Intro to Art and Design Review for Final Exam Elements of Art:

Intro to Art and Design Review for Final Exam Elements of Art: Line: the path of a moving point

Intro to Art and Design Review for Final Exam Elements of Art: Shape: 2 dimensional area defined by edges (has only length, height, and width)

Intro to Art and Design Review for Final Exam Elements of Art: Form: 3 dimensional shape (has length, height, width, and depth)

Intro to Art and Design Review for Final Exam Elements of Art: Color: the hues in the visible spectrum of light

Intro to Art and Design Review for Final Exam Elements of Art: Texture: either implied or real surface quality

Intro to Art and Design Review for Final Exam Elements of Art: Value: the degree of lightness or darkness

Intro to Art and Design Review for Final Exam Elements of Art: Space: the distance or area between, around, above, below, or within

Intro to Art and Design Review for Final Exam Principles of Design:

Intro to Art and Design Review for Final Exam Principles of Design: Contrast: great difference (such as value)

Intro to Art and Design Review for Final Exam Principles of Design: Pattern: repeated equal marks or units

Intro to Art and Design Review for Final Exam Principles of Design: Movement: the subject appears to be in motion, using diagonal or curved, shapes, forms, and lines

Intro to Art and Design Review for Final Exam Principles of Design: Rhythm: repetition that creates flow or movement

Intro to Art and Design Review for Final Exam Principles of Design: Emphasis: area of greater importance

Intro to Art and Design Review for Final Exam Principles of Design: Balance: visual equality, not necessarily symmetrical

Intro to Art and Design Review for Final Exam Principles of Design: Unity: harmony created by use of similar elements

Intro to Art and Design Review for Final Exam Principles of Design: Contrast: great difference (such as value, shape, color, line) Pattern: repeated equal marks or units Movement: the subject appears to be in motion, using diagonal or curved, shapes, forms, and lines Rhythm: repetition that creates flow or movement Emphasis: area of greater importance Balance: visual equality, not necessarily symmetrical Unity: harmony created by use of similar elements

Intro to Art and Design Review for Final Exam Art Genres Objective Art: Non Objective Art: Abstract Art: Utilitarian Art: Surrealism:

Intro to Art and Design Review for Final Exam Media: the material an artist uses to create a piece of artwork. Graphite: drawing medium, usually in a pencil Tempera paint: an opaque water based paint Acrylic: paint that has a polymer (plastic) base

Intro to Art and Design Review for Final Exam Observational Drawing Gesture drawings are fast, rather “messy” drawings, without detail, that show the “movement”, basic shape, size and proportion of the subject being drawn. Contour drawings are slow, continuous line drawings that seem to “touch the edges of the subject. “Blind” contour drawings are also slow, continuous line drawings that are done without looking at the drawing at all, but only at the subject. Value is how dark or light something is. In a drawing, adding value can create the appearance of depth.

Intro to Art and Design Review for Final Exam Clay terms: Clay building techniques : Pinch- using fingers to push or pinch clay into a form Coil- a hand rolled, round, thin piece of clay Slab- a piece of clay pressed flat by hand or with a roller Score- to scratch into a clay surface for attaching two clay pieces Parts of a clay container: Foot- bottom of a clay piece holding up the body Rim- the opening of a container Body- the part of a container that holds contents

Intro to Art and Design Review for Final Exam Collage terms: Mixed media- multiple materials used in a single piece of artwork Collage- French term meaning “to glue” Layering paper, transparent images, paint, pastel and marker are just a few of the materials that can be used in a collage.

Intro to Art and Design Review for Final Exam Color Mixing Hue = Color Intensity: how bright or dull a color is. (Intensity of a color can be adjusted using compliments or opposites) Value: how light or dark a color is. (A shade is a color mixed with black. A tint is a color mixed with white.)

Intro to Art and Design Review for Final Exam Primary Colors: all colors can be mixed from these three colors (they cannot be made from other colors): Red Yellow Blue Secondary Colors: made by mixing 2 primaries together Green (yellow and blue) Orange (yellow and red) Violet (red and blue) Tertiary Colors: made by mixing a primary and a secondary that are next to each other on the color wheel. Yellow-green Blue-green Blue-violet Red-violet Red-orange Yellow-orange

Intro to Art and Design Review for Final Exam Color Schemes Analogous or harmonious colors: colors that are next to each other on the color wheel (think warm and cool). Complementary colors: colors that are opposite each other on the color wheel. Neutrals are made from mixing complementary colors together. Monochrome color schemes are made up of one color with only tints and shades of that same color.

Intro to Art and Design Review for Final Exam Perspective Drawing & Facial Proportions See class website, www.somers.k12.ct.us/kkipfer