Text Questions Unit 2: The Elements and Principles of Art

Text Questions

Please complete thefollowing questions. It is important that you use full sentences andpresent the questions and answers when you submit your work.

Submitthe work as a file attachment. This means you complete all work in aword processing document (e.g., Microsoft Word) and attach the fileusing the dropbox tool. Use the Unit 2: Text Questions dropbox.

The answers to the Text Questions are worth 10 points.

Unit 2 TextQuestions

Review Questions

1. What are positive and negative space?
2. Identify and describe the three different types of balance in artwork.
3. What is proportion?
4. What is “hue”? How can hue affect artwork?
5. What is balance in art work?

Critical Thinking Questions

1. Chooseone of the pieces of art from the unit. Identify at least threeelements or principles of art that are present. Discuss how these threeelements or principles are used in the artwork. Why does the artistinclude them?
2. Imagine that you want to create an artwork thatcreates a sense of peacefulness. How could you use the elements orprinciples of art to create this?
3. Choose one type of artwork (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.) and describe how you could add texture to this type of artwork.
4. Chooseone piece of artwork from the unit. What type of balance does theartwork have? How does this balance affect the feeling or mood of theartwork?
5. How can artists create a sense of movement in a piece of artwork?

Discussion Questions

Please post questions and answers on the UNIT 2 discussion boards. Unless otherwise instructed, you should submit at least one full paragraph for each question.

Each discussion assignment is worth5 points.