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Elements &Principles

Monday, April 5, 2010

Elements of Art

• What are they?

• Why do we use them?

• What do they do for us artists?


Line

• What is a line in art?

• What types of line can you name?


Color

• How is color made? (What is it derived from?)


Color Hue

• What is a color hue?

• Can you give and example?


Color Value

• What is color value?

• How can you make a color value?


Color Intensity

• How would you describe color intensity?

• How is it different from value?


ColorScheme

• What is a color scheme?


Monochromatic

• How do you make a monochromatic color scheme?

• List 5 colors in a monochromatic color scheme.


Analogous

• How do you make an analogous color scheme?

• Please list 5 colors that would make an analogous color scheme.


Warm or Cool

• What is a warm color scheme?

• Cool?

• Please list 5 colors that could be used in a warm color scheme.

• Please list 5 colors that could be used in a cool color scheme.


Shape

• How do you create a shape in art?

• Can you define shape? How can using Color define a shape from of a plain background? Please explain this in your definition.


Geometric Shape

• How would you define a geometric shape?

• Give some examples of geometric shapes.


Organic Shapes

• How would you define Organic Shapes?

• Give some examples of Organic Shapes.


Form

• Define Form in art.

• How is Form different from Shape?


Space

• Define Space in Art.

• Give an example.

• What is positive space?

• What is negative space?


Texture

• What is texture in art?

• How can you create the illusion of texture on a 2-d surface?

• How can you create texture on a sculpture?


Principles of Art

• What do artists use the Principles of Art for?

• Why are they important to art?


Balance

• Define Balance


Symmetrical or Formal Balance

• What is Symmetrical balance?

• Give an example of Symmetrical Balance you might see and explain why it is an example.


Asymmetrical or Informal Balance

• Define Asymmetrical Balance.

• Explain how figure 2-10 shows Asymmetrical balance.

• (For your image on this slide, use Figure 2-10).


Radial Balance

• Define Radial Balance

• Give an example of something that shows radial balance.


Emphasis

• Define Emphasis in art

• Give an example of Emphasis in an artwork.


Proportion

• Define Proportion

• How are proportion and emphasis linked or related to each other?


Pattern

• Define Pattern

• Give an example of pattern that you might see on an average day, (do not use the checkerboard example).


Movement

• Define Movement

• Describe a picture you could draw to show movement.


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