Art E&P of Design
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MsCReynolds on March 25, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Line | a mark made by a pointed tool and is often defined by a moving dot; can vary in width, direction, curvature, length, and even color; often suggests movement in a drawing or a painting |
| Shape | an area that is contained within an implied line or is seen and identified because of color or value changes; have two dimensions, length and width, and can be geometric or free form, organic |
| Color | you need light in order to see color; color has three properties: hue, value, intensity |
| Hue | name |
| Value | lightness or darkness of a color |
| Intensity | birghtness of dullness of a color |
| Primary Colors | red, yellow, and blue; from those three colors, all others can be made, but no other color can make these three |
| Secondary Colors | orange, green, and violet; made from mixing two primary colors together |
| Intermediate Colors | mixing one primary color and an adjacent secondary color |
| Complementary Colors | opposites on the color wheel; if mixed, dullness is increased |
| Shades | adding black to a color to make it darker |
| Tints | adding white to a color to make it lighter |
| Form | describes objects that are 3D having length, width, and height, while a 2D shape can be seen from only one side, a 3D form can be viewed from many sides; take up space whether they are natural or made by a designer; include rocks, sculpture, people, bottles, balls, and automobiles/ |
| Texture | describes the feel of a n actual surface, 2 types: actual, and implied. |
| Actual Texture | texture you can actually feel |
| Implied Texture | looks like texture, but is actually on smooth, flat paper |
| Space | the areas above, below, around, or within something, 2 types: positive and negative |
| Positive Space | the actual object, or subject matter |
| Negative Space | the areas around the positive space, usually the background |
| Contrast | refers to differences in values, colors, or other art elements |
| Balance | refers to the arragement of elements on either side of a center line: symmetrical, asymmetrical, and radial |
| Symmetrical Balance | where things on either side of the center line are almost alike or identical |
| Asymmetrical Balance | where both sides are not the same, one side is vicually heavier than the other |
| Radial Balance | where the design radiates through a central point |
| Emphasis | focal point, area of importance, what your eyes see first |
| Movement | how your eye is carried through a work of art, visual movement, through repitition of lines, shapes, color, etc. |
| Pattern | the same shapes of elements are repeated again and again |
| Rhythm | repetition of the elements that help unify the surface and create a feeling of organization |
| Unity | what makes the art feel complete because everything seems to be in harmony and work together |
| Neutral colors | black, gray, white, brown, tan, beige |
| Monochromatic | color combinations that are shades and tints of one color |
| Triad | three equally spaced colors on the color wheel |
| Warm Colors | colors that make you feel warm: red, yellow, and orange |
| Cool Colors | colors that make you feel cool: blue, green, and violet |
| Analogous | colors found side by side on the color wheel; always contians one common color |
| Split Compliment | one color and the colors on both sides of its complement |
| Double Split Compliment | colors on both sides of the complement set |
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