Texture that is meant to accurately represent "real Life" texture.

This area should be worked on first in a composition.

White, black and brown change the intensity of a color.

A process of layering colored pencils in order to create a solid area of pigment.

A complimentary color plus the two colors on either side of its compliment on the color wheel.

A tool used to measure value.

A line drawing that is created by drawing an objects contour lines while looking at the object 100% of the time.

The shadow that results on a secondary object or surface because light is blocked by a primary object

Darker values of a color that are created by using black.

Another name for color.

Shapes that don't seem to follow any rules and represent things found in nature.

Red, yellow, blue

Color schemes that consist of 3-5 colors that are next to each other on the color wheel.

The area at the front of a composition.

A drawing method in which the medium is applied by varying pressure.

A drawing method that can produce vibrant drawings that have a sense of movement along with interesting texture.

This type of drawing method is used to color a smooth surface.

Made of 4 colors that are equal distance from each other on the color wheel.

Texture that consists of two dimensional patterns of shapes and lines

Square, triangle, circle, rectangle, and oval.

A genre of art where the artist studies a photo and tries to reproduce the image as realistically as possible.

Where light is coming from when projected onto an object.

An area on an object where light is directly hitting the object. These are typically indicated by tints of color.

The area in between the foreground and background of a piece of art.

Best color combination to create a natural black

A drawing method in which the medium is applied using lines that do not cross over each other .

At the beginning of a project, the artist is likely to start with this.

An area on an object that has intermediate values

Real or implied lines that follow the form of an object and helps the artist understand the direction that strokes should be made when applying materials.

An area of shadow on an object in which the shadow is most intense.

A graphing system where measured squares are drawn over the drawing paper and the photo reference

These are indicated by shades of a color.

Three dimensional texture that can be physically touched.

Consists of three colors that are an equal distance from each other on the color wheel.

A color scheme that consists of one color and tints and shades of that color.

A color spectrum bent into a circle

One of the elements of Art that is the path of a moving dot

Colors associated with things that are cold.

Colors that are associated with things that are warm or hot.

Color changes that are made by using gray.

An element of art that refers to reflected light of an object.

Colors that are created by mixing two primary colors.

Drawing method in which the medium is applied using lines that cross over each other.

Marks will often be made to mimc the textures that are observed in the subject.

Drawing the contours of an object while looking at the object 50% of the time

Systematic ways that colors are put together in artworks according to their arrangement on the color wheel.

A drawing method in which the medium is erased.

The way something feels to the touch or looks as it may feel if it were touched.

Layers of colors applied with strokes that follow a uniform direction

Refers to the thickness or thinness of a line

Colors that are created by mixing a primary color with a secondary color

A drawing method in which countless dots are added to a surface to build up the values of the drawing.

Colors that are directly across from each other on the color wheel

An element of Art that relates with three dimensional objects

Lighter values of a color that are created by using white.

Creating a full range of value positioned in the correct locations in drawings and paintings leads to the illusion of...

Lines that are outlines of an object

The lightness or darkness of a color.