WorksheetsBasic Art Vocabulary
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
Crosshatching
Drawing technique using sets of crisscrossing, parallel, and overlapping lines.
Surface of a drawing.
Illustrations ranging from one panel to a series of panels covering humorous to the political.
Elements in a work of art to create a sense of stability.
Balance
Elements of art that refers to light and dark areas.
Combine elements in a work of art to create size relationship of elements to the whole artwork and to each other.
The different ways the elements of art can be used in a work of art.
Elements in a work of art to create a sense of stability.
Analogous colors
Colors that are opposite from each other on the color wheel.
Colors that are next to each other on the color wheel.
The elements and principles of art.
Surface of a drawing.
Value
The basic components, or building blocks used to create works of art.
Distance around, between, above, below, and within an object.
The elements and principles of art.
Elements of art that refers to light and dark areas.
Texture
Surface of a drawing.
Appeals to the sense of touch.
Drawing technique using sets of crisscrossing, parallel, and overlapping lines.
Colors that are next to each other on the color wheel.
Monochromatic
Colors that are next to each other on the color wheel.
Only using one hue plus neutrals.
One color plus two hues on either side of that color’s complement.
When designers and artists use combinations of colors to get certain results.
Shade
Adding black to a hue.
Adding white to a hue.
Using only one color in a painting.
A powdered substance.
Tint
Mix any shade of gray with the hue.
Adding white to a hue.
Refers to the quality of a light in a color.
When designers and artists use combinations of colors to get certain results.
Primary Colors
Red, Blue, and Green
Red, Blue, and Yellow.
Red,Orange, and Yellow
Red, Green, and Violet
Secondary Colors
Green, Orange, and Red
Green, Yellow, and Blue
Green, Violet, and Blue
Green, Violet, and Orange.
Stippling
Illustrations covering a variety of subjects
When artists use combinations of colors to get certain results.
Adding white to a hue.
Creating light and dark gradations of value in a drawing by making a pattern of dots.
The lightness or darkness of a color
Color
Shade
Value
Tint
A "Freeform" Shape that is irregular and uneven such as a leaf, flower or cloud.
Geometric Shape
Shape
Organic Shape
Free-Shape
What do we mean when we say to "create form"?
make something look 3D when drawing
make something look 2D when drawing
make something look 4D when drawing
Name the two different types of Shape.
a shape that has a name and a shape that doesn't
a triangle and a cloud
a square and a circle
organic and geometric
Which of the following is NOT geometric shape?
A gray scale measures...
Volume change
Space change
Shape change
Value change
Emphasis
Area or object within the artwork that draws attention and becomes a focal point.
Elements that stress similarities of separate, but related parts.
A thoughtful and informed response to a drawing.
A line that divides the sky from the ground or a body of water.
A mark with greater length than width. It can be horizontal, vertical, diagonal, straight, curved, thick or thin.
Shape
Line
Form
Texture
Which color is an example of a warm color?
Red
Yellow
Orange
All of These!
purples, blue, and greens are examples of
warm colors
cool colors
Shading is when artists...
have a sassy answer
use an umbrella to block the sun
use a variety of pencil pressure to create light and dark areas in artwork
Something is symmetrical when
artist use just one color and neutrals
the elements of a painting or drawing balance each other out
use a repetitive pattern to fill an area
folded in half, the object match perfectly
What are these called?
Pencil Color
Colored Pencil
Marker
Paint
What are these called?
Rulers
Scissors
Pencils
Brushes
What type of symmetry was used to create circular design for the Mandala?
Rotational symmetry
Asymmetry
Concentric circles
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