Elements of Art
How the surface of something feels
TEXTURE
Primary Colors
RED, BLUE, YELLOW
Parallel lines crossing one another to create value
Crosshatching
Art period known for its technological innovations and religious undertones
Renaissance
This Baroque artist was famous for setting the Baroque style in motion, but was also discovered to be a murderer.
Caravaggio
A component of SPACE, creates depth in a drawing or painting
PERSPECTIVE
Secondary Colors
ORANGE, VIOLET, GREEN
Layering thin washes of watercolor to achieve depth
Glazing
Artist known for "painting with scissors". Alive in the 1800s.
The 3 components of a landscape
Foreground, Middleground, Background
(Not monetary worth) A realistic representation of light and dark
VALUEe
Tertiary Colors
RED-ORANGE, YELLOW-ORANGE, YELLOW-GREEN, BLUE-GREEN, ETC...
Using a waxy or oily material first, and applying a watery material on top of it
Resist
Art period known for strong representations of the human form. This period in history also impacted much of the way we do things today (mathematics, theatre, etc.)
Classical Greece
Warm Colors vs. Cool Colors
Red, orange, yellow
Blue, green, violet
The element that is created when dimension is added to a SHAPE
FORM
Complimentary Colors
BLUE + ORANGE
YELLOW + VIOLET
GREEN + RED
Drawing from observation using a single, never-ending line
continuous line drawing
Artist in the Impressionist movement. He was the first to introduce color theory.
Claude Monet
Overlapping objects giving the effect that they are being pushed back into space
For example: what is close is darker, what is far away is lighter.
Atmospheric Perspective
Can be manipulated to create mood or tone in an image
COLOR
Analagous Colors
Groups of 3 colors that are next to each other on the color wheel.
For example: Red, Red-orange, and orange
Painting vertically in an up and down motion with a dry brush
stippling
Art period known for its representation of leisure and wealth. Reaction to the death of King Louis XIV.
Rococo
Italian artist famous for his views of Venice
Canaletto