Visual Art Vocabulary 5 - Elements of Art

What is LINE?

• a blob of paint

• a type of artwork involving dancing

• a jar made of pottery

• a long, narrow mark

What is FORM?

• the shape of something

• when you fill your paint tray with 6 colors

• when you trace on a light table

• when you help wipe the table after painting

What is SPACE?

• pictures made out of typed letters, numbers, etc.

• the area that an object takes up

• the final frontier in art

• a type of clay that you add water to

What is VALUE?

• an artwork that sells for a small amount of money

• when you think about an artwork

• how light or dark a color is

• when you write about your artwork

What is a SEASCAPE?

• a photograph of someone's face

• a cape you make out of seashells

• an artwork showing a bird's - eye view of farmland

• an artwork showing a view of the ocean or other body of water

What is the FOREGROUND?

• the part of the artwork that shows the front or closest part

• the ground when you draw on it with chalk

• the part of the artwork that shows the furthest parts in the distance

• the pencil shavings that get emptied out of the electric sharpener

What is MOVEMENT?

• when music is played in the art studio

• the path the viewer's eye takes through a work of art

• the time when you know an artwork is finished

• when music is played at an art show

What is PROPORTION?

• the relation of size between one shape and another

• the relation of colors to each other

• When you measure out clay on a scale

• when you strengthen a sculpture to help it stand

What does 3D or 3-DIMENSIONAL mean?

• objects that have height, width, and depth

• a drawing made with 3 media

• artworks that are flat

• a weaving with 3 colors of yarn

What is EMPHASIS?

• when you add text or words to your art

• when all the parts of an artwork look the same

• when one part of an artwork stands out

• an artist statement