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WorksheetsValue and Contrast
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 20mins
The lightness and darkness of an object.
Color
Value
Balance
Line
A series of spaces filled with the tints and shades of one color, starting white white or the lightest tint on one end, and gradually changing into the darkest shade or black on the other.
Major scale
Color scale
Pentatonic scale
Gray scale
Which shading technique is this?
Hatching
Blending
Cross hatching
Stippling
Which shading technique is this?
Blending
Stippling
Cross hatching
Hatching
Which shading technique is this?
Cross hatching
Stippling
Blending
Hatching
A technique of shading so that there is a gentle and gradual transition from one to the other.
Value
Blending
Stippling
Hatching
What type of shading technique is this?
(a)
This image is an example of value changes on a sphere.
true
false
The shading technique that gradually adds values by applying pressure to the side of the pencil. The more pressure added, the darker the values appear. It is generally an artist's preferred choice of shading. We practiced this technique when we created the butterfly/ladybug drawing. No lines were allowed to "show." This technique is considered:
Blending technique
Hatching technique
Cross-Hatching technique
Scribbling/
Scumbling technique
The direction from which a dominant light is coming from is called the?
Light
Light Source
Highlight
Highlight Source
To achieve the darkest value which pencil should you use?
6B
B
H
4H
To achieve the lightest value out of your 2, 4 and 6b graphite pencils which pencil should you use?
6B
4b
2b
This lovely painting would be considered a low-key painting.
True
False
This painting is obviously a low-key painting when considering value.
True
False
How many values did you apply to the value scale you created in your hand-out?
12
8
9
10
Contrast, a Principle of Design, refers to differences in values, colors, textures, shapes and other elements.
True
False
Color and value are not closely related.
True
False
This painting by artist Raimonds Straprans shows that the focal area of a painting can be created by emphasizing dark and light value contrasts or intense color.
True
False
What type of charcoal would an artist select if they want rich, deep values in a drawing?
extra-soft vine charcoal
medium vine charcoal
soft vine charcoal
compressed charcoal
What type of shadow is the line pointing to?
Core Shadow
My shadow
Mood Shadow
Cast Shadow
This painting by Monet is an example of...
High Key Painting
Off Key Painting
Turn Key Painting
Low Key Painting
What is value contrast in art?
Contrast of value in art is the harmony between the tones of a painting.
Contrast of value in art is the proportion of figures in a composition.
Contrast of value in art refers to the similarity between the colors used in a work.
Value contrast helps us to see and understand a two-dimensional work of art.
The focal area of a painting can be created by emphasizing dark and light value contrastss or intense color.
true
false
Brighter colors that are created when adding white to a pure color.
Tints
Tones
Shades
Darker colors that are created when adding black to a pure color.
Tints
Tones
Shades
This is a drawing in charcoal by the artist, Henri Matisse. What do we call the lines that are faint and have been wiped away but still show?
compressed charcoal lines
ghost lines
unwanted lines
invisible lines
One of the characteristics of vine charcoal is that it can be hard to erase once applied.
true
false
This beautiful drawing by Rebecca Carpenter, was done with what type of charcoal?
compressed
charcoal pencil
vine
graphite
This bold and expressive drawing of a still life with flowers by Zanine Montoya is characteristic of what type of charcoal?
graphite
vine
charcoal pencil
compressed
We watched a video, The History of the Still LIfe. Where did still life images first appear in Western Civilization?
Egypt
Africa
Scotland
Greece
"Memento Mori" is a type of still life painting or mosaic that was used as a moral reminder to the masses. What does "Momento Mori" refer to in still life artwork?
remember you will live forever
remember life is a journey
remember last week
remember you must die
When a still life has beautiful luxurious items in it, such as musical instruments, expensive gold items, crowns, silks, or other expensive items next to symbols of death like skulls or burnt -out candles, what term is applied to this type of still life?
Vanitas
Mementos
Vanities
Vanity
In landscapes, distant features are usually lighter in value than closer features. Depicting such value contrast is called:
low-key values
atmospheric perspective
high key values
gray scale perspective
