Composition and Balance Quiz

In Arts class, the teacher asked: "What is composition in art?" and Adam answered....

• It's the arrangement of elements within a space or frame!

• It's the mixing of colors!

• It's drawing with a pencil!

• It's sculpting with clay!

What are the building blocks of any artwork?

• Art galleries

• Brushes and canvas

• Artistic inspiration

• The elements of art

How many ELEMENTS OF ART are there?

• 3

• 7

• 4

• 6

When Yan-Yan was drawing, Flavian asked him: What is that BLUE LINE?

Yan-Yan said.....

• it's my favourite colour

• it's the central axis line

• it's the middling line

• it's nothing, I made a mistake

Zoran joined the discussion and asked: WHY did you need to DRAW the CENTRAL AXIS LINE?

Yan-Yan answered proudly:

• I was testing the colour of my pencil

• It's what shows you where to look in my artwork

• It's just for decoration

• It's an imaginary line that helps me draw better because it divides the composition in half either vertically or horizontally

What does BALANCE refer to in an artwork?

• The way individual elements in an artwork are distributed

• The arrangement of elements within a space or frame

• The concepts of positive and negative space

• The building blocks of any artwork

When the teacher asked: "How would you describe asymmetrical balance?"

Ahmet answered:

• There are elements with more visual weight on one side of the central axis than on the other

• The elements radiate out from a central point

• The elements are not identical on both sides of the axis, yet the overall feeling of the piece is stable

• The elements are identical on both sides of the axis

When Ghezel's little brother asked her "What is SYMMETRICAL balance?", she told him....................

• It's when the elements of the artwork are the same on both sides of the axis

• It's when the elements of the artwork are not the same on both sides of the axis

• It's when the elements of the artwork radiate out from a central point

• It's when there are elements with more visual weight on one side of the central axis than on the other

When Wei was making a drawing, David asked him: "WHY did you use ASYMMETRICAL balance?

Wei answered......

• I wanted my artwork to feel orderly, clear and consistent

• Well, I'm drawing a flower, so it made the most sense since everything is radiating out of the pistil

• I wanted the composition of my artwork to feel more interesting than if I had used symmetrical balance

• I wanted my artwork to feel very tense and dramatic

What is the characteristic of radial balance?

• There are elements with more visual weight on one side of the central axis than on the other

• The elements are not identical on both sides of the axis, yet the overall feeling of the piece is stable

• The elements radiate out from a central point

• The elements are identical on both sides of the axis