Art Terms
Across
- 2. Colors created by mixing a full primary color with half a secondary color (e.g., Blue-Green).
- 3. The art of drawing solid objects on a two-dimensional surface so as to give the right impression of their height, width, depth, and relative position.
- 5. The creation of a pattern simulating varying degrees of solidity or shading by using small dots.
- 8. The process or technique of laying on paint or pigment so thickly that it stands out from a surface.
- 12. The set of colors (red, yellow, blue) from which all other colors are derived.
- 13. A rough or unfinished drawing or painting, often made to assist in making a more finished picture.
- 14. Colors directly opposite each other in the color spectrum, such as red and green.
- 17. The treatment of light and shade in drawing and painting to create the illusion of three-dimensional volume.
- 18. Pots and other articles made from clay hardened by heat.
- 20. The area or object within the artwork that draws the viewer's attention.
- 21. you like me to generate a printable PDF-style layout for this puzzle, or perhaps create a word search with these same terms?
Down
- 1. The perceived surface quality of a work of art (smooth, rough, etc.).
- 4. The practice of incising a design onto a hard, usually flat surface by cutting grooves into it with a burin.
- 6. The art of making two- or three-dimensional representative or abstract forms, especially by carving stone or wood or by casting metal or plaster.
- 7. LIFE: A painting or drawing of an arrangement of objects, typically including fruit and flowers and objects contrasting with these in texture.
- 9. Art that does not attempt to represent external reality, but seeks to achieve its effect using shapes, forms, and colors.
- 10. A 20th-century movement that sought to release the creative potential of the unconscious mind, often by irrational juxtaposition of images.
- 11. A technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid, or wet, lime plaster.
- 15. Containing or using only one color (and its tints/shades).
- 16. A method of painting using opaque pigments ground in water and thickened with a glue-like substance.
- 19. The substance the artist uses to create a piece, or the binder (like oil or acrylic) mixed with pigmen