Elements of Art
Principles of Design
Drawing Skills & Techniques
Color Theory
Pen & Ink
Art + Artist
100
This element is a mark that extends beyond a dot and can be vertical, horizontal, diagonal, zigzag, or curved.
What is line?
100
This principle creates a focal point.
What is emphasis?
100
A contour line shows this.
What are the edges of a subject?
100
Red + Blue = this secondary color.
What is violet?
100
This term refers to how thick or thin a line is.
What is line weight?
100
Girl with the Pearl Earring
Who is Johannes Vermeer?
200
This type of texture can be physically touched.
What is actual texture?
200
This principle uses repetition to create a visual beat.
What is rhythm?
200
These imaginary guides help match angles, lines, and shapes when scaling a drawing.
What are sight lines?
200
Tint = Hue + ________
What is white?
200
This mark-making method uses small dots to create value.
What is stippling?
200
The Great Wave off Kanagawa
Who is Katsushika Hokusai?
300
This element refers to areas of a drawing that are 3D and have depth.
What is form?
300
A motif is a repeating unit that builds this principle.
What is pattern?
300
This method divides a reference and paper into 4 equal parts to help with proportion accuracy.
What is the quadrant method?
300
Name the primary colors.
What are red, blue, yellow?
300
This mark-making technique builds value using many short, layered lines that follow the direction of the form, but do not cross over each other.
What is hatching?
300
Basket of Apples
Who is Paul Cézanne?
400
This shows a gradient from light to dark in separate sections.
What is a value scale?
400
This principle refers to the path the viewer’s eye takes through artwork.
What is movement?
400
Realistic edges are created using this visual change, not outlines.
What is value?
400
These are the 6 tertiary colors.
What are red-violet, blue-violet, blue-green, yellow-green, yellow-orange, red-orange?
400
This composition formula divides the image into 9 equal parts.
What is the Rule of Thirds?
400
Composition with Red, Yellow, Blue, and Black
Who is Piet Mondrian?
500
This type of shape is irregular, natural, and not based on math.
What is an organic shape?
500
Symmetrical, asymmetrical, and radial are all types of this principle.
What is balance?
500
This is the size of the border required for mandala or quadrant drawing.
What is ½ inch to 1 inch?
500
This color relationship consists of a primary color mixed with a secondary color next to it on the color wheel, creating six possible hues.
What are tertiary colors?
500
A triangular arrangement or L-shape design refers to this idea.
What is a composition formula?
500
A Sunday on La Grande Jatte
Who is Georges Seurat?