REVIEW ACTIVITIES:VOCABULARY: click links for detailed glossary page:ELEMENTS OF ART - ELEMENTS: the basic ingredients (things that can be seen) that an artist uses separately or in combination to produce artistic imagery
- LINE: a basic element of art referring to the path between two points that can make shapes, show movement or mood
- SHAPE: a flat enclosed space with edges made by line, color, value, or texture
- FORM: a shape in 3-dimensions (width, length, depth)
- VALUE: the range from light to dark of a color
- COLOR: an element of art that is produced when light, striking an object, is reflected back to the eye
- TEXTURE: the real or simulated surface quality or "feel" of an object, its smoothness, roughness, softness
- SPACE: the area around, above, and within an object
- POSITIVE SPACE: the areas in a work of art that are the subjects, or areas of interest
- NEGATIVE SPACE: the area surrounding the subjects
PRINCIPLES OF COMPOSITION - PRINCIPLES: the ways that artists arrange the basic things (elements) in a work of art or photograph to create a composition
- CONTRAST: the arrangement of opposite elements to create visual interest, excitement and drama
- BALANCE: the distribution of the visual weight of elements such as colors, texture, and space to create stability and equilibrium
- EMPHASIS: giving importance to certain elements to communicate a message
- PATTERN: a combination of elements or shapes repeated in a recurring and regular arrangement to add visual interest or symbolism
- VARIETY: the use of several different elements of design to add visual interest and to guide the viewer’s eye
- UNITY & HARMONY: all elements of the artwork combine to create a sense of completeness, singleness or wholeness
- RHYTHM: when elements are used repeatedly to create a feeling of movement to guide the viewer's eye through the artwork
- PROPORTION: the relationship between the size and scale of objects in a design
- ASYMMETRICAL BALANCE: When visual weight in an image is balanced by the use of colors, shapes, and lines
- SYMMETRICAL BALANCE: When an image is the same on either side of the center (i.e. mirror image)
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