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Types and Characteristics of Lines in Art

Total questions: 57

Worksheet time: 29mins

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1.

A line is the most fundamental (a)   of art that is used to define shape, contours, and outlines, also to suggest mass and volume.

2.

It may be a ___________ ___________ made on a surface with a pointed tool or ___________ by the edges of shapes and forms.

(a)  

3.

Lines create ___________, ___________, and ___________ in works of art.

(a)  

4.

Types of Line: (a)   : Lines made by the edge of an object or its silhouette.

5.

Types of Line: (a)   : Lines that describe the shape of an object and the interior detail.

6.

Types of Line: (a)   : Line that are energetic and catches the movement and gestures of an active figure.

7.

Types of Line: (a)   : Lines that captures the appearance of an object or impression of a place.

8.

Types of Line: (a)   : Greek word meaning “beautiful writing.” Precise, elegant handwriting or lettering done by hand. Also artwork that has flowing lines like an elegant handwriting.

9.

Types of Line: (a)   : Lines that are not actually drawn but created by a group of objects seen from a distance. The direction an object is pointing to, or the direction a person is looking at.

10.

Characteristic of Line are: (a)   : thick, thin, tapering, uneven

11.

Characteristic of Line are: (a)   : long, short, continuous, broken

12.

Characteristic of Line are: (a)   : horizontal, vertical, diagonal, curving, perpendicular, oblique, parallel, radial, zigzag

13.

Characteristic of Line are: (a)   : sharp, blurry, fuzzy, choppy

14.

Characteristic of Line are: (a)   : sharp, jagged, graceful, smooth, diagonal

15.

Color comes from ______________ ______________, without light color cannot be produced.

(a)  

16.

(a)   move in a straight path from a light source till it hits an object.

17.

Shining a light into a prism will create a (a)   of colors because it separates the color of the spectrum.

18.

When the light rays hits an object our eyes responds to the light that is (a)   back and we see that color.

19.

Artists use (a)   in the form of powder or liquid paints to create color.

20.

______________ ______________ are used to organize colors.

(a)  

21.

Color wheels are made up of: (a)   : Red, Yellow, Blue these color cannot be mixed, they must be bought in some form.

22.

Color wheels are made up of: (a)   : Orange, Violet, Green, these colors are created by mixing two primaries.

23.

Color wheels are made up of: (a)   : Orange, Yellow Green, Blue Violet, etc.; mixing a primary with a secondary creates these colors.

24.

All colors have 3 properties: (a)   : Which color it is (Ex: Red, Blue, Green, etc.).

25.

All colors have 3 properties: (a)   : Refers to the lightness or darkness of a color.

26.

All colors have 3 properties: (a)   : Refers to the dullness or the brightness of a color.

27.

Color schemes are certain colors that can be combined to create different looks or feelings: (a)   : are on one side of the color wheel and they give the feeling of warmth for example red, orange and yellow are the color of fire and feel warm.

28.

Color schemes are certain colors that can be combined to create different looks or feelings: (a)   : are on the other side of the color wheel and they give the feeling of coolness for example blue, violet, are the color of water, and green are the color of cool grass.

29.

Color schemes are certain colors that can be combined to create different looks or feelings: (a)   : are colors that are opposite each other on the color wheel. When placed next to each other they look bright and when mixed together they neutralize each other.

30.

Color schemes are certain colors that can be combined to create different looks or feelings: (a)   : are colors that are next to each other on the color wheel for example red, red orange, and orange are analogous colors.

31.

Color schemes are certain colors that can be combined to create different looks or feelings: (a)   : is one color but in different values and intensity.

32.

Value is the ____________ of lightness and darkness within a picture, it can turn a ____________ into a ____________.

(a)  

33.

Value is created by a (a)   that shines on an object creating highlights and shadows.

34.

It also illuminates the ____________ or ____________ color of the subject.

(a)  

35.

Value creates ____________ within a picture making an ____________.

(a)  

36.

(a)   is adding white to color paint to create lighter values such as light blue or pink.

37.

(a)   is adding black to paint to create dark values such as dark blue or dark red.

38.

(a)   is the area in which light is originating from.

39.

(a)   the areas on an object where light is hitting.

40.

(a)   the areas on an object where light does not hit.

41.

(a)   is a scale that shows the gradual change in value from its lightest value, white to its darkest value black.

42.

(a)   is a smooth, blended change between values.

43.

(a)   A smooth, more gradient technique to creating value.

44.

(a)   using fine parallel lines to shade an area, the closer the lines are, the darker the value.

45.

(a)   uses layers of hatching placed at an angle.

46.

(a)   Stippling uses tiny dots to create value.

47.

Shapes are ____________ ____________ and have a height and width but no ____________.

(a)  

48.

____________ ______________: Circles, Squares, rectangles and triangles. We see them in architecture and manufactured items.

(a)  

49.

____________ ______________: Leaf, seashells, flowers. We see them in nature and with characteristics that are free flowing, informal and irregular.

(a)  

50.

______________ ______________: In a drawing or painting positive shapes are the solid forms in a design such as a bowl of fruit. In a sculpture it is the solid form of the sculpture.

(a)  

51.

______________ ______________: In a drawing it is the space around the positive shape or the shape around the bowl of fruit. In sculpture it is the empty shape around and between the sculptures.

(a)  

52.

______________ ______________: Shapes that appears stable and resting.

(a)  

53.

______________ ______________: Shapes that appears moving and active.

(a)  

54.

1 + 1=

(a)  

55.

Texture is the ____________ ____________ of an object. A rock may be rough and jagged. A piece of silk may be soft and smooth and your desk may feel hard and smooth. In ____________, texture also refers to the way a picture is made to look rough or smooth.

(a)  

56.

Categories of Texture: ____________ ____________: is the actual texture of an object. Artist may create real texture in art to give it visual interest or evoke a feeling. A piece of pottery may have a rough texture so that it will look like it came from nature or a smooth texture to make it look like it is machine made.

(a)  

57.

____________ ____________: is the where a two-dimensional piece of art is made to look like a certain texture but in fact is just a smooth ____________. Like a drawing of a tree trunk may look rough but in fact it is just a smooth piece of paper.

(a)