Alcott Middle School

Visual Art Assessment Review

Art Vocabulary

• Collage - Artwork made by pasting pieces of paper or other materials to a flat surface.

Art Vocabulary

• Design - The way art elements are put together in a work of art, also called composition.

• Original - Artwork that looks very different form other work of art; not copied. Claude Monet,

Water Lily Pond, 1889

Art Vocabulary

• Portrait - A painting or drawing of a person.

• Paint - n. A special colored liquid used to give color to something.Leonardo Da Vinci,

Mona Lisa, 1506

Art Vocabulary

• Subject Matter - All the objects seen in a work of art.

Georges Seurat, A Sunday on La Grande Jatte, 1884

Art ElementsThe basic building blocks of

art

LINE

SHAPE

FORMTexture

value

color

SPACE

Elements of ArtLINE

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TYPESDiagonal Vertical

Horizontal

Curved

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Thick

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Jagged

QUALITIES

Elements of ArtCOLOR

Red

Blue Yellow

Primary Colors

The color w

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To guide us in m

ixing co

lors.The color wheel

Elements of ArtCOLOR

R

B Y

Violet Orange

Green

Secondary Colors

Secondary colors are created by mixing 2 primary colors.

Elements of ArtCOLOR

Intermediate colors are created by mixing 2 secondary colors.

Intermediate Colors

R

O

Y

G

B

V

Red-Violet Red-Orange

Yellow-Orange

Yellow-GreenBlue-Green

Blue-Violet

Art ElementsCOLOR SCHEMES

• Complementary colors - colors that are opposites on the color wheel

• Warm colors - red, orange, yellow• Cool colors - blue, violet, green• Neutrals - brown, black, white, gray• Tint - a color mixed with white, making it lighter

• Shade -the darkness or tone of a color; dark blue or very dark blue

Can you tell the color schemes used by Vincent Van

Gogh?

Self portrait

Sunflowers

Cypresses

Art Elements

SHAPE - 2D (flat) Geometric Shapes

Organic Shapes

FORM - 3D

Form can be seen from many sides

Art ElementsTEXTURE

The way something feels to the touch or looks like it feels.

Actual Texture (real) Visual Texture (implied)

velvet

A brick

Sandpaper

How do these really feel?

How do these look

like they feel?

Art ElementsVALUE

The lightness or darkness of a color.

Art ElementsSPACE

Positive Space Negative Space(area taken up by object) (empty area around object)

Positive(star)

Negative(empty)

Art ElementsSPACE

• Background: The part that looks farthest from the viewer.

• Middleground: The part that appears midway between background and foreground.

• Foreground: The part that looks closest to the viewer.

• Horizon Line: The point in a landscape where the sky meets the ground.

Can you point out the background, foreground, and middleground?

Background

Middleground

Foreground

Horizon Line

Art ElementsSPACE

• Overlap: One part (as line, shape, or color) covers some of another part.

• Perspective: The technique of representing 3-D objects and depth on a 2-D surface.

• Placement: The act of arranging things in a composition/work. Pierre-Auguste Renoir,

Still Life with Bouquet

Principals of ArtDifferent ways the elements are

used

• Repetition• Rhythm• Center of Interest• Balance• Movement• Contrast• Variety

Principles of ArtREPETITION

The repeating of any object, shape, or design to create interest.

This composition uses repetition by repeating the elements shape and line.

Repeating elements in a planned manner creates a pattern.

Principles of ArtRHYTHM

Visual rhythm makes you think of the rhythms you hear in music or dance. Artists create visual rhythm by repeating art elements and creating patterns.

The bridge supports in this painting create rhythm by leading your eyes through the landscape.

Principles of ArtRHYTHM

What is creating RHYTHM in this painting?

Vincent Van Gogh, Starry Night

The artelement line createsrhythm.

Principles of ArtCENTER OF INTEREST

Center of Interest is the focal point of an art composition. It grabs the viewer’s attention. It’s also called emphasis.

Good Center of Interest Poor Center of Interest

Principles of ArtBALANCE

Achieved in a work of art when opposite sides contain elements of equal balance. There are three kinds of balance.

Symmetric - Balanced

Asymmetric - Unbalanced

Radial

Marry Cassatt, The Little Girl

Principles of ArtBALANCE

Which type of balance does this art composition contain?

Salvador Dali, Domenech’s Melting Clocks

Answer:Asymmetric/Unbalanced

Principles of ArtMOVEMENT

Movement occurs when the artist uses elements to move the viewers eye across the work.

Frederick Remington, A Dash for Timber

Principals of ArtCONTRAST

Contrast is when an art composition contains elements that are opposite to attract the viewers eye.

Colors - black/white

Lines - horizontal/vertical

Texture - smooth/rough

Ansel Adams, Carlsbad Caverns, 1942

Can you identify thecontrasting elements in this photograph?

Principles of ArtVARIETY

The artist uses a variety of the elements so the work is interesting/not dull.

Pablo Picasso,

The Three Musicians,

1921

Picasso useda variety of shapes, colors,lines, textures, and values.

Principles of ArtVARIETY

Can you describe the variety of elements used in this painting?

Stephen Mopope - Kiowa, Buffalo Hunt

How is color used?

How is texture used?

How is line used?

How is shape used?

How is value used?

Types of Visual Art

• Landscape• Painting• Portrait• Pottery• Sculpture• Still Life

• Weaving

Types of Art -Landscape

Albert Bierstadt, Oregon Trails, 1867

A landscape is artwork that shows an outdoor scene.

Types of Art -Painting

A painting is a picture created by using paint.

Georgia O’Keefe, Red Poppy

Types of Art -Portrait

A portrait is a painting or drawing of a person.

Rembrandt van Rijn, Self Portrait, 1640

Types of Art -Pottery

Pottery is a three dimensional piece of artwork that is made of clay and hardened by heat.

Making pottery on a pottery wheel.

Pottery made by Hopi Indians

Types of Art -Sculpture

A sculpture is a three dimensional piece of artwork formed from stone, clay, wood, metal, etc.

Leonardo Da vinci, Horse

Michael Angelo, Bust of David

Types of Art -Still Life

Still Life is artwork that shows non-living thingssuch as books, candles, etc. arranged by the artist.

Henri Matisse, Still Life w/ Oranges 1913

Henri Matisse, Blue Pot and Lemons

Types of Art -Weaving

Weaving is artwork created by lacing togetherStrands of materials such as yarn, thread, or paper.