Color Theory
Which is NOT a secondary color?
Green, Blue, Violet, Orange
BLUE
Slow, continuous, connected, and detailed line drawings of edges and outlines are called
Contour drawings
The “way you use” the materials is called the
Style or Technique
3-dimensional area/shape that has length, plus width, plus depth
FORM
This element of art refers to the sense of touch
Texture
You can create a tone by adding ____:
GREY
(tint = white, tone = grey, shade = black)
A _____line drawing is done without lifting your pen/pencil and without looking at your paper.
Blind Contour/ Pure Contour
A drawing made with crayons, where light black wash is applied over the crayons
CRAYON RESIST
Something that stands for something else.
Symbol
A grouping or composition of objects that are not “alive” and that are arranged on a surface, or a table is a
Still life
The brightness of a color is called...
Intensity or Saturation
What is the meaning of the art element value?
the lightness or darkness of colors or tones
What is the technique of using patterns of dots to create values and value gradation called?
Stippling
the physical materials of art - the paints, pencils, charcoal, pens, ink, crayons, etc.
Medium/Media
_______ objects have a definitive mathematical formula - such as cubes, spheres, boxes, cones, pyramids, etc.
Geometric
The combination of primary and secondary colors is known as
tertiary or intermediate colors
(Blue-green, blue-violet, red-orange, red-violet, yellow-orange, and yellow-green)
What does it mean to Cross Hatch?
To fill a space or create a shade by overlapping lines in different directions
______ refers to the imitation or simulation of texture by drawing or painting textures to imitate real textures on a two-dimensional surface
Example: drawing a pattern to simulate a wood texture, etc.
Implied/ Simulated texture
A unifying topic, subject or idea in a work of art.
Theme
objects that are irregularly shaped (similar to nature) and have no set mathematical formula, are called ______
Organic
A color scheme is composed of 3 colors equally spaced on the color wheel is called?
Triadic Color Scheme
the point on the horizon line at which parallel lines seem to meet (converge) and disappear from view
Vanishing Point
The term _________ refers to the practice of drawing things in real life that are in front of you (and not from photographs, or your imagination/mind)
Direct Observation
The way you “arrange” your subject matter in a picture is called
Composition
the angle that an artist chooses to portray his/her objects - such as straight on, eye-level, slightly above, looking straight down at, looking up at, etc.
Point of View