Art Foundations Review

What kind of shapes are these?

The quality of the surface of a work of art, can be real or simulated.

The level at which an artist is concerned with neatness and correct use of materials in a piece of art.

Describes something that is 3-dimensional and encloses volume. Cubes, spheres, and cylinders are examples.

A 2-dimensional area defined by a boundary. It can be geometric or organic.

The materials and techniques used by an artist to produce a work of art.

The unused area between, within, and surrounding shapes and forms in an artistic composition.

What color scheme is this?

Technique used by an artist to place special importance on an element, subject, or other aspect of a work of art.

The amount of lightness or darkness seen by the eye

What color scheme is this?

The equal distribution of visual weight in a design, drawing, or painting. Can be Symmetrical, Asymmetrical, or radial.

Balance in which objects that are not identical have equal visual weight in a composition.

The space taken up by the forms themselves

Balance in which two halves are identical, mirror images of each other.

The relationship in size of one component of a work of art to another

A continuous mark made on some surface by a moving point. Often it is contour or gesture.

What are these shapes?

The way the elements and principles are organized, throughout your artwork.

Balance in which elements come outward from a central point.

An image divided into nine equal parts

When an artist places parallel lines closely together to create shade in a drawing

Gives the work a sense of wholeness, oneness, completeness

These lines are sometimes called movement lines, they emphasize direction and fluidity.

What color scheme is this?