The art elements in planned or random repetitions.
What is pattern?
100
A series of parallel lines as a method of darkening areas.
What is hatching?
100
a pliable eraser for picking up soft media such as charcoal or graphite.
What is a kneaded eraser?
100
pictures of objects that offer artists an opportunity to study a subject over time to reproduce the look of materials, colors, lights, texture and placement in space.
What is still life?
200
A color that has been made lighter by the addition of white
What is a tint?
200
Differences in value, colors, textures, shapes and other elements. It creates visual excitement and adds interest to the work.
What is contrast?
200
A loose rendering of an object, person or idea.
What is sketching?
200
A tightly wrapped paper used to smudge and blend.
What is a tortillon?
200
A style of art that shows objects, people and/or places in simplified arrangements of shape, line, texture, or color, often geometrical.
What is abstract?
300
An invisible line created by a series of points or objects so that the eye will connect them.
What is an implied line?
300
The distribution of visual weight in a work art.
What is balance?
300
Using your drawing tools to compare dimensions of objects and to find angles.
What is pencil sighting technique?
300
also known as a #2 pencil
What is an HB pencil?
300
Rendering people, objects, or places in such a way that they can be recognized for what they are.
What is representational?
400
the range of darks and lights in artworks
What is the value scale?
400
Used by artists to create dominance and focus in their work and create a center of interest.
What is emphasis?
400
Two or more sets of parallel lines that are laid over each other as a method of darkening an area.
What is cross-hatching?
400
a substance obtained from slowly burning wood, stopping it before it turns to ash.
What is charcoal?
400
An artwork with absolutely no reference to, or representation of, the natural world.
What is non-objective?
500
A way of using color or value to show depth. Distant things appear lighter in value and have less detail and less intense color than things up close.
What is atmospheric or aerial perspective?
500
A cohesive quality that makes an artwork feel complete and finished.
What is unity?
500
an Italian term that describes the use of darks and lights to imply depth and volume
What is chiaroscuro?
500
the human form as the subject of art. Some have been idealized, others stylized, or "caricatured"-- having features that are exaggerated or distorted.