Drawing & Painting I Final Exam Review

    Study Guide Vocabulary The Elements & Principles of Design Hands On Section

The Color Wheel

Basic Color Schemes

• • •  Compliments opposite colors Y/V R/G B/O Triads form a triangle R/Y/B G/O/V Analogous 3 - 5 colors next to each other on the Color Wheel Warm & Cool colors

• • Split Compliments opposite colors Y/RV/BV Monochromatic tints & shades of one color

• Tints: when white is added to a color • Shades are when black is added to a color.

• Neutrals are grays

Tools

• • • • Pencils (HB is the lightest, 4B medium, 6B dark) Stump: blending tool Acrylic brushes (man made) Palette: used to mix paint on

Vocabulary

• • • • • • • • Focal point: center of interest Color Wheel: a circular tool used to select color schemes from.

Acrylic Paint: (plastic resin based) Cold Press Watercolor paper: rough Hot Press Watercolor paper: smooth Hue: color Wash: a large area of thinly spread paint Wet on Wet: paint dripped into wet paint

Vocabulary

• Horizon line: Where the land and sky meet • Vanishing Point: Where all parallel lines come together.

• Perspective: The illusion of creating a 3D drawing on a 2D flat surface.

• • • • Composition: organization of a drawing Negative Space: the background or empty area Positive Space: the filled space in a drawing or painting.

Value: the gradations in shading.

Elements & Principles of Design…

• • • • • • • Color Form (3D) Line Shape (2D) geometric/organic Space Texture Value (Shading) • • • • • • • Balance Contrast Emphasis Movement Pattern Rhythm Unity

Hands On!

This part of the final you will be taking your watercolor samples and cutting or tearing them to design a card that illustrates a quotation. You need to come to the final with a plan as to what the quotation is and what the illustration will look like.