Design FINAL Study Guide

A path through space that has a beginning and an end. can be curved, jagged, dotted, dashed or implied

A two-dimensional area that has height and width. can be organic or geometric

A three-dimensional object measured by height, width and depth that can be tangible

The way an object feels to the touch or looks as though it might feel when touched

Positive Space: recognizable object in the image.

Negative Space: space around the image. the background

Symmetrical, Asymmetrical, and Radial

Forms in the two halves of a composition corresponding to one another in shape, size, or placement

The forms on the two halves do not match but are balanced through visual weight

Elements in the composition radiate out from the central point

An element of a piece is given value by the artist

The principle of design that operates in the fourth dimension - time.

Created when there is effective blending of the elements. creates a sense of "oneness" or belonging.

Large difference between two elements (shape, color, texture)

A principle of design that concerns itself with the repetition of one or more elements in a piece of art to create a visual tempo or beat.

Victor Vasarely (hungarian artist) \n Bridget Riley (english, female) \n MC Escher (Dutch Artist, illusionist)

Famous Avant Garde Glass blower, alive, American, from Washington

Art that represents something, must already exist in life.

Non-Representational: Geometric, aims to convey a sense of simplicity and purity.

Abstract: Does NOT attempt to represent actual depiction. achieves effect through shapes and colors.

Is the art of shaping molten glass into a variety of designs and objects from tiny art pieces to panes of glass with a long tube.

The process of designing and producing prints using a printing block/template.

Purposeful and Deliberate doodling. A type of implied texture using line and shape repetition without an eraser.

Aligning a subject into one of four points to create more tension, energy, and interest in the composition

A building up of various media, techniques and/or images that full a space. Overlapping.

Things that are important or useful for only a short period of time (fleeting. these items are not meant to have lasting value (flyers, envelopes, packaging, stickers, etc.)

The name given to a color.

The lightness or darkness of a color.

Made by adding white to a color so that it is lighter

Made by adding black to a color so that it is darker

\n The brightness or dullness of a color

A guide/tool to study how to choose, create and combine colors.

Red, Blue, and Yellow

Pure, basic colors that cannot be made by the combination of any other colors and can be mixed to create all other colors on the color wheel. Equidistant from one another on the color wheel.

Orange, Green, and Violet

They are made by the combination of two primary colors in equal amounts, found between the two primary colors it was made by. All are equidistant.

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

Made by the mixture of adjoining primary and secondary colors in equal amounts.

Warm Colors (Reds, Oranges, and Yellows) appear friendly and give a feeling of happiness or activity, advance the image, and make objects appear larger.

Cool Colors (Blues, Greens, and Purples) Feeling of quietness and restfulness. appear to recede in the image and can make objects appear smaller.

Colors that are directly opposite of one another on the color wheel that are completely different from one another. (Green & Red)

In addition to the base color it uses the two colors adjacent to its compliment. (Yellow, Orange, & Blue)

Color harmony that consists of three colors equidistant on the color wheel

Consists of three or more colors that are side-by-side on the color wheel.

Consists of only one color including tints and shades

A drawing scratched through a wax-covered or tar-covered metal plate which is then placed in acid that eats away at the areas of metal was exposed

A print made by forcing ink through a stencil

A printing technique in which the image is drawn on a very flat slab of limestone. The idea that grease and water don’t mix.

A means of making prints by creating a raised design on a flat surface.

(Woodcut/Linocut)

A print pulled in an edition of one. (No series)

The surface onto or into which the image is placed.

A roller used to apply the ink.

A disk like device with a flat bottom.

Prints are produced in an edition (set of identical prints that are finished)

When you carefully match up the plate and paper. (Regular: With the border, Bleed: Without border-monotypes)

a. Edition # (Bottom Left)

b. Title (Center)

c. Signed with pencil-Signature (Bottom right)

-Line

-Shape

-Form

-Value

-Texture

-Space

An individual print in an edition.