7 Elements of Art
This element of art is a mark made by a moving point. What can be straight, curved, zigzag, thick, or thin?
What is Line?
This famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci features a woman with a mysterious smile.
What is the Mona Lisa?
This principle occurs when both sides of an artwork have equal visual weight.
What is balance?
What are the 3 primary colors?
What is blue, yellow, and red?
This medium uses graphite, charcoal, or colored sticks to create marks on paper.
What is Drawing?
This element uses the technique overlapping in order to show it.
What is Space?
This Dutch painter created *The Starry Night*, a painting of a swirling night sky.
Who is Vincent Van Gogh?
This principle makes one part of an artwork stand out and grab the viewer's attention.
What is emphasis?
What are the 3 secondary colors?
What is orange, purple, and green?
This paint is water-soluble, dries quickly, and can be used on paper or canvas.
What is water color paint?
This element is the way a surface feels or looks like it would feel, such as rough, bumpy, or smooth.
What is Texture?
Who was heavily involved with the Pop Art Movement in the 1960's?
Who is Andy Warhol?
This principle is created when an element or object is repeated throughout an artwork.
What is pattern?
What is it called when a primary color is mixed with a secondary that is adjacent to each other on the color wheel?
What is a tertiary color?
This art form involves shaping and firing clay to create objects such as bowls, sculptures, and tiles.
What is Ceramics?
Unlike a three-dimensional form, this element has only height and width.
What is Shape?
Which woman artist painted primarily close up images of flowers?
Who is Georgia O'Keefe?
This principle uses differences, such as light versus dark or rough versus smooth, to create visual interest.
What is contrast?
What colors are pairs of colors that sit directly opposite each other on the color wheel?
What are complementary colors?
What shading technique involves creating tiny little dots over and over again?
What is Stippling?
Artists use this element to create the illusion of three-dimensional objects by showing light, shadow, and gradual changes from light to dark.
What is Value?
This Mexican artist is known for self-portraits that explore identity, pain, and Mexican culture, often incorporating symbolic imagery.
Who is Frida Kahlo?
This principle describes how the viewer's eye moves through an artwork, often created by repeating shapes, lines, or colors.
What is movement?
What colors pair nicely together because they are similar and are 3 colors next to each other on the color wheel?
What are analogous colors?
What shading technique involved creating parallel lines next to each other?
What is Hatching or Cross Hatching?