Design FINAL Study Guide

Define Line

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

What is Shape?

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

What is Form?

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

What is Texture?

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

What is Space (Positive versus Negative)?

Positive Space: recognizable object in the image.

Negative Space: space around the image. the background

What are the types of Balance?

Symmetrical, Asymmetrical, and Radial

What is Symmetrical Balance?

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

What is Asymmetrical Balance?

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

What is Radial Balance?

Elements in the composition radiate out from the central point

What is Emphasis?

An element of a piece is given value by the artist

What is Movement?

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

What is Unity?

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

What is Contrast?

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

What is Rhythm/Harmony?

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.

Artists associated with Op Art?

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

Who is Dale Chihuly? Where is he from/live? Is he alive?

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

What is Representational?

Art that represents something, must already exist in life.

Abstract Vs. Non-Representational

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.

What is Glass Blowing?

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.

What is Printmaking?

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

What are tangles?

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

What is the Rule of Thirds?

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

What is Layering?

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

What is Ephemera?

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.)

What is Hue?

The name given to a color.

What is Value?

The lightness or darkness of a color.

What is Tint?

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

What is shade?

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

What is intensity?

\n The brightness or dullness of a color

What is the color wheel?

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

What are the primary colors?

Red, Blue, and Yellow

Why are primary colors called “Primary”?

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.

What are the secondary colors?

Orange, Green, and Violet

Why are the secondary colors called “secondary”?

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.

What are the Tertiary colors?

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

What is a tertiary color?

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

What is the difference between warm color schemes and cool color schemes?

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.

What is a complementary color scheme? Give an example.

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

What is a Split-Complementary color scheme? Give an example.

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

What is a Triadic color scheme?

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

What is an Analogous color scheme?

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

What is a Monochromatic color scheme? Give an example

Consists of only one color including tints and shades

What is Etching?

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

What is Silk Screen?

A print made by forcing ink through a stencil

What is Lithography?

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.

What is Relief?

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

(Woodcut/Linocut)

What is Monotype?

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

What is a Printing Plate?

The surface onto or into which the image is placed.

What is a Brayer?

A roller used to apply the ink.

What is a Baren?

A disk like device with a flat bottom.

What is an Edition?

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

What is Registration?

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

What do you need to do to consider a “Print Finsihed”?

a. Edition # (Bottom Left)

b. Title (Center)

c. Signed with pencil-Signature (Bottom right)

What are the Elements of Design Vs. The Principles

-Line

-Shape

-Form

-Value

-Texture

-Space

What is Impression?

An individual print in an edition.