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Line |
A mark with greater length than width. Can be horizontal, vertical, or diagonal; straight or curved; thick or thin. |
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Shape |
A closed line. Can be geometric like squares & circles or organic like free-form or natural shapes. Shapes are slat and can express length & width. |
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Forms |
3D shapes expressing length, width, & depth. Balls, cylinders, boxes, and pyramids are forms |
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Space |
The area between and around objects. Often called negative space; it has shape. Can also refer to the feeling of depth. Real space is 3D; in visual art, when we create the feeling or illusion of depth, we call it space. |
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Texture |
The surface quality that can be seen & felt. Textures can be rough or smooth, soft or hard. Do not always feel how they look ex. A porcupine drawing might look prickly but if you touch it the paper is still smooth. |
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Color |
Light reflected off of objects. 3 main characteristics: Hue-name of color) red, blue, etc) Value-how light or dark it is Intensity- how bright or dull it is. White is pure light, black is the absence of light. |
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Primary colors |
The only true colors red blue and yellow. All other colors are mixes of primary colors. |
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Secondary colors |
2 primary colors mixed together. (green orange and violet) |
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Intermediate colors |
: or tertiary colors. Made by mixing a primary and secondary color together. Examples: yellow-green, blue-green, blue-violet |
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Complementary colors |
Located directly across each other on the color wheel. Pairs contrast because they share no common colors. Ex:red & green are complements because green is made of blue & yellow. When complimentary colors mix they neutralize and make brown |
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