Review sheet for Art and Design Final Exam
Please note: You should have all the hand outs given throughout the semester, which
was highly recommended to you at the beginning of the semester. This will be a valuable
tool for your preparation for the exam. (Vocabulary words, quizzes, example sheets, etc.)
These are the types of things you should know for our exam:
1. The various kinds of lines – contour, outlines, blind contour, structural lines,
rhythmic line, calligraphy, sketch lines, etc. Please know what these types of
lines are used for and the effect they give.
2. The various kinds of shapes – organic and geometric. Also know the definition of
shape and what makes it different than form.
3. The different ways that space is applied to art - negative and positive space and
that it can be crowded or open. Also that it can refer to the place on which an
artwork is created.
4. Understand that texture refers to the surface of an object and that it can give a
very realistic appearance to something. Remember the ways in which we used
texture in our projects. Know the difference between implied and actual texture.
5. Be able to fill in the colors on a color wheel. Also know what is a primary,
secondary, tertiary color. Know something about color harmony (analogous,
complementary, triads, etc.) Know what warm & cool colors are and what a tint
and shade means.
6. Know what value refers to and how it is used. Be familiar with the vocabulary of
high keyed and low keyed values, what neutrals are, and that it will imply volume
and mass and shape by how it is used. Know the role a light source plays in
value. You should be familiar with the parts of light and shadow on a spherical
surface (highlight, lit portion, shadowed portion, cast shadow, etc.)
7. Know what is an element of design and what is a principle of design. (6 of each)
8. The various kinds of balance – symmetrical, asymmetrical, radial
9. What creates rhythm and the types of rhythm – regular, irregular, progressive,
alternating
10. What creates contrast and how it is used effectively.
11. What a motif is and how it creates a pattern. Also what is the difference between
a pattern and a texture.
12. Know what a focal point is – also called emphasis – and how an artist creates it
and for what purpose it is created.
13. What unity means and how we created it in our drawing in the style of Frank
Stella.
14. Also be aware of how to create a sense of movement – also referred to as
repetition.
15. Understand that composition refers to how things are arranged and that many
principles of art should be considered in a composition.
16. Know how to create a sense of depth of space – we used overlapping, size change,
and changes in value. (When we did the tool picture and did the Wolf Kahn
painting)
17. Be aware of techniques we used in class such as, hatching, cross hatching,
layering pencil colors, burnishing with colored pencils, etc.
18. Be familiar with the artists we talked about: Frank Stella, Jim Dine, Claus
Oldenburg, MC Escher, Andy Warhol, Henry Moore, Alexander Calder, - and
also the projects we did in class: Wire drawing, colored pencil, clay sculpture, op
art, pop art, water color, marker on paper, abstract versus representational,
tessellations, etc.
19. Know the parts of a shaded ball. (you had a handout on this)
20. Know terms such as static, dynamic, scale, volume, form.
The exam is scantron and it has 100 questions worth ½ pt. each. 50 points total.