Painting Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. a small sprayer that pressurize the cup
  2. 5. "light-dark" ; modeling form using gradations of value
  3. 7. a variety of techniques using two or more colors to create visual movement
  4. 9. a color mixed with grey
  5. 10. scenic painting executed on a vertical paint frame that moves on a counterweight system
  6. 14. colors next to each other on the color wheel
  7. 17. 4 colors equally spaced on the color wheel
  8. 19. a palette that uses white, grey and black
  9. 21. helps opacity of paint
  10. 22. an open weave fabric that appears opaque when lit from the front and transparent when lit from behind
  11. 25. any number of products that help establish physical texture on scenery as well as giving "unpaintables" such as rigid foams a surface that will receive paint
  12. 26. unlimited palette by mixing various proportions of primary and secondary colors
  13. 27. orange, green, purple
  14. 28. brightness or vividness of a color
  15. 29. a charcoal transfer of an image using a perforated line drawing
  16. 30. a clear medium tinted to produce a transparent layer of color
  17. 33. an expansion of split-compliment to include only colors adjacent to a complimentary pair
  18. 35. a small wooden arch used to "float" a drop
  19. 37. a type of wet blend in which colors are allowed to mingle without a great effort to blend them
  20. 38. lightness (whiteness) or darkness (blackness) or a color
  21. 41. a type of wet blend that serves to establish a specific direction on a surface
  22. 43. scenic painting executed on the floor or horizontally
  23. 45. the sheen of paint (flat, satin, gloss, etc)
  24. 46. colors opposite each other on the color wheel
  25. 47. a palette that is based on a single color using only the tints, shades and tones that can be mixed from it
  26. 48. the basic color of a specific area on a set or image
Down
  1. 1. standard drawing medium in scenic painting for its ease of use, is visible at a distance and erases with relative ease; available as stick or powder
  2. 3. substance that colors paint often a mineral or earth source
  3. 4. a color itself or the color we see
  4. 6. adheres paint pigment to a surface
  5. 8. muslin strips attached to a stick and used for erasing charcoal drawings on scenery
  6. 11. a variation on the complimentary color relationship where a base color and the two colors on either side of its compliment are used
  7. 12. the first painted layer on scenery that employs the local color of a scenic element
  8. 13. red, yellow, blue
  9. 15. a brush stroke that provides optimal coverage and consistency in a base coat
  10. 16. a line drawing created before painting an image
  11. 18. 3 colors equally spaced on the color wheel
  12. 20. a very smooth web blend that seamlessly transitions from one color to another
  13. 22. a color mixed with black
  14. 23. describes color that has been mixed from a complimentary pair
  15. 24. a transparent layer of thinned paint
  16. 31. a cotton fabric used for backdrops and soft covered flats
  17. 32. an area where paint did not cover well revealing the surface underneath
  18. 34. a variety of colors used together in a composition or setting; also colors available in a line of paint or other media.
  19. 36. carries or moves paint pigment
  20. 37. a "twist and drop" technique most often applied with a feather duster
  21. 39. "deceive the eye"
  22. 40. laying down color in or around an area against a cartooned line
  23. 42. a color mixed with white
  24. 44. a common detail brush characterized by an oval ferrule and long china bristle