Color Theory
Red, yellow, blue
What are primary colors?
A work of art with scientific drawings and writing
What is a field sketch?
What are drawing pencils
Famous for works such as Starry Night, and Sunflowers
Who is Vincent van Gogh
What is a line
One color mixed with black and white.
What is monochromatic?
Drawing an object without looking at the paper.
What is a blind contour drawing?
Used for colorful shading and details
What are colored pencils
Well known for her zoomed in paintings of flowers
Who is Georgia O'Keeffe
A shape with length, width and depth
What is form
Blue and Orange, Red and Green, Purple and Yellow
What are complementary colors?
Only the outside line of an object with no shading.
What is a contour line?
Used for a wash of color
What are watercolor paints
Japanese painter and printmaker known for his print The Great Wave off Kanagawa and his many prints of Mount Fuji
Who is Hokusai
This technique helps create the illusion of depth in a work of art
What is shading
Three colors that are equidistant on the color wheel
What is a triad?
What is a sphere?
Adds rich color similar to crayons
What are oil pastels
Mexican painter known for her many self portraits
Who is Frida Kahlo
The lightness or darkness of a color
What is value
Yellow-green, red-orange, blue-violet
A 3 dimensional shape.
What is a form?
Known for his many paintings of sweet treats and everyday objects
Who is Wayne Thiebaud
The arrangement of elements within a work of art
What is composition