Elements
Line: A path of movement from one point to another point
Shape: A connected line or a line that connects
Color: The wavelengths of light
Texture: How something feels or looks like it would feel
Space: The illusion of depth
Value: The lightness or darkness of a color
Form: 3D
Principles
Pattern: Decorates surfaces with planned, repeated units. Repeated decorative design
Rhythm: The repetition of shapes, lines and forms.
Movement: How we get around in a work of art. Harmonious sequence of elements
Unity: all is in harmony… creating a complete wholeness that is pleasing
Variety: Adds interest. Items that are different from or create diversity
Emphasis: Stress or importance of an area, a focal area
Balance: Comfortable arrangement of tings in art. harmony of design and proportion
Art Styles
OP Art: Illusion of movement
Expressionism: Art that conveys feelings
Realism: Art that looks realistic or represents items as they are
Impressionism: Visual impression of the moment
Fauvism: Vivid expression using nonrealistic colors
Photo Realism: Paintings or drawings that look like a photograph
Cubism: Multiple viewpoints
{Per – video}
Color Schemes: An arrangement or combination of colors
Primary: Hue or color that cannot be made by mixing other colors. The first colors. : Red, Blue, Yellow
Secondary: Two colors primary colors mixed together to make a new color :Orange, Green, Violet
Intermediate: A primary color and a secondary color mixed together to make a new color. : Yellow Green, Blue Green, Red Violet, Blue Violet, Red Orange, Yellow Orange
Color Wheel: The organization of color.
Complement: Colors directly across from each other on the color wheel
Warm: Colors that remind people of warm places, things, and feelings. : Red, orange, yellow…
Cool: Colors that remind people of cool places things, and feelings. : Blue, Violet, Green…
Neutral: Colors that are not in the color spectrum. : Brown, tan, grey…
Analogous: Colors that are next to each other on the color wheel.
Monochromatic: One color. The values of that one color
Tint: When you add white to a color.
Shade: When you add black to a color.
Clay
Clay: Fine grained earth from the soil
Ceramic: Made of clay and hardened by heat
Bat: Circular disk used to create pottery on the wheel.
Bisque: Unglazed fired piece of pottery
Throwing: To form clay on a potters wheel.
Printing
Brayer: small roller used to apply ink to the plate a set of prints inked from the same plate
edition: kind of intaglio print made by using acid to bite grooves into the metal printing plate
etching: kind of print in which the ink is below the surface of the printing plate
intaglio: non-edition kind of print in which the artist draws or prints with ink on a flat surface and then presses the print onto paper
monoprint: printmaking that has images or lines that can only be made once
planographic: kind of print in which the plate surface is chemically treated flat surface used for printing
plate press: anything used to apply pressure to the plate and paper in the printing process
print proof reduction print: work of art created by transferring ink to paper using a printing plate the first print made from a plate
relief: kind of print in which the same plate is used over and over but areas of the plate are removed for each pass through the press
serigraph: kind of print in which the ink on the printing plate is on a raised surface
silk screen stencil: silk-screen print kind of stencil print made by forcing ink through a mesh screen kind of print in which ink is forced through a template or pattern
woodblock print: kind of relief print made by carving wooden blocks to use as the printing plate
Genre or Categories of Art
Still Life: is a work of art showing mostly inanimate subject matter, typically common objects which may be either natural (food, flowers, plants, rocks, or shells) or man-made (drinking glasses, books, vases, jewelry, coins, pipes, and so on)
Portrait: is a painting, drawing, photograph, sculpture or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expression is predominant. The intent is to display the likeness, personality and even the mood of the person.
Abstract: can be a painting or sculpture (including assemblage) that does not show a person, place or thing in the natural world — even in an extremely distorted or exaggerated way. The artwork is based on what you see: color, shapes, brushstrokes, size, scale and, some times the process of creating the piece.
Drawing
Cartoon: Both in drawing and painting, a full-size preliminary drawing from which the final work is made.
Contour line: Lines that define the outer edges of forms and surfaces.
Crosshatching: Shading created by crossed parallel lines.
Descriptive lines: Lines created with a variety of tools.
Figure: The human form or any recognizable object or shape.
Gesture drawing: A quick drawing that captures the gestures and movements of the body.
Ground: The treated surface on a painting or drawing is made.
Hatching: Shading using closely spaced, parallel lines; used to suggest light and shadow.
Highlight: Area on a form that reflects the most light.
Implied line: Lines that in artwork that may not exactly connect but the eye connects them to complete the object or form.
Observational drawing: Drawing created by looking at the subject not by memory.
Picture plane: The actual 2-dimensional surface where a drawing is made.
Shading: The use of Media/Materials to create darkened areas {Shadows} that give the illusion of space and depth.
Stippling: Technique that uses patterns of dots to create values and value gradation in an art work.
Stroke: A heavy line that gives weight, structure and strength to a drawing.
Perspective
Ariel perspective: Lightening of color intensity from lighter and duller hues/color to give the illusion of distance.
Background: The area of a picture that looks the farthest away in a drawing or painting.
Casual perspective: Overlap, Size, and placement on the page to give the impression of spatial depth or recession in a drawing.
Converging Lines: Linear perspective, Lines that represent the parallel edges of an object. {Use with a vanishing point}
Eye level: Horizontal drawn line that is with the viewer's eye. In Landscapes scenes it can be the actual horizon line.
Foreground: The area of a picture that appears to be the closest to the viewer.
Horizon line: The line where the sky meets the earth in an art work.
Linear perspective: The technique of creating the illusion of depth on a flat surface.
Middle ground: the middle or intermediate zone of a space in an art work. It is between the foreground and background and created the illusion of depth {space} in a flat piece of art.
One-point perspective: Using only one vanishing point to create or show 3-Dimensional objects on a flat surface.
Overlapping: Placing one object over another to created depth on a flat surface.
Perspective: Representation of 3-dimensional objects on a flat surface to give the impression of distance and size as if you were really looking at the object or space in person.
Scale: The size or weight of an object compared to a realistic size or weight.
Line: A path of movement from one point to another point
Shape: A connected line or a line that connects
Color: The wavelengths of light
Texture: How something feels or looks like it would feel
Space: The illusion of depth
Value: The lightness or darkness of a color
Form: 3D
Principles
Pattern: Decorates surfaces with planned, repeated units. Repeated decorative design
Rhythm: The repetition of shapes, lines and forms.
Movement: How we get around in a work of art. Harmonious sequence of elements
Unity: all is in harmony… creating a complete wholeness that is pleasing
Variety: Adds interest. Items that are different from or create diversity
Emphasis: Stress or importance of an area, a focal area
Balance: Comfortable arrangement of tings in art. harmony of design and proportion
Art Styles
OP Art: Illusion of movement
Expressionism: Art that conveys feelings
Realism: Art that looks realistic or represents items as they are
Impressionism: Visual impression of the moment
Fauvism: Vivid expression using nonrealistic colors
Photo Realism: Paintings or drawings that look like a photograph
Cubism: Multiple viewpoints
{Per – video}
- Cubism: {Destruction and Creation}
- Impressionist {Fuzzy or gives the impression of subject}
- Painted Mathematics: {Spare or bare art…Stripped Bare}
- Line {Straight geometric lines… Powerful, Strong, Bold}
- Color {Tint}
Color Schemes: An arrangement or combination of colors
Primary: Hue or color that cannot be made by mixing other colors. The first colors. : Red, Blue, Yellow
Secondary: Two colors primary colors mixed together to make a new color :Orange, Green, Violet
Intermediate: A primary color and a secondary color mixed together to make a new color. : Yellow Green, Blue Green, Red Violet, Blue Violet, Red Orange, Yellow Orange
Color Wheel: The organization of color.
Complement: Colors directly across from each other on the color wheel
Warm: Colors that remind people of warm places, things, and feelings. : Red, orange, yellow…
Cool: Colors that remind people of cool places things, and feelings. : Blue, Violet, Green…
Neutral: Colors that are not in the color spectrum. : Brown, tan, grey…
Analogous: Colors that are next to each other on the color wheel.
Monochromatic: One color. The values of that one color
Tint: When you add white to a color.
Shade: When you add black to a color.
Clay
Clay: Fine grained earth from the soil
Ceramic: Made of clay and hardened by heat
Bat: Circular disk used to create pottery on the wheel.
Bisque: Unglazed fired piece of pottery
Throwing: To form clay on a potters wheel.
Printing
Brayer: small roller used to apply ink to the plate a set of prints inked from the same plate
edition: kind of intaglio print made by using acid to bite grooves into the metal printing plate
etching: kind of print in which the ink is below the surface of the printing plate
intaglio: non-edition kind of print in which the artist draws or prints with ink on a flat surface and then presses the print onto paper
monoprint: printmaking that has images or lines that can only be made once
planographic: kind of print in which the plate surface is chemically treated flat surface used for printing
plate press: anything used to apply pressure to the plate and paper in the printing process
print proof reduction print: work of art created by transferring ink to paper using a printing plate the first print made from a plate
relief: kind of print in which the same plate is used over and over but areas of the plate are removed for each pass through the press
serigraph: kind of print in which the ink on the printing plate is on a raised surface
silk screen stencil: silk-screen print kind of stencil print made by forcing ink through a mesh screen kind of print in which ink is forced through a template or pattern
woodblock print: kind of relief print made by carving wooden blocks to use as the printing plate
Genre or Categories of Art
Still Life: is a work of art showing mostly inanimate subject matter, typically common objects which may be either natural (food, flowers, plants, rocks, or shells) or man-made (drinking glasses, books, vases, jewelry, coins, pipes, and so on)
Portrait: is a painting, drawing, photograph, sculpture or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expression is predominant. The intent is to display the likeness, personality and even the mood of the person.
Abstract: can be a painting or sculpture (including assemblage) that does not show a person, place or thing in the natural world — even in an extremely distorted or exaggerated way. The artwork is based on what you see: color, shapes, brushstrokes, size, scale and, some times the process of creating the piece.
Drawing
Cartoon: Both in drawing and painting, a full-size preliminary drawing from which the final work is made.
Contour line: Lines that define the outer edges of forms and surfaces.
Crosshatching: Shading created by crossed parallel lines.
Descriptive lines: Lines created with a variety of tools.
Figure: The human form or any recognizable object or shape.
Gesture drawing: A quick drawing that captures the gestures and movements of the body.
Ground: The treated surface on a painting or drawing is made.
Hatching: Shading using closely spaced, parallel lines; used to suggest light and shadow.
Highlight: Area on a form that reflects the most light.
Implied line: Lines that in artwork that may not exactly connect but the eye connects them to complete the object or form.
Observational drawing: Drawing created by looking at the subject not by memory.
Picture plane: The actual 2-dimensional surface where a drawing is made.
Shading: The use of Media/Materials to create darkened areas {Shadows} that give the illusion of space and depth.
Stippling: Technique that uses patterns of dots to create values and value gradation in an art work.
Stroke: A heavy line that gives weight, structure and strength to a drawing.
Perspective
Ariel perspective: Lightening of color intensity from lighter and duller hues/color to give the illusion of distance.
Background: The area of a picture that looks the farthest away in a drawing or painting.
Casual perspective: Overlap, Size, and placement on the page to give the impression of spatial depth or recession in a drawing.
Converging Lines: Linear perspective, Lines that represent the parallel edges of an object. {Use with a vanishing point}
Eye level: Horizontal drawn line that is with the viewer's eye. In Landscapes scenes it can be the actual horizon line.
Foreground: The area of a picture that appears to be the closest to the viewer.
Horizon line: The line where the sky meets the earth in an art work.
Linear perspective: The technique of creating the illusion of depth on a flat surface.
Middle ground: the middle or intermediate zone of a space in an art work. It is between the foreground and background and created the illusion of depth {space} in a flat piece of art.
One-point perspective: Using only one vanishing point to create or show 3-Dimensional objects on a flat surface.
Overlapping: Placing one object over another to created depth on a flat surface.
Perspective: Representation of 3-dimensional objects on a flat surface to give the impression of distance and size as if you were really looking at the object or space in person.
Scale: The size or weight of an object compared to a realistic size or weight.