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Vocabulary Fun Time

Line: A line is long relative to its width. It can define a space, create an outline or pattern, imply movement or texture and allude to mass or volume. Absolutely essential in creating art, the line.

Shape: A different for of size or form.

Color: When light is reflected off an object, color is what the eye sees. The primary colors are red, yellow and blue. The secondary colors are orange, purple and green. 

Value: Shadows, darkness, contrasts and light are all values in artwork.

Texture: Texture creates the feeling of an object.

Volume/Form: An element of art, such as you would see in a sculpture that has three dimensions. 

Balance: An art and design principle concerned with the arrangement of one or more elements in a work of art so that they appear symmetrical (even) or asymmetrical (uneven) in design and proportion.

Harmony: all parts of the visual image relate to and complement each other. 

Contrast: the arrangement of opposite elements (light vs. dark colors, rough vs. smooth textures, large vs. small shapes, etc.) in a piece so as to create visual interest, excitement and drama.

Movement and Rhythm: When the regular repetition of particular forms or elements occurs in a work of art, that work is said to have rhythm. It suggests motion.