Visual Arts Assessment A Review of the Following:

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Visual Arts Assessment A Review of the Following

• Art Vocabulary
• Elements of Design
• Principles of Design

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Art Vocabulary

• Collage- an artwork made by pasting pieces of
  paper or other materials to a flat surface
• Design- the way elements are put together in a
  work.also called composition
• Original- artwork that looks different from other
  artwork not copied
• Portrait- painting or drawing of a person
• Subject Matter- the subject focused on in a work
  of art

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Elements of Design

• The elements of design are things that an artist
  uses to make up a work of artyou need to know
  these in order to break an artwork down and
  analyze it.
• They are
• line, shape, color, form, texture, space, and
  value
• Lets examine each element

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• This drawing is made up of lines curved ones,
  straight ones, broken ones, dark ones, light
  ones, etc.
• Line is the dominant element in this artwork

Types of lines Diagonal, vertical,
horizontal Qualities of lines Jagged, curved,
straight, dotted, thick, thin, broken, dark, light
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• Shape- made by closing an area with a line..
  Shape
• Not a Shape

Geometric shape- square, circle, triangle, etc.
Shapes can be organic or geometric.this artist
used both types of shapes.
Organic shape- natural shapes
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• Color- many artists use color to make their work
  stand out.
• Knowing how to mix colors is essentialand using
  the color wheel helps us to learn to mix them

Primary colors- red, blue, yellowthe first
colors Secondary colors- orange, green,
violet.mix these by combining the
primaries. Intermediate colors- red-violet,
blue-violet, red-orange, yellow-orange,
blue-green, yellow-green.these are made by
mixing the primary and secondary colors together.
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• Form- any type of artwork that has three
  dimensions (3-D) has form

and Sculpture
Like Architecture
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• Texture- it is the way something feels or looks
  like it feels artists can create the illusion
  of texture (called visual texture) or they can
  actually create physical texture (called actual
  texture)

ACTUAL TEXTURE
VISUAL TEXTURE
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• Space- the area that an artist creates in an
  artwork the artist places things in a way to use
  space wisely.like using positive or negative
  space to make the work interesting

POSITIVE SPACETHE SPACE TAKEN UP BY THE OBJECT
LOOK AT THIS NEGATIVE SPACE BEING USED AROUND THE
POSITIVE SPACE
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• Space can also be used to make an artwork look as
  if it has depth. The following are ways to
  create depth in a picture
• Placement
• -objects are placed higher on the page to
• make them appear further
• Linear perspective
• - objects are drawn which seem to disappear
• toward a vanishing point

Overlapping -placing one object in front of
another to make one appear closer
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• Value- the lightness or darkness of a color

LIGHT VALUES OF BLUE
DARK VALUES OF BLUE
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• PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
• The principles of design are basically how we use
  the elements of design.in other words, the
  rules/principles that artists use to organize the
  elements (line, shape, color, form, texture,
  space, and value) to make an artwork look good.
• The principles of design are
• Center of Interest, Contrast, Repetition, Rhythm,
  Balance, Movement, and Variety

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CENTER OF INTEREST- the focal point in an
artwork What catches your attention first in a
work.
The girl is the center of interest
..she is surrounded by a lot of empty space, so
that your eyes are drawn to her.this is a
technique that artists use when they want you to
focus on a main area in an artwork
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• Contrast- when you use things in a work that are
  very different from eachother.like dark/light

Notice the dark colors in the foreground and the
light in the background
Artists use contrast to catch attention.often to
make a work seem dramatic
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• Repetition- repeating shapes, lines, objects in a
  work to make it interesting

This artist used repeating stars to surround the
center of interest. It adds interest to the work.
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• Rhythm- just like music, artists also use
  rhythm.artists can use rhythm to make your eye
  flow across the page.

This artist repeated objects over and over to
create a rhythm to lead your eye across the work
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• Balance- artworks need balance so that the
  subject matter doesnt seem too heavy on one side

This work is balanced with symmetry (same on each
side)
This work is balanced using asymmetry.it is not
the same on each side, but is still balanced.
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Movement- the artist can use elements of art to
move your eye across the page.they can determine
where they want your eyes to go.
In this painting, the artist moves your eyes from
the front of the work with the place settings
toward the back of the work to the girl in the
chair.
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• Variety- artists dont want their paintings to
  be boring, so they often use a variety of sizes,
  shapes, colors, etc. to make their works
  interesting.

Notice the variety of shapes (large, small,
square, circular) and lines in this work.