Elements of Art
A continuous mark made on a surface. This element can help create movement in a piece of art.
Line
This artist is known for his "Starry Night" painting
Vincent Van Gogh
A medium that consists of different grades of pencils, from 4H-6B
Graphite
A repetition of specific elements such as a shape or line
Pattern
Blue
This element is made up of categories such as geometric and organic.
Shape
Katsushika Hokusai was a Japanese artist, and Printmaker known for his woodblock print series depicting Mt Fuji, especially this piece know as
The Great Wave
A system of representing the way objects appear to get smaller and closer together the further away they are in a scene.
Linear Perspective
A principle of design used to guide the viewer’s eye throughout a work of art
Movement
Your every day #2 pencil has a grade on the graphite scale with these two letters
HB
The lightness or darkness of tones or colors
Value
This painting did not become as popular as it is today until it was stolen in the early 1900's from the the famous Louvre Museum in Paris, where it now has it's own room.
Mona Lisa
This shading technique is used when working with pencils or colored pencils to fill in the blank space, but to also build layers. It involves switching the direction of the way you shade.
Cross hatching
The arrangement of opposite elements in a composition to create interest
-light vs. dark
-rough vs. smooth
-small vs. large
Contrast
Used in linear perspective, this type of line would be drawn from the edges of objects, back into perceived distant space, until they finally converge at a vanishing point on the horizon line
Orthogonal Line
Analogous, Tertiary and Monochromatic are all terms used when talking about this element
Color
This artist was one of the founders of Impressionism, an art movement that was characterized as using short brushstrokes to create an "impression" of the subject depicted.
Claude Monet
There are three methods of working with clay; Pinch coil and the last method that involves rolling out clay using clay bars
Slab
This principle is applied to make certain parts of a piece stand out.
Emphasis
The way in which different elements of art are arranged on the piece of paper, or canvas.
Composition
When referring to 3-dimensional objects or objects that appear to be 3-dimensional
Form
During this art movement, many new inventions were made and new methods were being further developed. Linear perspective was being explored more by artists to create a sense of realism and depth. Humanism was also being explored by artists, making portraits look more realistic than ever before.
Italian Renaissance
A drawing method that helps with accuracy, scale and proportion.
Grid Method
When all of the elements work together in a way that achieves a visually pleasing piece
Unity
This art term refers to the outline of a form
Contour line