Vocabulary

Color - The element of art with three properties. 1) Hue, the name of the color. 2) Intensity or the purity and strength of the color such as brightness or dullness. And 3) Value, or the lightness or darkness of the color.

Hannah Staton

class of 2021

Line - The element of art which refers to the continuous mark made on some surface by a moving point. It may be two dimensional, like a pencil mark on a paper or it may be three dimensional (wire) or implied (the edge of a shape or form) often it is an outline, contour or silhouette.

Tiffany Chau

class of 2025

Shape - an enclosed space defined by other elements of art, shapes may take on the appearance of two dimensional or three dimensional objects. Shapes can be geometric or organic.

Allyson Cheshire

class of 2021

Texture - refers to the surface quality or 'feel' of an object, such as roughness, smoothness or softness. Actual texture can be felt while implied texture are how the artist makes areas of the picture look smooth, rough or soft.

Adrian Garcia

class of 2025

Space - refers to the distance or area between, around, above or within things. Positive space is the object itself and Negative space is the space around it. Space can be real as in three dimensional objects like sculptures or it can be implied like the vast space created in a landscape painting.

Regan Kim

class of 2025

Form - is an element of art that can be real in three-dimensional objects and encloses volume lie cubes, spheres and cylinders. An artist can also create the illusion of form by using a range of values.

Ava Mitchell

class of 2022

Value - the element of art that describes the lightness of darkness of a color. Value is needed to express form and volume.

Augusta Spessard

class of 2021

Emphasis - in a composition refers to developing points of interest to pull the viewer's eye to important parts of the work.

Emily Allbritton

class of 2022

Balance - is a sense of stability in the body of work. Balance dan be created by repeating same shapes, colors, values, etc by creating a feeling of equal weight. Types of balance include symmetrical, asymmetrical and radial.

Silvana Lopez Ramirez

class of 2023

Harmony - is achieved in a work by using similar elements throughout the work. Harmony gives an uncomplicated look to your work.

Madison Mize

class of 2024

Variety - refers to the differences in the work. Variety can be achieved by using different shapes, textures, colors and values in the work.

Jacob Phipps

class of 2020

Movement - adds excitement to your work by showing action and directing the viewers eye throughout the picture plane.

Anna Kim

class of 2020

Rhythm - is a type of movement that utilizes repeating shapes, lines and/or colors. Alternating values an also give a sense of rhythm.

Rui Sun

SFHS class of 2019

Proportion - or sale refers to the relationships of the size of objects in a body of work. Proportions give a sense of size seen as a relationship of objects.

Lauren Lavelle

class of 2021

Unity - is seen in a painting or drawing when all the parts equal a whole. your work should not appear disjointed or confusing.

Alex Smith

SFHS class of 2018