In art, it is the use or purpose in an artwork.

function

The aesthetic value in an artwork.

Form (as opposed to function)

To create an image from a realistic subject altering the subject to appear less realistic.

Ex. Could be, but not limited to: Stretching, pinching, re-scaling, re-distributing proportions, zooming

in/out, texturizing, minimizing detail, changing line or shape quality, etc.

abstraction

A painting or drawing of inanimate objects.

Still-life

Are the seven basic building blocks of visual art.

Design Elements

LINESHAPECOLORVALUE

TEXTURESPACEFORM

Design Elements

A mark. Lines have thickness, direction, and movement; they can be interrupted and

can show emotion in an artwork.

Line

When line curves or corners around and crosses over itself it becomes a shape. Shapes are either geometric or organic.

Shape

Color has three main properties:1. Hue

2. Value3. Intensity

Color

Is the name of a specific color.

Hue

The lightness or darkness of a hue.

Value

The quality of a surface: Smooth, rough, bumpy, hairy, etc.

Texture

The physical quality of a surface that you can actually feel:

Plastic is smooth, my cat is furry, a rock wall is bumpy.

Actual Texture

An illusion of the quality of a surface. Using drawing, painting and layering techniques to create the appearance of texture in an

artwork.

Implied Texture

The amount of depth in both 2D and 3D artworks.

Around, above, inside, outside, help describe space

Space

In 3D artworks it is the quality of the shape. Ex. Cubes, spheres and cones

Form

Are the guidelines to assist in organizing the elements in a work of art.

Design Principles

EmphasisVariety

MovementProportionContrast

UnityBalance

Design Principles

Where an artist draws attention to one or more parts of a design.

Emphasis

The differences in any element in a work of art give it variety.

Ex: A variety of shape sizes or a variety of the same hue

Variety

The path the viewer’s eye is directed to take by the artist’s choice of elements such as

line.

Movement

The relationships of size in artworks in relation to how they are normally viewed.

Ex. A perfectly drawn person in proportion or a perfectly drawn person with an tiny head

Proportion – aka – Scale

A large difference between elements. Green and Red, dark and light, large and small,

thin and thick, bright and dull.

Contrast

A sense that all of the parts belong together as one piece of artwork.

Unity

An appearance of evenness in an artwork. There are two kinds: Symmetry &

Asymmetry

Balance

In composition it is an arrangement of elements using order or disorder.

Symmetry

A composition with identical or similar elements arranged on both the right and

left halves of an image.

Vertical symmetry

A composition with identical or similar elements arranged on both the top and

bottom halves of an image.

Horizontal symmetry

A composition with a center point from which the arrangement of elements radiate around in a

circular format.

Imagine:Cut a piece of “pie” out of an empty circle. Create a

design on the piece of pie.Repeat the pie piece to finish off the “pie.”

Radial symmetry

Radial symmetry

A composition with a heavy and light amount of elements. Asymmetry uses disorder to create

balance.

Asymmetry

The technique of marking over sketch lines to create a final and permanent drawing.

The medium can be: pen, marker, burnished colored pencil, etc.

Inking

The differences between elements in a single artwork create variety.

Variety

Creating value in an artwork that alludes to dimension, placement, texture, etc.

Shading

A smooth and gradual change in value.

Color to color, light to dark, busy to sparse, etc.

Gradation

A coloring agent bonded with wax, oil, chalk, or water based medium.

Pigment

The type of material used to create a piece of artwork.

Medium

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Line or shape that has a rigid or mathematically correct path and is not

free flowing.

Ex. A Bookcase, a zigzag line, or a lampshade.

Geometric

Line or shape that has a natural or imperfect path rather than a rigid or geometric path.

Ex. A flower petal, squiggly line, or a curtain.

Organic

A storage place for artwork that can also be used as a mode of transportation for

artwork.

Portfolio

A place to compile notes, sketches, preliminary ideas etc.

Sketchbook

The execution of detail, organization and care that can be visually evaluated in an artwork.

Craftsmanship

Lines have thickness, direction, and movement; they can be interrupted and

can show emotion in an artwork.

Line

When line curves or corners around and crosses over itself it becomes a shape. Shapes are either geometric or organic.

Shape

A critical review of artwork.

Critique

A Formal location to showcase a group of artwork by one artist or a selection artists.

Gallery

A 3D artwork from which all elements project from a flat surface.

relief

A 3D artwork that can be viewed from all sides

In-the-round

The art and science of color interaction and effects.

Color Theory

Colors from which all other colors can be made from.

Subtractive Primaries are: Red, Blue and Yellow.

Primary

Colors made from mixing two primaries together.

Subtractive Secondary colors are: Violet, Green, and Orange.

Secondary

Colors made from combining one primary and the adjacent secondary.

Subtractive Tertiary colors are: Red Violet, Blue Violet, Yellow Green, Blue Green, Red

Orange, and Yellow Orange.

Tertiary

A color that is neither warm nor cool and is a result of two compliments being mixed.

Ex: Light brown, Navy green, French grey, Brown

Neutral

Using a specific combination of colors based on color theory in a piece of artwork.

Color Scheme

Colors that evoke a warm feeling, emotion or mood. Occupy ½ of the color wheel.

Ex. Red Violet, Red, Red Orange, and Yellow Orange.

Warm Colors

Colors that evoke a cool or cold, feeling, emotion or mood. Occupies ½ of the color

wheel.ex. Blue Violet, Yellow Green, Blue Green,

Navy Green

Cool Colors

A color scheme using hues opposite each other on the color wheel.

These colors will vibrate visually.

Ex: Red & GreenRed-orange & Blue-green

Complimentary

A color scheme using a hue and the hue(s) next to its compliment.

Ex: Red & Blue-green and/or Yellow-green

or Red-orange & Blue and/or Green

Split Complimentary

A color scheme that uses only one hue. From that hue variations are made: tints,

shades, tones, etc.Ex. Red, Pink, Plum, magenta, Light Red

Orange, Burgundy.

Monochromatic

A color scheme utilizing colors that share a common primary color, located next to

each other on the color wheel.Ex: Aqua, Light Blue, Light Red Violet,

Prussian Blue

Analogous

A color scheme using an equilateral Triangle to locate three hues equidistant from each

other on the color wheel.Ex: Violet, Green, Orange

Or Blue-green, Yellow-orange, Red-violet

Triadic

Adding white to a hue to create a lighter value of that hue.

Tint

Adding Black to a hue to create a darker value of that hue.

Shade