Holiday Cheer- Drawing Vocabulary
Across
- 2. a piece of art work usually done from life of a person’s face or body from the waist up
- 3. a mark made on a surface by any instrument
- 6. the area of a picture furthest from the viewer; objects look smaller and lighter in color in the background
- 10. the practice of discussing the positive points and faults of a piece of art work
- 12. the area of a picture closest to the viewer; objects look larger and brighter in color in the foreground
- 13. building the form and value of an object using dots spaces close together or far apart
- 14. a drawing technique that uses a repeated shape or texture throughout
- 17. a black greasy substance mixed with clay to make “lead” pencils.
- 18. a drawing that indicates fine details, textures and value
- 19. the art of combining the elements of line, shape, form, color, and texture into an ordered format.
- 20. variations or darkness; the merging of one value smoothly into another
- 21. the ability to find new solutions to a problem or new modes or expression
- 22. the unoccupied areas around and between objects in a drawing
- 25. drawing the edges of an object without looking at the paper while drawing
- 27. a repeated image on a shiny surface
- 29. the movement and quality if lines create an atmosphere in a drawing, for example short jerky lines can create a feeling of tension.
- 30. a recombination of mental images from past experiences into a new pattern
- 31. the difference between sizes, values, colors, textures, etc. in a composition
- 32. distortion, exaggeration or simplification of a real object or experience
- 34. a series of parallel lines crisscrossing each other to create volume or shaded areas
- 37. is usually done as a preliminary composition for a more detailed piece of art
Down
- 1. a series of closely spaced parallel lines used in a drawing to indicate shaded areas or value changes
- 4. materials used to make art such as pencils, pastels, crayons, charcoal, clay markers, ink, etc
- 5. the representation of mass and weight on a two-dimensional surface
- 7. are line, shape, form, color, space, and texture; they also occur in nature
- 8. a portable case to carry pieces of art work such as drawings, prints, painting, etc.
- 9. the size relationships of one part to another and of each part to the whole object
- 11. a clearly defined reflection of the light source on the crest of a shiny or smooth surface
- 15. the quality of a line (thick, thin, dark, light, curving, etc.)
- 16. a three-dimensional solid or the representation of volume on a two-dimensional surface
- 19. the area of a piece of art work that catches your attention when first glancing at it
- 23. evenly spaced lines, running horizontally and vertically at right angles, that divided a drawing or photograph into small squares. Often used to enlarge a photograph or drawing
- 24. the lightness or darkness in tone or color
- 26. representational art work that looks like the objects being drawn, painted or sculpted
- 28. the actual feel or visual interpretation of a surface
- 33. a soft black drawing material made by burning certain types of wood; it comes in stick or pencil form
- 35. a dark shape cast on the ground or another surface by a shape intercepting the light
- 36. a permanent opaque liquid made of carbon mixed with a binder used for drawing and lettering