Art Elective Drawing Vocabulary

2. Shapes or spaces that are or represent the areas unoccupied by objects.
4. Special attention or embellishment on an element, characteristic or object in a work of art that makes it stand out from others.
6. An artistic composition made of various materials glued on a surface.
8. The representations, messages, ideas, and/or feelings expressed in a work of art.
10. 1-Plural of MEDIUM referring to materials used to make works of art. 2-Classifications of artworks, such as painting, printmaking, sculpture, film, etc.
11. Shapes or spaces in an image that represent solid objects or forms.
13. Drawing that represents the edges and ridges of a form, without tonal variation, shading, etc.
14. The area between, around, above, below, or contained within objects.
15. Difference between two or more elements, (value, color, texture etc.)It can also refer to the degree difference between the lightest and darkest ares of an image.
16. A value scale shows the range of values from black to white and light to dark.

1. A two-dimensional area or plane that may be open or closed, free form or geometric. It can be found in nature or created by humans.
3. Artwork in which the subject matter is stated in a brief, simplified manner, little or no attempt is made to represent images realistically, and objects are often simplified or distorted.
5. A subject or topic of discourse or of artistic representation.
6. The overall placement and organization of elements in a work of art, as well as the interrelationships between individual elements.
7. The place in a work of art at which attention becomes focused because of an element emphasized in some way.
9. The surface quality of materials, either actual(tactile)or implied (visual. It is also an element of art.
11. The scale relationships of one part to the whole and of one part to another. In images of figures, the appropriate balance between the size of body and its limbs.
12. Having no recognizable object or subject; also, nonrepresentational.