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