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WorksheetsCredit Recovery Packet Visual Arts
Total questions: 83
Worksheet time: 42mins
When drawing a portrait of a person, the shape of the head is a(n) ____________________________.
Circle
Oval
Upside down egg shape
The eyes fall where on the face?
At the top of the head
Right below the forehead
Halfway down on the face
How many eye widths across on the eye line are there so that you know you have the right size eyes?
Four
Five
Six
The base of the nose falls where on the face?
Halfway between the eye line and chin
In the middle of the face
Slightly above the mouth
The lips fall where on the face?
On the lower part of the chin
Half way between the nose line and the chin
At the bottom of the face
The shapes of the eyes are ____________________________.
Round
Oval
Lemon shaped in order to include the tear duct
The eyes must contain ____________________________.
An iris and a pupil
Two circles
One circle and a dot
The shape of the nose is ____________________________.
Mountain like
Triangular
Rectangular
The shape of the mouth is ____________________________.
Mountain like
Triangular
Rectangular
The ears fall ___________________________.
On the sides of the face
Between the eye line and lip line
Between the eye line and nose line
The neck starts from ___________________________.
The bottom of the chin
The sides of the chin
The bottom of the ears and slightly curves in
The hair ___________________________.
Should be stringy like spaghetti
A shape that is later shaded for value and texture
Should be only drawn on the top of the head
The hair should ___________________________.
Overlap the forehead
Be stringy like spaghetti
Be only drawn on the top of the head
When shading the face for form, the lightest areas of value are ___________________________.
on the forehead, bridge of the nose, cheekbones, and chin
on the forehead and chin only
on the nose and cheekbones only
A two dimensional area that is defined in some way. While form has depth, this has only height and width. This can be either geometric or free-form.
Shape
Line
Texture
Value
The element of art that refers to the emptiness or area between, around, above, below, or within objects.
Space
Texture
Color
Line
Measured against a standard reference. Can refer to an entire work of art or to elements within it.
Size
Color
Texture
Shape
The element of art that refers to how things feel, or look as if they might feel if touched. It is perceived by touch and sight. Objects can have rough or smooth, matte or shiny.
Texture
Color
Shape
Line
The element of art that describes the darkness or lightness of an object. Depends on how much light a surface reflects. Is also one of the three properties of color.
Value
Texture
Shape
Line
The element of art that is derived from reflected light. The sensation is aroused in the brain by response of the eyes to different wavelengths of light. It has three properties: hue, value, and intensity.
Color
Shape
Texture
Line
Element of art that is the path of a moving point through space. Although they vary in appearance, they are considered one-dimensional and are measured by length.
Line
Shape
Color
Texture
Objects having three dimensions. Like a shape, it has height and width, but it also has depth. They are either geometric or free form.
Form
Line
Texture
Color
Red, orange, and yellow. Suggest warmth and seem to move toward the viewer. Can be used as a color scheme. Opposite of cool colors.
Warm colors
Cool colors
Neutral colors
Primary colors
Red, blue, and yellow. You cannot make primary hues by mixing other hues together. However by combining these three colors, you can produce every other color.
Primary colors
Secondary colors
Tertiary colors
Complementary colors
Orange, green, and violet. These hues are made by mixing two primary colors.
Secondary colors
Primary colors
Neutral colors
Tertiary colors
A color plus gray.
Tone
Shade
Tint
Hue
Part of the picture plane that seems to be farthest from the viewer
Background
Middle ground
foreground
back plane
Instrument used for measuring and drawing arcs and circles
Ruler
Compass
Protractor
The way the principles of art are used to organize the elements of art
Composition
Content
Collage
A line that defines the edges and surface ridges of an object
Outline
Contour
Sketch
Drawing in which only outlines are used to represent the subject matter
Contour drawing
Outline drawing
Line drawing
The technique of using crossed lines for shading
Hatching
Crosshatching
Stippling
Plan, organization, or arrangement of elements in a work of art
Composition
Artwork
Design
Type of line that slants
Horizontal
Vertical
Diagonal
Deviations from expected, normal proportions
Distortion
Proportionality
Deviants
Basic visual symbols in the language of art. They are line, shape and form, space, color, value, and texture.
Principles of design
Elements of design
Principles of art
Part of the picture plane that appears closest to the viewer. Is usually at the bottom of the picture.
Background
Foreground
Middleground
Precise shapes that can be described using mathematical formulas
Geometric shapes
Abstract shapes
Organic shapes
A person who translates ideas into images and arranges them in appealing and memorable ways
Graphic designer
Photographer
Painter
Draftsman
Technique of shading with a series of fine parallel lines
Crosshatching
Hatching
Stippling
Small areas of white used to show the very brightest spots
Highlight
Midtone
Shadow
Point at which earth and sky seem to meet
Earthline
Skyline
Horizon
Lines that lie flat and are parallel to the bottom edge of the paper or canvas
Diagonal line
Vertical line
Horizontal line
A series of points that the viewer’s eyes automatically connect. They are suggested, not real.
Implied lines
Actual lines
Curved lines
The brightness or dullness of a hue
Intensity
Luminosity
Translucence
A person who plans the design and decoration of the interior spaces in homes and offices
Graphic designer
Interior designer
Art director
A color made by mixing a primary color with a secondary color
Complementary
Analogous
Intermediate
In art criticism, the step in which you explain or tell the meaning or mood of the work
Description
Interpretation
Analysis
In art criticism, the step in which you determine the degree of artistic merit
Interpretation
Analysis
Judgment
Painting or drawing in which natural land scenery, such as mountains, trees, river, or lakes, is the main feature
Still life
Portrait
Landscape
The way items are arranged on the page
Composition
Layout
Graphic organizer
A graphic system that creates the illusion of depth and volume on a two-dimensional surface. Developed during the Renaissance, all receding lines meet at one, two, or three points.
Perspective drawing
Optical drawing
Illusion drawing
Material used to make art
Art supplies
Medium/media
Utilities
Area in a picture between the foreground and the background
Middle ground
Center ground
Median
Empty spaces surrounding shapes and forms
Positive space
Negative space
Informal space
Black, gray, and white
Pastel colors
Earth tone colors
Neutral colors
Twentieth century artistic style in which artists use scientific knowledge about vision to create optical illusions of movement.
Abstract art
Optical art
Contemporary art
Shapes or forms made by the forces of nature
Organic shapes
Geometric shapes
3-D shapes
Pigments mixed with oil and water
Sharpies
Dry pastels
Paint
Tray for mixing colors of paints
Palette
Dish
Container
Lines that move in the same directions and always stay the distance apart
Parallel
Perpendicular
Horizontal
A two dimensional decorative visual repetition. Has no movement and may or may not have rhythm.
Pattern
Contrast
Unity
The surface of a painting or drawing
Surface area
Picture plane
Working space
Artistic style used in the early 1960s in the United States that portrayed images of popular culture
Op art
Graffiti art
Pop art
Image of a person, especially the face and upper body
Still life
Landscape
Portrait
Shapes or forms in two and three dimensional art
Positive space
Negative space
Illusional space
Rules that govern how artists organize the elements of art. They are rhythm, movement, balance, emphasis, variety, and unity.
Elements of art
Principles of art
Rules of composition
Side view of a face
¾ view
Profile
Frontal view
Principle of art concerned with the size relationships of one part to another
Ratio
Proportion
Balance
Art that is not expressive but accurately close to life in its portrayal
Impression
Realism
Abstraction
Time period that was responsible for the discovery of perspective drawing
Middle ages
Renaissance
Enlightenment era
Three dimensional works created out of wood, stone, metal, or clay by carving, welding, casting, or modeling
Sculpture
Painting
Drawing
Painting or drawing in which the sea is the subject
Landscape
Cityscape
Seascape
A dark value of a hue made by adding black to it
Tint
Tone
Shade
The use of light and dark lines to give a feeling of depth and texture.
Shading
Coloring
Painting
Shaded areas in a drawing or painting, showing the surfaces of the subject that reflects the least light and are used to create the illusion of form
Highlight
Midtone
Shadow
A quick rough drawing (with light, sweeping pencil marks) without much detail that can be used as a plan or reference for later work
Sketch
Rough draft
Final drawing
Painting or drawing of nonmoving objects
Portrait
Landscape
Still life
Technique of shading with dots
Hatching
Cross hatching
Stippling
Paint made by mixing pigments with egg yolk or another liquid. Often found in school settings.
Oil paint
Watercolor paint
Tempera paint
Quality of a material that allows light to pass through
Transparent
Translucent
Opaque
Point on the horizon where receding diagonal/parallel lines seem to meet
Infinity
Equinox
Vanishing point
Lines that are straight up and down. They are at right angles to the bottom edge of the paper and the horizon, and parallel to the sides of the paper.
Vertical
Horizontal
diagonal
