharply alternates direction, making a series of short, angled turns, resembling a pattern of connected "W" shapes, with each turn going first in one direction then the opposite

zigzag line

300

a piece of art painted on a wall or side of a building (we have 2 at our school)

mural

300

 A three dimensional square.

a cube

300

this medium uses the techniques of slabs, coils, wheel throwing. you use your hands to shape it.

clay or ceramics

400

The combination of blue and yellow.

green

400

A line that is straight but slanted.

diagonal lines

400

Colors arranged in a certain order in the shape of a circle.

color wheel

400

A round form that is three dimensional.

Sphere

400

Acrylic and tempera are two types of what?

paint

500

This colour palette includes blue, green, and purple, and is often used to evoke feelings of calmness and tranquility.

cool colours

500

A line that is not straight.

curved or wavy lines

500

the balance of one side to another. one half is an exact mirror of the other.

Symmetry

500

shape of a soda can

cylinder 

500

A type of paint that uses the following techniques: washes, wet-on-wet, dry brush, wet on dry. If you hold up your paper, the color will drip if not dry. You must use water to wake it up.

watercolor paint