Art 8 - Final Test Review

Elements of Art - Line - the most basic element - can be curved, straight thick or thin Shape - circles, squares, triangles, etc. Color - Red, yellow etc. Form - Cones, cylinders, sphere, cube Space - depth, positive, negative Texture - real (sandpaper) or implied (patterns)

Perspective Drawing - a way of drawing to show depth in a picture. 2 point perspective cubes, rooms and houses - when drawing, start with a corner line. Horizon Line_________________________________________________________

Orthogonal Lines - any lines in a picture that lead to a vanishing point Vanishing Point A place in the distance where objects look like they disappear. Horizon LineYour eye level

Surrealism- An Art style that started in the early 1920’s Surrealism uses the element of surprise and unexpected juxtapositions (unusual groupings). Surrealist art pieces make absolutely no sense to the viewer, each viewer has their own idea about what the picture is about.

A Color Wheel consists of 12 colors. 3 Primary Colors 3 Secondary Colors 6 Intermediate Colors

Complementary Colors - opposite each other on the color Wheel Red - Green, Blue - Orange, Yellow - Violet Positive Area - The main subject of a picture Negative Area - The background space of a picture Concentric Design - Shapes having common centers

Franz Marc- German painter who likes using arbitrary colors (from his imagination) rather than natural colors (real colors seen in nature). He used complementary colors to make details stand out.

Value - Lightness or Darkness of a Color Tint - adding white to lighten a color Shade - adding black to darken a color Monochromatic - a picture using one color and its tints and shades Radial Balance - A type of design that is balanced from the center point of a circle outwards

Radial Balance - A design that is balanced from the center point of a circle, outward.

made paintings that expressed:  Somberness  Melancholy  Sadness 1901  Self Portrait Pablo Picasso during his Blue Period

Figure Sculptures Armature - the base on which a sculpture is built - we used rolled newspaper for our sculptures Plaster - a powdered material that is mixed with water and dries sturdy and rigid.. George Segal was famous for his plaster sculptures of ordinary scenes. Gauze - thinly woven fabric

Drawing to scale – reproducing a picture exactly like the original only larger or smaller Grid method of drawing – a way of drawing to scale where you use a grid and draw one square at a time Scratch Art projects look like a stained glass window.