Beginning Drawing: Helpful Terms for Contour and Gesture Drawing

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Across
  1. 4. Space The areas in an artwork that are more focused on the main idea of the artwork
  2. 7. Space The space around an object that is empty; can be used as a visual cue to make drawings more accurate in space
  3. 9. The difference between any number of elements in an artwork
  4. 12. Your materials for creating art
  5. 13. “Outline” of the subject you are drawing
Down
  1. 1. Life A drawing or painting focused on an arrangement of objects
  2. 2. A type of line that expresses movement within a form
  3. 3. A drawing not meant to express perfection, but to act as a fun means to quickly draw an idea or a visual image
  4. 5. What you are focusing your drawing on
  5. 6. A personal method of executing a work
  6. 8. The subject and how it behaves in a space; can demonstrate weight, volume, shape, or depth
  7. 10. A basic drawing/ rough draft to aid in the beginning process of creation
  8. 11. Manipulation of space to create distance between what lays in the front and in back