2013 Painting Final Exam Review -Mrs. Meisner - Class Copy – Do NOT Keep! *The Final Exam Is Over All the Vocabulary Listed Below
2013 Painting Final Exam Review -Mrs. Meisner - Class Copy – Do NOT Keep! *The Final Exam is over all the vocabulary listed below. You may use YOUR hand written notes on the test. You may NOT use photocopies, or other students notes. The elements of art: Basic building blocks of an artwork: Lines, shapes, form, space, texture, value, color 1. Line: a moving dot. Can vary in width, direction, curvature, & length. 2. Shape: when a line encloses a space. 2 Dimensions = Length & Width. 2 types: Geometric = straight & angular Organic = smooth, curvy, free-form. 3. Form: When space is added to a shape. 3 Dimensional objects have Height, Width, Depth. 2 types: geometric or organic. 4. Space: volume or distance. In a picture, space is an illusion that creates the feeling of depth. Types: Positive & Negative space, overlapping, scale change, etc. 5. Texture: surface quality of objects. Actual texture is how something feels (rough, smooth, bumpy). Implied texture is how an artist creates the illusion of texture in drawings. 6. Value: Lightness & darkness of objects. Artists use shading to show the illusion of value. A value scale refers to black, white & all the gradations of gray in between. Types: smooth, hatching, cross-hatching, stipple, etc… 7. Color: is made of light. Hue = pigments (red, yellow, etc.) Value = lightness & darkness of a color. Intensity = saturation (paleness or weakness of a color). Color Schemes = color combinations (primary, secondary, intermediate, warm, cool, analogous, complementary, etc.) Principles of Design: the different ways of combining the elements of art to achieve a desired effect of balance, variety, contrast, unity, emphasis, pattern, movement/rhythm, or proportion! 1.
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