| horizontal lines | | not the same on both sides |
| vertical lines | | transitioning from one shade or texture to another |
| Gesture lines | | are shapes like circles, triangles, or squares, that have perfect, uniform measurements and don't often appear in nature. |
| Implied lines | | is a design that repeats and can be found anywhere |
| Contour lines | | are lines that are suggested by changes in color, tone, and texture or by the edges of shapes. |
| Sketch | | determining what is the meaning and or content of the art piece |
| Subject | | judge the overall merits of the work, was the artist successful at creating their piece |
| Symbolism | | go side to side and have a slope of 0 |
| Describe | | means using different sizes, shapes, and colors |
| Analyze | | a color plus black |
| Judge | | the visual components of color, form, line, shape, space, texture, and value. |
| Interpretation | | is the arrangement of elements within a work of art. |
| Composition | | refers to the arrangement of opposite elements and effects. For example, light and dark colors, smooth and rough textures, large and small shapes |
| aesthetics | | is a location where two parallel lines appear to intersect as they move apart. |
| still life | | is the space occupied by the primary objects |
| shape | | is the process of printing patterns by means of engraved wooden blocks. |
| organic shapes | | a late nineteenth-century movement that advocated the expression of an idea over the realistic description of the natural world. The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities. |
| Expressive Line | | making a list of the visual qualities of the work that are obvious and immediately perceived. |
| geometric shapes | | an enclosed two-dimensional space, with length and width, defined by a border |
| ELEMENTS OF ART | | these are colors that can't be created by mixing of other colors. they are red, yellow and blue. |
| PRINCIPLES OF ART | | is a drawing technique in which areas of light and shadow are created using nothing but dots. |
| blending | | a kind of line that seems to spring directly from the artist's emotions or feelings |
| value | | are used to transfer images and text onto the surface you want to print on. |
| contrast | | the subject matter of a still life painting or sculpture is anything that does not move or is dead |
| stippling | | mosaic balance is a type of organized chaos |
| texture | | usually refers to the representation of three-dimensional objects or spaces in two-dimensional artworks. |
| printing plates | | movement is suggested through repeating organic shapes or through irregular repetition. |
| block printing | | is a hand tool used historically in printing and printmaking to break up and "rub out" (spread) ink |
| brayer | | is how something looks or feels actual or implied — smooth, rough, fuzzy, slimy, rough gritty. |
| hue | | are drawn quickly and are used to lay in the structure of a form. |
| shade | | is one of the elements in art and refers three dimensional objects |
| tint | | are often used as the foundation for a drawing or painting, providing the structure and details necessary to create a realistic representation of the subject. |
| tone | | a sequence is created in which the elements are changed slightly every time |
| primary | | a clay slurry, like glue, and is made of clay and water. |
| space | | a way of carrying out a particular task |
| positive space | | a set of principles underlying and guiding the work of a particular artist or artistic movement. |
| negative space | | two or more objects repeated in different ways |
| perspective | | focus on the formal aspects of elements of art, principles of design, and other formal considerations |
| a vanishing point | | the visual or narrative focus of a work of art. |
| form | | the area around the primary objects in a work of art |
| variety | | is used to make patterns in an artwork |
| slip | | go up and down |
| principles of design | | achieved when opposite elements are arranged together |
| asymmetrical balance | | a color plus white |
| symmetrical balance | | balance, contrast, scale, harmony, emphasis, movement, proportion, rhythm, unity, distortion, and variety; the means an artist uses to organize elements within a work of art |
| crystallographic balance | | a color plus gray |
| radial | | can be like a mirror image. |
| contrast | | the action of mixing or combining things together. |
| gradation | | a rendering of the basic elements of a composition, often made in a loosely detail or quick manner. Sketches can be both finished works of art or studies for another composition. |
| technique | | are associated with things from the natural world, like plants and animals. |
| pattern | | in a work of art refers to a feeling of depth or three dimensions. |
| repetition | | is symmetry in several directions |
| rhythm | | elements are repeated exactly in an evenly spaced arrangement. |
| regular rhythm | | defines how light or dark a given color or hue can be. |
| flowing rhythm | | balance is the distribution of the visual weight of objects, colors, texture, and space. |
| progressive rhythm | | the perceived color of an object, identified by a common name such as red, orange, blue. |
