Elements and Principles of Art

What do you call the key ingredients that make up an artwork?

• the stories of art

• the mediums of art

• the elements of art

• the principles of art

An area of enclosed space is called a

• line

• shape

• space

• place

A mark made on a surface is called a

• line

• circle

• space

• color

An organic shape is a shape that

• is made of natural ingredients

• is irregular, or has no defined name

• is easily named

A geometric shape is a shape that

• is irregular

• is easily named, like a circle, square, or triangle

• is not a shape

What is form?

• When an object is, or appears to be, three dimensional.

• A shape that is irregular.

• A tone.

What is value?

• When an object is 3D

• A mark on paper

• The lightness or darkness of a color

What is space?

• An irregular shape

• Creating a sense of depth using positive and negative areas

• the lightness and darkness of a color

What is color?

• The way our eye perceives light, creating a variety of hues

• When an object is 3D

• When an artwork is black and white

What is texture?

• When an object is 3D

• The way our eye perceives light

• The way an object feels, or looks like it would feel