7TH GRADE ART

 

MAJOR UNITS OF STUDY

 
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PERSPECTIVE VOCABULARY

Perspective: The use of size variation, overlap, and converging lines to create the illusion of 3D space (depth) on a 2D surface.

Line: The path made by a moving point.

Vertical: Up and down.


Horizontal: Side to Side.

Horizon Line (Eye Level Line): A line parallel to the drawers’ eyes.


Parallel: Two or more straight lines always the same distance apart.

Perpendicular: Two lines that meet at a right angle.

Right Angle: 90-degree angle.

Vanishing Point: The point where converging lines meet.

Guidelines: Lines that go to the vanishing point. (Converging)

Parallel Perspective: Also called one point perspective because there is one V.P. and objects are parallel to the picture plane.

Space: The area above, behind, around in a piece of art, or the implied effect of space in a drawing.

 

STUDENT EXAMPLES

Links to sites on Drawing With Perspective
http://mathforum.org/sum95/math_and/perspective/perspect.html
http://www.olejarz.com/arted/perspective/
http://www.homeschoolarts.com/per-l1-1.htm
A web site on Leonardo DaVinci, one of the early users of perspective A whole page of perspective sites

 

Color

 

COLOR VOCABULARY

 

"Color, an element of art, is the visual effect that is caused by the spectral composition of the light emitted, transmitted, or reflected by objects."

 

Hue: The specific name of a color, such as "red".

Intensity: The strength or weakness of the color. This is also called the "saturation" or "chroma".


Value: The lightness or darkness of the color, referred to as it’s "tone".

Tint: A lighter hue produced by mixing white with a color.

Shade: A darker color produced by adding black to a color.

Primary Colors: Red, yellow, and blue are the primary colors.

Secondary Colors: Orange, green and violet are the secondary colors.

Warm Colors: The colors on the "infared" side of the spectrum. They would include the yellows, oranges, and reds.

Cool Colors: The colors on the "ultraviolet" side of the spectrum. They would include blues, greens and violets.

Complimentary Colors: Colors that are opposite each other on the color wheel.

Analogous Colors: Colors that are next to each other on the color wheel.

Monochromatic: One color plus the addition of black and white.

 

 

 

 

 

Click below to go to sites about color
http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/create/tech_value.html
http://studiochalkboard.evansville.edu/c-wheel.html
http://www.colormatters.com/colortheory.html

 

 

Still-Life

 

 

Still-life Vocabulary

 

Still-life: The subject of an art work is inanimate objects. (flowers, fruit etc.)

Shadow: A darker area on an form where the light doesn’t reach.

Cast shadow: A shadow that is caused by an object blocking the light source.

Highlight: a light spot on a form caused by the light directly hitting an object and bouncing off.

Composition: the arrangement of the objects and elements in a piece of art.

Forms: Three dimensional objects.

Negative space: The empty space in a work of art.

Positive space: The filled space in a work of art.

Center of interest: The area or object that attracts the eye in a work of art.

Ellipse: A circle which is moving away from you in space.

Value: The element of art that refers to the lightness or darkness of a color or media.

Value scale: a chart that shows changing values from dark to light.

 

 

 

 

 

 
Links to shading sites
http://studiochalkboard.evansville.edu/s-chiaro.html
http://www.rebekahlynn.com/free/tutorial/shading_tutorial.html
http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/create/try_this_3d.html

 

 

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