1. Alcott Middle School Visual Art Assessment Review

2. Art Vocabulary Collage - Artwork made by pasting pieces of paper or other materials to a flat surface.

3. Art Vocabulary Design - The way art elements are put together in a work of art, also called composition. Original - Artwork that looks very different form other work of art; not copied. Claude Monet, Water Lily Pond, 1889

4. Art Vocabulary Portrait - A painting or drawing of a person. Paint - n. A special colored liquid used to give color to something. Leonardo Da Vinci, Mona Lisa, 1506

5. Art Vocabulary Subject Matter - All the objects seen in a work of art. Georges Seurat, A Sunday on La Grande Jatte, 1884

6. Art Elements The basic building blocks of art LINE SHAPE FORM T exture value color SPACE

7. Elements of Art LINE ////////, \\\\\\\\||||||||||| ======= TYPES DiagonalVertical Horizontal Curved Thin _____ Thick ………. Dotted Jagged QUALITIES

8. Elements of Art COLOR Red Blue Yellow Primary Colors The color wheel is used To guide us in mixing colors. The color wheel

9. Elements of Art COLOR R BY Violet Orange Green Secondary Colors Secondary colors are created by mixing 2 primary colors.

10. Elements of Art COLOR Intermediate colors are created by mixing 2 secondary colors. Intermediate Colors R O Y G B V Red-VioletRed-Orange Yellow-Orange Yellow-Green Blue-Green Blue-Violet

11. Art Elements COLOR SCHEMES Complementary colors - colors that are opposites on the color wheel Warm colors - red, orange, yellow Cool colors - blue, violet, green Neutrals - brown, black, white, gray Tint - a color mixed with white, making it lighter Shade -the darkness or tone of a color; dark blue or very dark blue

12. Can you tell the color schemes used by Vincent Van Gogh? Self portrait Sunflowers Cypresses

13. Art Elements SHAPE - 2D (flat) Geometric Shapes Organic Shapes FORM - 3D Form can be seen from many sides

14. Art Elements TEXTURE The way something feels to the touch or looks like it feels. Actual Texture (real)Visual Texture (implied) velvet A brick Sandpaper How do these really feel? How do these look like they feel?

15. Art Elements VALUE The lightness or darkness of a color.

16. Art Elements SPACE Positive SpaceNegative Space (area taken up by object)(empty area around object) Positive (star) Negative (empty)

17. Art Elements SPACE Background: The part that looks farthest from the viewer. Middleground: The part that appears midway between background and foreground. Foreground: The part that looks closest to the viewer. Horizon Line: The point in a landscape where the sky meets the ground. Can you point out the background, foreground, and middleground? Background Middleground Foreground Horizon Line

18. Art Elements SPACE Overlap: One part (as line, shape, or color) covers some of another part. Perspective: The technique of representing 3-D objects and depth on a 2-D surface. Placement: The act of arranging things in a composition/work. Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Still Life with Bouquet

19. Principals of Art Different ways the elements are used Repetition Rhythm Center of Interest Balance Movement Contrast Variety

20. Principles of Art REPETITION The repeating of any object, shape, or design to create interest. This composition uses repetition by repeating the elements shape and line. Repeating elements in a planned manner creates a pattern.

21. Principles of Art RHYTHM Visual rhythm makes you think of the rhythms you hear in music or dance. Artists create visual rhythm by repeating art elements and creating patterns. The bridge supports in this painting create rhythm by leading your eyes through the landscape.

22. Principles of Art RHYTHM What is creating RHYTHM in this painting? Vincent Van Gogh, Starry Night The art element line creates rhythm.

23. Principles of Art CENTER OF INTEREST Center of Interest is the focal point of an art composition. It grabs the viewer’s attention. It’s also called emphasis. Good Center of InterestPoor Center of Interest

24. Principles of Art BALANCE Achieved in a work of art when opposite sides contain elements of equal balance. There are three kinds of balance. Symmetric - Balanced Asymmetric - Unbalanced Radial Marry Cassatt, The Little Girl

25. Principles of Art BALANCE Which type of balance does this art composition contain? Salvador Dali, Domenech’s Melting Clocks Answer: Asymmetric/ Unbalanced

26. Principles of Art MOVEMENT Movement occurs when the artist uses elements to move the viewers eye across the work. Frederick Remington, A Dash for Timber

27. Principals of Art CONTRAST Contrast is when an art composition contains elements that are opposite to attract the viewers eye. Colors - black/white Lines - horizontal/vertical Texture - smooth/rough Ansel Adams, Carlsbad Caverns, 1942 Can you identify the contrasting elements in this photograph?

28. Principles of Art VARIETY The artist uses a variety of the elements so the work is interesting/not dull. Pablo Picasso, The Three Musicians, 1921 Picasso used a variety of shapes, colors, lines, textures, and values.

29. Principles of Art VARIETY Can you describe the variety of elements used in this painting? Stephen Mopope - Kiowa, Buffalo Hunt How is color used? How is texture used? How is line used? How is shape used? How is value used?

30. Types of Visual Art Landscape Painting Portrait Pottery Sculpture Still Life Weaving

31. Types of Art - Landscape Albert Bierstadt, Oregon Trails, 1867 A landscape is artwork that shows an outdoor scene.

32. Types of Art - Painting A painting is a picture created by using paint. Georgia O’Keefe, Red Poppy

33. Types of Art - Portrait A portrait is a painting or drawing of a person. Rembrandt van Rijn, Self Portrait, 1640

34. Types of Art - Pottery Pottery is a three dimensional piece of artwork that is made of clay and hardened by heat. Making pottery on a pottery wheel. Pottery made by Hopi Indians

35. Types of Art - Sculpture A sculpture is a three dimensional piece of artwork formed from stone, clay, wood, metal, etc. Leonardo Da vinci, Horse Michael Angelo, Bust of David

36. Types of Art - Still Life Still Life is artwork that shows non-living things such as books, candles, etc. arranged by the artist. Henri Matisse, Still Life w/ Oranges 1913 Henri Matisse, Blue Pot and Lemons

37. Types of Art - Weaving Weaving is artwork created by lacing together Strands of materials such as yarn, thread, or paper.