Baseline Answer Key – Beginning Visual Art

All Questions are worth one point each unless otherwise specified. 95 total points.

DNS = Do Not Score (personal feedback question)

  1. Name the three primary colors.Red, Yellow, Blue
  1. Name the three secondary colors.

Orange

Green

Violet

Write the formula for the following 6 tertiary colors using Abbreviations for the Primary Colors to create the Tertiary Colors:

Example: Red-Orange: __R__ + __R__ + __Y__

  1. Yellow-Orange: __Y__ + _Y__ + __R__
  1. Blue-Green: ___B__ + __B___ + __Y__
  1. Yellow-Green: __Y__ + __Y__ + _B_
  1. Red-Violet: __R__ + __R__ + _B__
  1. Blue-Violet: ___B__ + __B__ + __R__
  1. A tint is any color plus ____White____.
  2. Its complement
  3. Black
  4. White
  5. A tone is any color plus ___Black___.
  6. Red
  7. Black
  8. White
  9. The actual color of an object is known as the _local__ color.
  10. Local
  11. Subsequent
  12. Starter
  13. From the italicized list below, place the Design Elements and Design Principles in the proper boxes.

Texture, Balance, Shape, Value, Contrast, Emphasis, Unity, Color, Line, Movement, Rhythm, Form, Space, Pattern

Design Elements / Design Principles
Line / Balance
Color / Contrast
Shape / Emphasis
Value / Unity
Form / Pattern
Texture / Rhythm
Space / Movement
  1. Create a value scale in the area below. Move from left to right - light to dark - using a

cross-hatching technique to create the values.

  1. A Design Element that is a continuous mark made by a moving point is a __line____.
  1. A Design Element that is anenclosed space that is 2-dimensional is known as a __shape__.
  1. Hue is another word for the Design Element ___color____.
  1. Black, white, gray and brown are known as ____neutrals_____.
  1. The surface quality or “feel” of an object, its smoothness, roughness, etc. is known as the Design Element __texture___.
  1. A Design Element that has height, width and depth and appears to be 3-dimensional is known as a _form__.
  1. Lightness or darkness of any color or neutral is known as the Design Element __value__.
  1. Area around, between, above, below, within objects is known as the Design Element ______space______.
  1. Negative space is the area ______and ______objects.
  2. Within, underneath
  3. Between, around
  4. Inside, between
  1. The arrangement of Design Elements to create an area of interest (aka: focal point) is known as the Design Principle ___emphasis___
  1. The arrangement of Design Elements to create a sense of motion is known as the Design Principle____movement ___.
  1. Quality of oneness or wholeness that is achieved through the effective use of Design Elements and Principles where all parts work together is known as___unity____.
  1. Any one thing that is repeated (line, shape, color, etc.) is a Design Principle known as____pattern____
  1. The Design Principle known as a “visual beat” is____rhythm_____
  1. The four color schemes are:
  2. Monochromatic, Monogamous, Tertiary, Complementary
  3. Monogamous, Analogous, Complementary, Triadic
  4. Monochromatic, Complementary, Analogous, Triadic
  1. A color scheme that includes three to five colors side by side on the color wheel is:
  2. Triadic
  3. Monochromatic
  4. Analogous
  5. Three colors equidistant on the color wheel is the color scheme known as:
  6. Monochromatic
  7. Complementary
  8. Triadic
  9. A work of art that used red, yellow, and blue, is an example of a ___triadic___ color scheme.
  1. A work of art that uses all tints and tones of blue, with some black and brown included is known as having a _____monochromatic_____ color scheme.
  2. Complementary colors are found ______each other on the color wheel.
  3. Beside
  4. Opposite
  5. Diagonal to
  1. Describe in great detail, the chair or stool you are sitting on. ______

**Your teacher should provide a piece of artwork for you to complete the next two questions. If you do not have one, ask your teacher now.

  1. Look at the artwork in front of you. Analyze its composition using the elements and principles of design.

______

  1. Again, look at the artwork in front of you. Interpret its meaning. Be sure to refer to details in the artwork.

______

______

  1. Please draw the following as accurately as possiblein the space next to the reference.
  1. Draw the image below using only the negative space. (Draw next to the image).