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Shape to Form
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Value | The lightness or darkness of color. |
| Shape | An enclosed space defined and determined by other art elements such as line, color, value, and texture. Shapes are limited to two dimensions — length and width. Examples of shapes include: circle, oval, triangle, and square |
| Form | Objects that are or appear to be 3-dimensional (having height, width, and depth) and encloses volume. Cubes, spheres, pyramids, cones, and cylinders are examples. |
| Perspective | The technique artists use to project an illusion of the three-dimensional world onto a two-dimensional surface. Perspective helps to create a sense of depth — of receding space. |
| Observational Drawing | Drawing from real life; Drawing what is seen not remembered. |
| Shading | Showing change from light to dark or dark to light in a picture by darkening areas that would be shadowed and leaving other areas light. Shading is often used to produce illusions of dimension and depth. |
| Blend | In artwork, to merge colors or values applied to a surface, whether with a brush, crayon, colored pencil, or other medium. |
| Composition | The plan, placement or arrangement of the elements of art in a work. |
| Three Dimensional | Having, or appearing to have, height, width, and depth. |
| Gray Scale | The range of neutral values, or shades of gray in an image. |