The Elements of Art
This element is almost every artwork, real or implied...it's even in these letters on the screen!
What is Line?
This is the name for repeating elements in an artwork, inspired by naturally occurring ones like animal print and flower petals.
What is Pattern?
These are the two kinds of pencils; one's best for sketching and simple shapes, and one's best for finishing touches and adding values.
What is an H and B pencil?
This surface in 312 in where you'll find anything necessary for the day's activity.
What is the Wooden Tabletop?
These ancient artworks told stories of animal hunts and social gatherings; they're the background of our daily class slides.
What are Cave Paintings/Drawings?
This element is based on how light bounces off objects and hits your eye. My favorite is orange!
What is Color?
It's not Scale: this principle is all about the size of these PARTS of something, not two whole things compared to one another.
What is Proportion?
This word refers to the materials and surface an artwork is made of, as in "pencil on drawing paper".
What is Medium?
This is the landing zone for artwork, both complete and still in progress.
What is the Drying Rack?
DAILY DOUBLE
Nowadays, a good chunk of the world's artists prefer making artwork digitally, using programs like this one that we learned how to navigate in class together.
What is Kleki?
This element is concerned with the difference between the lightest and darkest parts of your image.
What is Value?
Whereas Unity is concerned with the objects in a composition fitting together as ideas, this principle involves them fitting together based on colors, textures, and other surface-level qualities.
What is Harmony?
This company creates premium-quality colored pencils and markers, and have a special procedure for storage and maintenance.
What is Prismacolor?
If a tool or material can't be found on the wooden tabletop and you want to use it, what's the most likely place it can be found?
What is the Black Cabinet?
When American cartoons hit the televisions of Japan, it inspired this cultural phenomena that has taken over the world; your parents had Goku but you guys have Luffy.
What is anime/manga?
Whether you're feeling positive or negative, you can think about this element when you're considering what's been added to a surface or area.
What is Space?
Don't get turned around: this principle isn't about making things look like they're "on the go", although you can use it that way!
What is Movement?
This method of arranging objects in an image along a certain kind of grid is a centuries-old method of making artwork that's engaging and powerful.
What is Composition?
This document provides the holder with the ability to use any material in 312, and can be revoked for improper usage of those materials.
This kind of mini-book can be about and consist of whatever the artist wants; they've frequently been used to show off drawings or spread information. You all made one about yourselves in the first week of school.
What is a zine?
DAILY DOUBLE
One of these elements is concerned with an object's three-dimensional shape, while one element to what an object's surface is like to the touch.
What are Form and Texture?
What are Radial, Symmetrical, Asymmetrical, and Imbalanced?
These Four Domains of Critique help organize thoughts when providing feedback to a peer on their artwork.
What are Description, Analysis, Interpretation, and Evaluation/Judgement (either counts)?
This is the year that Mr. Tousius taught his very first class in Room 312.
What is 2022?
This drawing game was invented by the Spanish Surrealist Salvador Dali, involving a tri-folded piece of paper and mishmashed anatomy.
What is Exquisite Corpse?