Elements of Art
What is the difference between shape and form?
Shapes are 2D and forms are 3D
What are the 3 types of balance?
Symmetrical, asymmetrical, and radial
What do we call the area of an artwork that grabs your attention first, or is the most important part?
Focal Point (or points of interest)
Portraits, landscapes, still lifes, memories, stories, are all examples of what?
Themes
What do we call the type of artwork that tells a story?
Narrative Art
What is the type of shape or form that is more natural or free-form, like blobs or clouds?
How do we find contrasting colors?
Opposites on the color wheel (complementary)
What is the color scheme called when using colors next to each other on the color wheel?
Analogus
What is the technique that uses crossing lines to add value or texture?
Cross-hatching
What do we call very wet clay, at a goopy consistency?
Slip
What is an implied texture?
An artist's imitation of texture, like in a drawing or painting. (Does not actually feel like the thing)
Name 3 ways to create emphasis
Contrast, Location, Isolation, Divergence, or Unusual
Name the watercolor technique: a large area with a lot of water and a light touch of color.
A wash
What type of print is printed one time, then it is finished?
Monoprint
What do you need to do to attach clay pieces?
Score and Slip
What type of perspective shown in a natural landscape? Where colors are faded, more blurred, objects are smaller, as it reaches the horizon.
Atmospheric Perspective
What type of Rhythm changes as it repeats?
Progressive
What is the type of line that lightly sketches the outline of an object?
A contour line
What is the name of the tool that rolls the ink onto the block?
Brayer
Name the 3 handbuilding techniques
What are the 3 properties of color?
Hue, value, and intensity
In Proportion: if size is related to importance (larger=more important) what do we call it?
Hierarchical Proportion
What is the compositional rule, where the image is split into 3 equal areas?
Rule of Thirds
Name 2 types of printmaking (there are 4 total)
Relief printing, Intaglio printing, Lithography, and Screen printing
Name the 5 stages of clay
Plastic, Leatherhard, Greenware (or bone dry), Bisqueware, Glazeware