Elements of Art 1
What type of texture you can feel when you touch it?
Actual OR physical texture
This element of art defines the outline of a form and some of the interior details
Contour lines
A metallic gray writing and drawing material most commonly used in pencil form
Graphite
A photo or real: object, person or location that an artist uses for visual information
Reference
An aid to allow artists to understand and organize different tints, tones & shades; starts with the lightest value on one side and transitions to black on the other.
Value scale
What type of texture is an illusion within a 2D artwork?
Implied OR visual texture
What are light values called?
Tints
Small quick drawings that are used to plan your artwork.
Thumbnail sketches
The main idea that is represented in the artwork; such as a person, animal, object or place
Subject matter
What do you call a hue mixed with gray?
Tone
What type of space contains the main subject or objects of the artwork?
Positive space
What are dark values called?
Shades
An artistic technique used to create tonal or shading effects with closely spaced parallel lines.
Hatching
An artwork has a _____________ when it has ample amounts of light to dark values that includes many different variations of tints and shades
Full range of values
Why can't you glaze the bottom of your ceramic projects?
It will stick to the kiln shelf
What type of space makes up the empty area around and between the subject of an image?
Negative space
Areas on an object where light is hitting.
Highlights
This is a Japanese term that translates to light dark harmony.
Notan
The area in which light is originating from
Light source
There are 2 reasons why we glaze clay.
1) decoration
2) water proof
What is the 3rd?
Food safe
THIS uses 2 of each of the primary colors; one is warm & one is cool. With it, you can make any other colors.
Two primary color palette
Areas on an object where light does not hit.
Shadows
What do you call a layer of glass fused to a ceramic surface.
Glaze
A sculpture in which the three-dimensional elements are raised from a flat base. Usually displayed (hanging) on the wall.
Relief Sculpture
How many times does a clay project get fired in the kiln to be considered finished?
2 times