Elements of Art
The path of a moving point
What is a line?
When one element of a piece stands out from the rest.
What is emphasis?
This kind of drawing is considered more of an outline. The example given in class of this type of drawing was a coloring book.
What is contour drawing?
What are red, yellow, and blue?
What are organic and geometric shapes?
Three dimensional; has height, width, and depth.
What is form?
The combination of one or more elements to create interest.
What is variety?
This type of drawing requires the artist to look at the object they are sketching without ever looking at their paper while doing so.
What is blind contour drawing?
Name the three secondary colors.
What are orange, purple, and green?
While forms are 3D, shapes are....
What is 2D? (two dimensional)
Difference in the lightness or darkness of a color. Ranges from lightest to darkest.
What is value?
The repetition of an element to make a work more active.
What is rhythm?
This type of drawing requires the artist to make a lot of movements and gestures and it often looks "sketchier" than the other types of drawing.
What is gesture drawing?
In order to make a tertiary color, which types of colors does one mix together?
Geometric shapes were described in class to almost always be...
The way a surface feels. Can actually be felt when you touch it.
What is actual texture?
The three kinds of balance?
What are formal, informal, and radial?
When shading a drawing, the darkest shadow will be where in relation to the light source?
What is the opposite side?
Mixing all of the primary colors together or mixing complementary colors (opposites on the color wheel) produce this color.
What is brown?
The shape would you begin with if you wanted to draw a sphere.
What is a circle?
The area between and around objects in an artwork. (Illusion vs. reality; negative vs. positive)
What is space?
These two principles often go together. Their two definitions are: The blending of elements to create a calm, restful appearance AND When the whole work looks complete and is not seen in different sections.
What are harmony and unity?
Name three of the drawing techniques used to add texture to drawings.
What are hatching, cross-hatching, and stippling (pointillism)?
To darken a shade of a hue, one would add this.
What is black.
The best way to turn a shape in to a form is to add this.
What is shading?