Elements of Art
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- Pattern
- repetition of lines, shapes or colors.
- Movement
- the path your eyes follow through a work of art (what you see first is the emphasis or focal point-then what you see second and so on.) OR the lines appear to be moving.
- Value
- light, medium, dark. Example: value scale.
- Space
- referring to the space between objects, also foreground, middleground and background.
- Complementary Colors
- colors that are opposite on the color wheel. Example: orange and blue, red and green, yellow and violet.
- Intensity
- the brightness of a hue. Example: Hot Pink, Neon Green.
- Medium
- (singular) material used to make artwork.
- Warm Colors
- orange, red, yellow.
- Three-Dimensional Media
- clay, papier-mache, found objects (assemblages).
- Cool Colors
- green, blue, violet.
- Negative Space
- the area between the objects. Example: area between the columns.
- Analogous Colors
- colors that are side by side on the color wheel. Example: yellow-orange, orange, red-orange.
- Two-Dimensional Art Processes
- drawing, painting, fiber art (examples: fabric printing, stamping, tie-dye), printmaking.
- Texture
- the way something looks like it would feel.
- Shade
- making a hue darker by adding black.
- Two-Dimensional Media
- crayon, pencil, fabric, yarn, paint (tempera, watercolor), ink and pastel. (Cray-pas).
- Three-Dimensional Art Processes
- ceramics, sculpture, fiber art (weaving, knitting, quilting).
- Rhythm
- image appears to be moving due to line shape or color.
- Media
- (plural) materials used to make artwork.
- Emphasis
- (focal point)-catches your eye due to large shape, bright color, located near the center or located near the top.
- Shape
- 2-dimensional enclosed area. Examples: circle, square, triangle, rectangle, pentagon, hexagon, semi-circle.
- Contrast
- difference between light and dark or difference between rough and smooth.
- Color
- hue.
- Monochromatic-(monochrome)
- one color painting or glaze.
- Tint
- making a hue lighter by adding white.
- Proportion
- a part compared to the whole. Example: The size of the window is in proportion to the size of the house.
- Perspective
- at eye level, below eye level, above eye level-point of view.
- Line
- Two points make a line. Examples: straight, curved, vertical, thick, horizontal, thin, wavy, bold, diagonal.
- Balance
- symmetrical-same on both sides, asymmetrical-not the same on both sides, visually-looks balanced, spread out.
- Form
- 3-dimensional. Examples: sphere, cube, pyramid.
- Positive Space
- the solid area or object. Example: a Doric Column.
- Repetition
- repeating.