The Elements of Art
The Principles of Art
Artists
Color Wheel
Media
100

These colors (red, orange, yellow) convey the feeling of high temperature

What are warm colors

100

The repetition of line and shape

What is pattern

100

This artist is well known for painting the ceiling of the sistine Chapel

Who is Michelangelo

100

These colors (red, blue, and yellow) are known as...

What is Primary Colors

100

A media made of burnt wood

What is charcoal

200

An element of art that refers to the lightness and darkness of an object

What is value

200

The implied motion in a work of art

What is movement

200

A starry Night portrait is by...

Who is Vincent Van Gogh 

200

Use of one color in a color palate but using black or white with that color to make different shades is

What is monochromatic

200

A media used to create ceramics

What is clay?

300

A line that defines both the exterior and interior edge of a form (outline of an object).

What is contour line
300

A large difference between two objects such as the difference between light and dark

What is contrast?

300

This artist is attributed with the Saturday Evening Post is

Who is Norman Rockwell

300

Three hues evenly spaced on the wheel, such as turquoise, fuchsia, and yellow-orange.

What is Triadic

300

A media of slow drying pigment powder mixed with linseed oil

What is oil paint

400
The space behind an object

What is negative space

400

This principle provides stability and structure to a design based on the placement of your elements.

What is Balance?

400

A category in the World Beard & Moustache Championships honors this 20th century artist's moustache.

Who is Salvador Dali

400

Colors found side by side on the wheel, such as orange, yellow, and green, are known as 

What is Analogous

400

A type of sculptural material made of gypsum, sand, and water that hardens as it dries. 

What is Plaster

500

This element refers to tactile qualities.  It can be actual or implied. 

What is texture

500

The spaces between repeating visual elements such as alternating, flowing, random, regular, and progressive.

What is Rhythm?

500

This famous artist known for dripping paint all over his canvas was often nicknamed "Jack the Dripper"

Who is Jackson Pollock

500

Directly opposite each other on the color wheel, such as blue and orange

What is complementary

500

Artists' paint made with a water-soluble binder such as gum arabic, and thinned with water rather than oil, giving a transparent color.

What is Watercolor paint