Module 3 Key Terms

Actual lines

• blank

• lines that are physically drawn or painted

• blank

• blank

Analogous Color

• blank

• blank

• blank

• analogous colors can be found next to one another on any 12-part color wheel:

Calligraphic lines

• blank

• blank

• often used for lettering, use quickness and gesture, more akin to paint strokes, to imbue an artwork with a fluid, lyrical character.

• blank

Color

• color refers to the physical phenomenon of how people respond to viewing light. The full spectrum of colors is contained in white light. Humans perceive colors from the light reflected off objects.

• blank

• blank

• blank

Color Temperature

• blank

• blank

• blank

• Colors are perceived to have temperatures associated with them. The color wheel is divided into warm and cool colors. Warm colors range from yellow to red, while cool colors range from yellow-green to violet.

Complementary colors

• blank

• are found directly opposite one another on a color wheel.

  contour line lines that create a path around the edge of a shape

• blank

• blank

Cross contour lines

• follow paths across a shape to delineate differences in surface features. They give flat shapes a sense of form (the illusion of three dimensions), and can also be used to create shading.

• blank

• blank

• blank

Cross-hatch lines

• blank

• blank

• provide additional tone and texture. They can be oriented in any direction. Multiple layers of cross-hatch lines can give rich and varied shading to objects by manipulating the pressure of the drawing tool to create a large range of values

• blank

Expressive lines

• blank

• blank

• blank

• are curved, adding an organic, more dynamic character to a work of art.

figure-ground relationship

• the division in an artwork between its surface and anything added to it

• blank

• blank

• blank