Studio in Art Final Exam Review

Review on all topics and important info for final exam.

What is this?

Color wheel

Understanding of the nature of light and color

Color Theory

Who published the idea of light going through a prism creates a rainbow?

Sir Issac Newton

When did Issac Newton publish the idea of light going through a prism creates a rainbow?

1704

How does an object get it’s color?

The color showed by the object is the color reflected by the object

White ________ all color

reflects

Black ________ all color

absorbs

The appearance of an object created by the quality of light it reflects

Color

The specific name applied to a color ; another name for color

Hue

The lightness and darkness of a color

Value

the brightness (or saturation) or dullness of a hue

Intensity

A hue mixed with it’s __________ is less intense than the pure hue

Compliment

a color that is created by adding the fully intensity of a hue to white

Tint

produced by adding black to the full intensity of a hue

Shade

add black to a ____ _____ creates a shade

Cool colors

adding the complementary color to a ____ _____ creates a shade

Warm colors

Red, Yellow, Blue

Primary colors

Orange, Violet, Green

Secondary colors

Red-Violet, Red-Orange, Yellow-Orange, Yellow-Green, Blue-Green, Blue-Violet

Intermediate colors

Red, Orange, Yellow (Red-Violet, Red-Orange, Yellow-Orange, Yellow-Green)

Warm colors

Green, Blue, Purple (Yellow-Green, Blue-Green, Blue Violet, Red-Violet)

Cool colors

These colors recede, give calmness

Cool colors

These colors advance give off intense emotions/excitement

Warm colors

Any three colors next to each other on the color wheel, including intermediate

Analogous colors

One hue in several different values and intensities

Monochromatic colors

Colors that are opposite from each other on the color wheel

Contrast color

A complementary color with the intermediate colors of the other complementary color (Orange -- blue-green, blue-violet)

Split Complementary color

Colors that go together in artwork

Harmony

Change the scale of objects, make objects levitate, odd or irrational juxtaposition, dislocation or distortion, transparency, transformation, create a dreamlike state, abstract images, and double images

Characteristics of Surrealism

An art movement that began as a revolt against the dominant and demanding approaches to art to be cultural and traditional. Uses bright colors, common culture like advertising, Hollywood movies and pop music

Pop art

Andy Warhol

Roy Lichtenstein

Claes Oldenburg

Keith Haring

Pop Art artists

Drawing the exterior edges of an object with a clean, connected line and no shading.

Contour line drawing

Drawing where your eye stays on the object, pencil stays on the paper, NOT allowed to look down at the paper. No erasing.

Blind contour line drawing

Drawing where your eye stays on the object, pencil stays on the paper, allowed to glance down at the paper but not for an extended period of time. No erasing.

Partially blind contour line drawing

The lightest value, where the light hits an object

Highlight

Midway between the highlight and the core shadow

Midtone

Darkest value on the object

Core shadow

Light that is bounced back on the object being drawn

Reflected light

The darkest value due to an absence of light

Cast shadow