Art Vocabulary

What is the physical gap or interval between two objects called?

• line

• shape

• form

• space

The visual components of color, form, line, shape, space, texture, and value.

• positive and negative space

• elements of art

• components of a picture

• ideas for creating

What are the two types of shapes?

• long and short

• circle and square

• geometric and organic

• light and dark

What is a line not actually drawn but suggested by elements in the work called?

• implied line

• space

• closed line

• direction

What is a continuous mark made on a surface by a moving point?

• space

• shape

• line

• form

What is the empty spaces surrounding shapes and forms?

• positive space

• negative space

• outer space

• between lines

An element of art that is two-dimensional, flat, or limited to height and width. (a closed line).

• line

• shape

• space

• form

The composition of a picture that has uneven visual weight on each side is said to ____________________ .

• unfinished

• abstract

• imbalanced

• wrong

What are the two types of line?

• short and long

• thick and thin

• straight and curvy

• geometric and organic

What are the two main types of space?

• light and dark

• negative and positive

• long and short

• near and far