1. Drawing & Painting II Final Exam Review
Study Guide
Vocabulary
The Elements & Principles of Design
Hands On Section

2. The Color Wheel

3. Primary, Secondary, Intermediate or Tertiary Colors

4. Neutral Colors

5. Basic Color Schemes Compliments opposite colors Y/V R/G B/O
Triads form a triangle
R/Y/B G/O /V
Analogous colors next to each other on the Color Wheel
Warm & Cool colors

6. Split Compliments opposite colors Y/RV/BV
Monochromatic tints & shades of one color

7. Tints: when white is added to a color
Shades are when black is added to a color.
Neutrals are grays

8. Tools Pencils (HB is the lightest, 4B medium, 6B dark)
Stump: blending tool
Burnishing: layering white colored pencil on top of other colors.
Acrylic brushes (man made)
Palette: used to mix paint on
To create a shadow add the complementary color.

9. Water Color Techniques
Water color techniques include:
• dry brush
• splatter
• graded wash
• resist
Objects in the foreground of a painting are darker than in the background.

10. Painting Tips Local Color refers to the dominant color.
Intensity: The brightness or dullness of a color.
Viscosity: How thick or thin a paint is.
To prepare a canvas use Gesso or house paint.
You can slow down the quick drying process of acrylics.

11. Terms An Artist Statement communicates the purpose of an artwork.
To enter artwork to a Museum you must submit and Artist
statement.
To honor copyright you must change artwork 3 or more ways.

12. Brushes
Filbert, Fan, Hard Edge

13. Mechanical gauge paper, smudge and make hard lines.
Ebony is a very dark pencil. Our pencils are made from
graphite.

14. Chiaroscuro

15. Shading
stipple
blending
crosshatching

16. One Point Perspective

17. Brunellesch invented linear perspective

18. Composition
Rule of Thirds
Viewfinder
Golden Mean

19. Caring for Brushes • Warm water (not hot)
• Rub bristles in the palm of your hand
• Dry and store bristles up
A palette is used to mix colors on.
A Color Wheel is the tool to select colors from.

20. Vocabulary Focal point: center of interest
Color Wheel: a circular tool used to select color schemes from.
Acrylic Paint: (plastic resin based)
Cold Press Watercolor paper: rough, most forgiving
Hot Press Watercolor paper: smooth
Hue: color
Wash: a large area of thinly spread paint
Wet on Wet: paint dripped into wet paint

21. Vocabulary Horizon line: Where the land and sky meet
Vanishing Point: Where all parallel lines come together.
Perspective: The illusion of creating a 3D drawing on a 2D flat surface.
Blind Contour: not lifting pencil as you draw.
A focal point should always be off center.

22. • Composition: organization of a drawing
Negative Space: the background or empty area
Positive Space: the filled space in a drawing or painting.
Value: the gradations in shading.
Gesture: quick loose drawing.
Critique: defend, see possibilities
Quality of Art: craftsmanship, creativity, purpose

23. Elements & Principles of Design…
Color
Form (3D)
Line
Shape (2D)geometric/organic
Space
Texture
Value (Shading)
Balance
Contrast
Emphasis
Movement
Pattern
Rhythm
Unity

24. Value

25. Shape; 2D Geometric, Organic

26. Form

27. Negative and Positive Space

28. Lines can show personality or expression.

29. Contrast, Emphasis

30. Texture

31. Balance
Asymmetrical
Symmetrical (Formal)

32. Unity

33. Movement

34. Pattern

35. Rhythm

36. Line, Color, Pattern,

37. Pattern, Contrast, Color, Modern Art

38. Foreshortening

39. Abstract

40. Stippling

41. Pop Art

42. Hands On! Finish you current project...