elements of art vocabulary

Distance between 2 points.

• line

• color

• shape

• value

color

• Reflected light off of an object.

• lightness or darkness

• brightness or dullness of an object.

• The area around the main objects in a picture.

The building blocks of art

• Principles of Art

• Elements of Art

• Color

• Shape

The area around the main objects in a picture.

• two dimensional

• three dimensional

• positive space

• Negative space

2D, flat object. Has Length and width. Can be either Geometric or Organic.

• form

• line

• shape

• space

Shading; lights and darks

• color

• value

• intensity

• hue

space

• the illusion of depth

• overlapping

• surface quality of the art

• geometric forms

Surface quality; how something feels

• space

• texture

• canvas

• primary

Made by mixing a secondary with a primary.

• intermediate colors

• primary colors

• secondary colors

• intense colors

which are the primary colors?

• red, yellow and blue

• green, orange and violet

• yellow-green, yellow-orange and red-orange

• fusia, neon green and pink