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Elements and principles of design
Question | Answer |
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The building blocks the artists work with to create artwork | Elements of design |
What are the 7 elements of design | Line, color, texture, value, shape, form, and space |
A path made by any drawing implement, used to define space, contours and outlines | Line |
What are the 3 types of lines | Descriptive, implied, and expressive |
they outer edges of an object | Outline |
Uses only lines to define the outer edges of forms and surfaces within a form such as shapes, wrinkles, and folds | Contour |
Helps us understand what we see | Descriptive lines |
Lines that are visually suggested by the arragement of forms, lights and darks, or other elements of art | Implied lines |
Lines that are produced to suggest an idea, mood, quality | Expressive lines |
The reflection of light | Color |
What are the three properties of color | Hue, value, and intensity |
Colors across from each other on the color wheel | Complimentary colors |
Uses three colors and is a twist on the complimentary color scheme | Split complimentary |
Earth tones | Neutral colors |
A color plus its tints and shades | Monochromatic |
The brightness and dullness of a color | Intensity |
The lightness and darkness of an area in a work of art | Value |
The area in, around, or between objects | Space |
The enclosed areas or objects in an artwork | Positive space |
The space not occupied by an object or figure but circulating in and around it | Negative space |
An enclosed space its width and height that is 2 dimensional | Shape |
A 3 dimensional enclosed space that has height, width and depth | Form |
The surface quality of an artwork usually perceived through the sense of touch | Texture |
The effects that result when the elements of art are organized to achieve a successful composition | Principles of design |
What are the six principles of design | Emphasis, contrast, movement, and rhythm, pattern, balance, and unity |
When an artist creates moe attention than anything else in a composition , one area is more dominant than others | Emphasis |
The repetition of elements or designs in a work of art | Pattern |
Refers to differences between elements such as color, texture, value, and shape | Contrast |
Refers to the arrangement of parts in an artwork to create a sense of motion to the viewers eye | Movement |
Refers to the arrangement of visual elements to create stability | Balance |
What are three main types of balance | Symmetrical, asymmetrical, and radial |
Formal balance, both sides of a design appear to be identical | Symmetrical |
Informal balance, both sides of a design are not identical | Asymmetrical |
A sense of wholeness that results from a successful composition | Unity |
Colors that are next to each other on the color wheel | Analogous colors |
Any three colors that are spread equal distance on the color wheel | Triad |
Created by mixing a primary and a secondary | Intermediate colors |
True colors of the spectrum, undiluted color | Hue |