Final Exam Review
Vocabulary words: (underlined and bolded for you)
Movement is when your eye is lead from one point to another around a piece of artwork.
Space is the illusion of depth and can be created by the positioning of objects, overlapping objects, or size variation in objects.
Line may be 2D or 3D, descriptive, implied or abstract.
Pattern is created by the repetition of elements to form a recognizable organization.
Texture is the actual or implied surface quality. (how something would feel)
Form is used to define a shape.
Contrast refers to the difference in elements. Think opposites.
A well composed piece of art has a nice feeling of balance. Both sides are visually equal.
Color (hue) is a quality that objects have that can be seen when light hits them.
Shape is something 2D and can be organic or geometric.
Unity gives your artwork a sense of oneness or wholeness. It is something that ties in all your elements.
Your main emphasis is the center of visual interest or your main focal point.
Value is the change from lightness to darkness with any color.
Movement is when your eye is lead from one point to another around a piece of artwork.
Space is the illusion of depth and can be created by the positioning of objects, overlapping objects, or size variation in objects.
Line may be 2D or 3D, descriptive, implied or abstract.
Pattern is created by the repetition of elements to form a recognizable organization.
Texture is the actual or implied surface quality. (how something would feel)
Form is used to define a shape.
Contrast refers to the difference in elements. Think opposites.
A well composed piece of art has a nice feeling of balance. Both sides are visually equal.
Color (hue) is a quality that objects have that can be seen when light hits them.
Shape is something 2D and can be organic or geometric.
Unity gives your artwork a sense of oneness or wholeness. It is something that ties in all your elements.
Your main emphasis is the center of visual interest or your main focal point.
Value is the change from lightness to darkness with any color.
True/False Statements
- Something that is see through is transparent. is true
- Value refers to dark and light. Value does refer to dark and light when talking about art.
- A shadow can’t show where the light is coming from. False, a shadow does show you where your light is coming from in a piece of artwork.
- When talking about design in 3D, you talk about design in the “round”, which means design in 360 degrees. True, we have used the term "designing in the round" many times during this semester. You want to look at your 3D artwork from all sides when designing it.
- Abstract refers to recognizable artwork. False, work that is abstract is not recognizable. It does not have to represent anything specific.
- The color wheel shows all the colors in the chromatic scale. True, an artist will use the color wheel to decide on a color theme for their artwork. Another name for color is Chroma.
- For our tree house projects we used real tree branches to sturdy our houses. True, we did infact use real branches and went on a "hunt" to find the perfect ones.
- The Zentangle Method is an easy-to-learn, relaxing, and fun way to create beautiful images by drawing structured patterns. True, you used this method on your repousse projects- repeating line and shape to create an interesting pattern.
- The only way you can create texture is by feeling something. False, you can create texture in many ways. You learned about this when you created your texture boards. You all used many different items and techniques to create your textures.
- A Repousse is the method of decorating metals in which parts of the design are raised in relief from the back. True, on the first project we did in here we used the sheets of bronze. You drew on the back to create the high relief on the front of the bronze.
- You can use a texture to help trace when you need to make many copies of something in art. False, you use a template to trace when you need to make many
- We used a brayer to roll the paint for our printmaking unit. True. The name of the rolling tool we used to transfer our prints to our canvas bags is called a brayer.
Multiple Choice Questions
An artwork created by gluing various materials like fabric or paper on a flat surface is a collage
A pattern is something that repeats? True, patterns are something that repeats over and over again.
What is an outline? To draw, trace, or define the outer edge or shape of (something)
A cactus has texture? True
A drawing of a flower in a vase is called a still life.
Which of the following techniques can be used to make a drawing appear more three-dimensional? crumbling it up will create a flat surface to something three dimensional.
The placement of line, shape, color and value in a work of art; basically the total design or composition.
An artwork created by gluing various materials like fabric or paper on a flat surface is a collage
A pattern is something that repeats? True, patterns are something that repeats over and over again.
What is an outline? To draw, trace, or define the outer edge or shape of (something)
A cactus has texture? True
A drawing of a flower in a vase is called a still life.
Which of the following techniques can be used to make a drawing appear more three-dimensional? crumbling it up will create a flat surface to something three dimensional.
The placement of line, shape, color and value in a work of art; basically the total design or composition.