9th Grade Art
vocabulary
Line:
the connection of two
points
Shape:
the enclosed area created by
lines
Form: an element of design that is three dimensional and encloses
volume
Contour - a line that goes around the surface of a form.
Color: an element that brings life to paintings – three primary colors –
yellow, red& blue mix to create three secondary colors orange, purple and
green. Colors across from each other on the color wheel are called complimentary
colors.
Value:light or dark quality of a color or shape –
in terms of would it be grey (and which grey), black or white in a black and
white photo.
Space: the allusion of three-dimensional depths in a drawing or painting on
a two dimensional picture plane
Rhythm: established in a work when elements of the composition are repeated –
a repeated pattern
Contrast: strong differences in elements used to achieve emphasis – for
instance black against white or smooth against strong
texture
Texture:
three dimensional surface quality – smooth or bumpy or
rough or…
Positive
Space: part of the image that describes a motif – an
object or living thing
Negative
Space: the part of the image that is not a motif –
the background
Parallel
lines – lines that never meet – in perspective they are also usually parallel to
the implied ground or wall planes
Orthogonal
lines
that go to the vanishing point
Vanishing
Point: point where figure vanishes into background
and is no longer visible
Horizon
line
– where the eye lines up to the line where the sky meets
the earth - vanishing point lies
on the horizon line
vocabulary
Line:
the connection of two
points
Shape:
the enclosed area created by
lines
Form: an element of design that is three dimensional and encloses
volume
Contour - a line that goes around the surface of a form.
Color: an element that brings life to paintings – three primary colors –
yellow, red& blue mix to create three secondary colors orange, purple and
green. Colors across from each other on the color wheel are called complimentary
colors.
Value:light or dark quality of a color or shape –
in terms of would it be grey (and which grey), black or white in a black and
white photo.
Space: the allusion of three-dimensional depths in a drawing or painting on
a two dimensional picture plane
Rhythm: established in a work when elements of the composition are repeated –
a repeated pattern
Contrast: strong differences in elements used to achieve emphasis – for
instance black against white or smooth against strong
texture
Texture:
three dimensional surface quality – smooth or bumpy or
rough or…
Positive
Space: part of the image that describes a motif – an
object or living thing
Negative
Space: the part of the image that is not a motif –
the background
Parallel
lines – lines that never meet – in perspective they are also usually parallel to
the implied ground or wall planes
Orthogonal
lines
that go to the vanishing point
Vanishing
Point: point where figure vanishes into background
and is no longer visible
Horizon
line
– where the eye lines up to the line where the sky meets
the earth - vanishing point lies
on the horizon line
