Line
These are the types of lines that can hold a design together.
What are structural lines?
This element of art is flat, 2-dimensional, and has only height and width.
What is shape?
These are the primary colors.
What are red, blue, and yellow?
This is a range of light to dark.
What is value or value scale?
This method of placing one object in front of another helps to create space in an artwork.
What are contour lines?
This element of art describes how an object feels to the touch.
These are the secondary colors. They are created by mixing two primary colors.
What are green, orange, and purple?
This is used to create the illusion of a 3-dimensional space on a flat plane.
What is value gradation?
This technique to show space places objects that are closer to the viewer lower on the paper or canvas.
What is position or positioning?
These lines emphasize movement and direction and are created quickly.
What are gesture lines?
These are textures that can be felt by touching.
What are real or actual textures?
These colors (such as black, brown, and gray) are not found on the color wheel.
What are neutral colors?
This technique is used when straight, parallel lines are used to show value.
What is hatching?
An object that has only height and width falls into this category.
What is 2-dimensional space?
This is a line's style or characteristic.
What is line personality?
This element of art is 3-dimensional and has height, width, and depth.
What is form?
These colors are opposite each other on the color wheel.
What are complementary colors?
This technique used small dots to create value.
What is stippling?
An object that has height, width, and depth falls into this category.
What is 3-dimensional space?
These lines are not drawn but are suggested.
What are implied lines?
This type of texture can be seen, but not felt.
What is visual or implied texture?
These colors sit side by side on the color wheel.
What are analogous colors?
In this technique, a finger or towel is used to smudge graphite or charcoal.
What is blending?
This process of creating 3-dimensional space on a flat surface makes use of lines to show depth.
What is perspective or linear perspective?