ART 1 Midterm Review
Values: are different shades of gray, created in a drawing by various means,
which come together as shading to transform shapes into forms
Mid-tones: all the values that fall in between white and black on the value
scale
Color Theory/ Color Wheel
Gradation Scale (Blended Value Scale)
The study of colors (harmonies/schemes, etc.)
Color Wheel is a tool for artists and designers
Is a gradual change between hues, tones and shades.
A gradation scale has a smooth transition between each step on the value scale
Primary colors (Prime =’s 1st)
Highlight
Red, Yellow, Blue (cannot be created by any other two colors)
the brightest area of a form where light bounces off its surface
Secondary colors (2nd)
primary + primary = secondary
Orange, Green, Violet
Tertiary colors (3rd)
primary + secondary = tertiary
(Ex: yellow-green, blue-green, red-violet)
Analogous (Ex: red, red-orange, orange)
Any 3 colors next to each other on the color wheel
Shadow are the sections of objects or living beings that receive little
Monochromatic (Mono = One/ Chroma = Color)
The lightness and saturation of one color
Shape (2-dimsensional)
Ex: Circle, Square, Triangle
Complementary colors ( R&G, O&B, V&Y)
Form (3-dimsensional)
Ex: Sphere, Cube, Cone
Colors that are opposite each other on the color wheel.
Complimentary colors make their compliments look
“brighter”
or no light. Shadows are shaded with medium and dark values.
Cast shadow (is a ground shadow)
a dark section on an adjacent surface of an object that receives little or no light
Light Source identifies the light and shadow areas of a drawing subject
(Sun, artificial light ex: lamp, spot light)
List examples of color harmonies (schemes):
Texture:
Analogous, Monochromatic, Complementary, SplitComplementary, Warm, Cool, Triadic, Tetradic, etc…
an object.
Hue (the term hue means color)
Implied Texture (artist creates the illusion of texture or the surface of an
How an objects surface feels. The tactile quality of the surface of
object)
Ex: Squirkling, Cross-hatching, contour-hatching, hatching,
Pure (a color whose lightness or saturation is
unchanged)
Elements of Art (parts of art)
Ex: Value/Tone, Color, Line, Texture, Shape, Space
Tint (color + white)
Pattern: repetition of an element in art (ex: line)
Shade (color + black)
Thumbnail sketch
Warm colors (remind us of warm/hot things)
red, orange, yellow
Medium: the material being used by an artist (ex:
pencil, acrylic paint)
Cool colors (remind us of cool/cold things)
Green, blue, violet
frontispiece in books generally refers to a decorative or
Neutral Gray (black added to white)
Still life: a painting or drawing of an arrangement of objects, typically
informative illustration facing a book's title page, being the
verso opposite the recto title page
including fruit and flowers and objects contrasting with these in texture, such as
bowls and glassware. Objects that are man-made and also of the natural world.
Triadic (triangle color scheme)
Red, Yellow, & Blue
Why draw still-life art?
Artists can explore and study a variety of elements of art including
color, form, composition, and light.
Tetradic (a rectangle color scheme or double-complimentary color Shading refers to the various values in a drawing that make images appear
scheme) red, green, violet, & yellow
three-
Quality of a line: the different types of lines used in art.
outline vs. edge of a form
Outline is the line that defines a shape. An edge is defined by values on a form.