Movement of a pointed instrument over a surface, leaving a mark.
THE ELEMENTS OF ART
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Movement of a pointed instrument over a surface, leaving a mark.
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Refers to the lightness or darkness of an object or area. You get various values by shading.
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How something feels or looks like it feels. The roughness or smoothness of a surface. |
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The area between or within things. Positive Space: The actual shapes in a design. Negative Space: The space around the actual shapes. |
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How we see light reflected from a surface. Different wave lengths of light are seen as different colors.
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The outline of some mass. Shapes can be recognizable, geometric, or abstract. Form refers to volume or a mass that takes up space, such as a 3D sculpture. |