Elements and Principles of Art
Types of art
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Vocabulary
Techniques
100
Shape that looks like it came from nature. It’s not perfectly straight or regular.
Organic Shape
100
A type of painting where you add water to the paints
Watercolor painting
100
This is what Ms. Becker uses to grade you
Success Criteria
100
A painting, drawing, or picture of an area of land
Landscape
100
A watercolor painting technique that uses wet paper and wet paint
Wet on wet
200
A mathematical shape with clear edges. These shapes have straight lines or smooth curves and are easy to measure.
Geometric Shape
200
A type of art that uses torn up pieces of paper
Collage
200
What is it called when you look at and give feedback on someone's art?
Critique
200
Part of a landscape that is closest to you
Foreground
200
A watercolor technique that uses dry paper and wet paint
wet on dry
300
The lights and darks in a drawing
Value
300
when you create a picture or pattern by repeating the same shape over and over again, like a puzzle, without any gaps or overlaps.
Tessellation
300
Who is the 7th/8th grade art teacher?
Ms. Joy
300
Part of a landscape that is farthest from you
Background
300
A watercolor and acrylic painting technique that is great for adding texture
Dry Brush
400
A repeated design
Pattern
400
A rough draft of a drawing
A sketch
400
Is black a color?
NO!
Bonus points if you can say what it actually is.
400
Colors that are next to each other on the color wheel
Analogous colors
400
What is this technique called?
Stippling
500
Ms. Becker has a pet cat, can anyone remember his name?
(hint: it starts with an A)
Azriel
500
This is what you call what you are drawing/making in art
(Hint: we learned about this during our stippling unit)
Subject matter
500
What is this technique called?
Cross Hatching