OCR A-Level Art and Design the formal elements and visual language overview quiz quiz

Hue, value, saturation, contrast, key, mood, depth, scale

Balance, rhythm, focal point, crop, framing, unity, variety, proportion

Pencil, charcoal, ink, paint, collage, print, clay, photograph

Line, tone, colour, shape, form, texture, pattern, space

Describe form, direct the eye, and carry feeling

Mix pigments, layer washes and blend tones smoothly together

Lighten, darken and neutralise the colours of a finished painting

Crop the image, frame the subject and balance the whole composition

A firm continuous contour

Broken or dotted line

Heavy cross-hatching

A single ruled line

Core shadow, then halftone, then light, then the highlight as the very darkest zone

Cast shadow, then reflected light, then highlight, then halftone as the lightest zone

Highlight, light, halftone, core shadow, then cast shadow often darkest

Halftone first, then highlight, then core shadow, then light as the darkest zone

The price of the materials needed to make the artwork in the first place

The physical size of the sheet of paper or canvas the artist chooses to work on

The total number of separate colours that the artist is allowed to use in the image

The drama or calm of the mood (high contrast dramatic, low contrast calm)

Hue, value and saturation

Primary, secondary, tertiary

Warm, cool and neutral

Tint, tone and shade

Hue

Value

Saturation

Temperature

They blend optically into a flat, even grey across the whole surface

They cancel each other out so completely that both seem to disappear

They intensify each other, creating vibrant contrast and a focal point

They always look dull and muddy whenever they are placed next to each other

A compositional mistake that the artist should always work to avoid throughout the whole design

Only the flat background colour, which plays no real part in the composition at all

The single darkest tone in the picture, used to anchor the rest of the image

The active, shaped empty area around and between objects, which carries balance and mood

Place key interest on the lines or intersections of a frame divided into thirds, for a balanced but lively arrangement

Use only three colours in the whole image, one allocated to each separate third of the finished composition for the sake of balance

Always draw exactly three separate objects, spaced evenly across the picture plane

Spend roughly a third of your working time on the composition before adding any detail

There is no real difference between them; the two words mean exactly the same thing

Shape is a flat enclosed area; form is three-dimensional volume

Shape is always coloured in, whereas form is always left as a plain uncoloured outline

Shape refers only to large areas of a picture, whereas form refers only to small details

Naming as many of the formal elements as you possibly can in a single answer

Using the most expensive and specialist media you can get hold of for the work

Moving from naming an element to explaining its effect on the viewer

Filling every single page of the sketchbook completely from edge to edge