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- 2. Painting, usually an altarpiece, made up of hinged panels.
- 3. The surface used to dispense and mix paint on.
- 6. An image that accompanies written text and aids in interpreting it.
- 10. Art: Art where the idea, rather than the actual object is the most significant feature. Particularly popular in the 1960's.
- 15. The purity and brightness of a color. Also called saturation.
- 18. Light and dark tones of a singular color.
- 23. Dried, crushed clay mixed with water to a creamy consistency. Used as a binder in joining two pieces of clay together.
- 25. Varnish sprayed or painted onto a surface to prevent smudging or smearing. Usually on a charcoal or chalk pastel work.
- 26. Paint: A plastic, water-soluble pigment used for painting.
- 27. More than one set of close parallel lines that crisscross each other at angles, to model and indicate tone.
- 28. A thin coating or layer of paint, ink, etc.
- 29. Applying gold leaf to a painting or other surface.
- 31. AIR French for "open air". A term describing paintings done outside directly from the subject.
- 33. In artwork, the effect of a dark color seeping through a lighter color to the surface.
- 34. Smoothing the edges of two colors together so that they have a smooth gradation where they meet.
- 37. The range of lightness or darkness in a color. A gray scale shows the range of values in photography.
- 42. An element of art focused on all three dimensions (height, width, and depth).
- 43. The art principle which refers to the arrangement of elements in an art work. Balance can be either formal symmetrical, informal asymmetrical or radial.
- 44. The arrangement of the parts of a work of art.
- 46. Visual unity is one of the most important aspects of well-designed art and is planned by the artist.
- 48. Design, motif, or symbol repeated over and over.
- 49. Life: Inanimate object(s) represented in a drawing, painting, or collage.
- 51. The process of making art from an incised surface that has been inked and pressed on an appropriate surface such as paper.
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- 57. The act of cutting out paper designs and applying them to a surface to make an all over collage.
- 58. Art: A functional object or arrangement whereby the principles of art are applied. Refers to such things as pottery, interior decorating, architecture, furniture, etc
- 61. A transparent or semitransparent coating of color or stain used over oil paintings, plaster sculptures, or ceramics.
- 62. Small-grained but even texture. Tooth provides for the attachment of succeeding layers of paint.
- 63. A thin, usually broadly applied, layer of transparent or heavily diluted paint or ink.
- 64. An arrangement of shapes adhered to a background.
- 68. An element of art that refers to "hue".
- 70. This is the relationship between items in a painting, for example, between the sky and mountains. If the sky is more than two-thirds of the painting, it looks out of proportion. The scale in art is similar to proportion, and if something is not to scale, it can look odd. If there is a person in the picture and their hands are too large for their body, then it will look out of scale. Artists can also use scale and proportion to exaggerate people or landscapes to their advantage.
- 71. MEDIA In drawing and painting this refers to the use of different media in the same picture.
- 72. The element of art that describes a two-dimensional area (height and width).
- 74. Representation, or making sculptural, three-dimensional forms, usually with clay or wax. Also, making two-dimensional surfaces look three-dimensional , by use of light and shade, color and mass.
- 76. Wheel: The organization of colors on a wheel. Used to help understand color schemes.
- 77. differences in values, colors, textures, shapes, and other elements. Contrasts create visual excitementand add interest to the work.
- 79. Art: Art created from a realistic situation but represented unrealistically. Abstract art images are "abstracted" from real life images
- 81. Soft limestone, sometimes used as a drawing material or mixed to make pastels and other crayons.
- 82. Italian for "shaded off". Gradual, almost imperceptible transitions of color from light to dark.
- 85. A surface preparation or primer made of chalk or gypsum for tempura or oil paintings that are painted onto the picture surface.
- 86. Literally means beautiful line. Typically refers to a type of writing that incorporates the use of a wide pen nib.
- 88. A projection from a surface. A low relief, such as a coin, is called bas relief.
- 90. A structural support for an object. Particularly used in sculpture to build upon.
- 93. An artist's finest work, or any particularly fine work.
- 96. Cement: A clean, fast-drying latex type of adhesive. Excellent for paper projects.
- 101. Tempera: Paint made of powdered pigment and bound together with egg yolk or egg whites. The most prominent painting material used from the 12th century to the rise of oil painting.
- 102. Art: A term used to describe work that is without any particular function. Typically paintings, sculpture, drawings and prints.
- 103. Coloring material, which, when mixed with a binder forms a paint.
- 104. A stiff cardboard with a window cut out of the center, attached to a backboard.
- 106. Paint: Paint made by mixing ground pigment with oil (usually linseed oil) as a binder.
- 108. Colors: Colors next to each other on the color wheel.
- 109. Coarse cloth or heavy fabric that must be stretched and primed to use for painting, particularly for oil paintings.
- 110. Refers to the darker values of a color.
- 113. Applied to paint, a smooth, homogeneous mixture of ingredients; the process of dispersal, in which pigment particles are evenly distributed throughout the vehicle.
- 115. A natural, moist earth substance used in making bricks, tile, pottery and ceramic sculpture.
- 117. Colors: Pigments made using earth (dirt) that contain metal oxides mixed with a binder such as glue.
- 122. Art: Art made on a grand scale, involving the creation of a man-made environment such as architecture, sculpture, light or landscape.
- 125. The process or material used in a work of art.
- 126. Perspective: Creating the illusion of depth on a picture plane with the use of lines and a vanishing point.
- 127. A sculpture representing the neck and head only of a person.
- 131. An element of art used in drawing, painting, and sculpture. A line is the path of a moving point.
- 132. A rule in perspective to create the illusion of coming forward or receding into space.
- 133. The i a three-dimensional space on a two-dimensional surface through the use of vanishing points, converging lines and diminishing sizes of objects.
- 134. The traditional stage in oil painting of using a monochrome or dead color as a base for composition. Also known as laying in.
- 136. An image created with the use of small dots or points.
- 137. Flat, nonglossy; having a dull surface appearance. Variant spelling - matt.
- 138. numerical ratio of the speed of light in a vacuum to its speed in a substance.
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- 1. A technique of modeling, indicating tone, and suggesting light and shade in drawing or tempera painting, using a closely set parallel line.
- 2. Liquids, such as turpentine, are used to dilute oil paint, the diluent for waterbased media is water.
- 4. Pastel: Oil-based crayons.
- 5. The technical reference to color.
- 7. A technique used in preparation for cementing two pieces of clay together using a series of incised lines. Also describes a process for indentation and curved line paper sculpture and folding.
- 8. Describes the forms of works of art and ornaments based on animal shapes.
- 9. This effect on oil paintings is usually caused by one of three reasons: excessive use of linseed oil medium; applying any of the varnishes that are prone to yellow with age; or most often - an accumulation of dirt embedded into the varnish.
- 11. A drawing material made from charred wood.
- 12. Clay objects that have been fired twice, the second time with a glaze.
- 13. Generally, a more or less transparent film-forming liquid that dries into a solid film.
- 14. Colors: Colors opposite each other on the color wheel. When to complimentary colors are mixed together you will get a neutral tone
- 16. A detailed drawing or painting made of one or more parts of a final composition, but not the whole work.
- 17. Artwork based on the human form.
- 19. The process of baking clay in a kiln or banked fire outside (such as raku firing). This process hardens the clay and makes it very permanent.
- 20. The front or face of a building.
- 21. Colors: Orange, green, and purple.
- 22. EDGE The ragged edge found on handmade papers.
- 24. The "glue" that holds pigment together and makes it stick to a surface.
- 30. Dried clay forms that have not been fired.
- 32. The process of drawing out excess liquid through a porous substance.
- 35. Paper: A general-purpose drawing and coloring paper. Typically cream color.
- 36. Mache: Artworks made with newspaper strips that have been moistened with wallpaper paste or laundry starch.
- 38. A large "oven" used for firing clay work.
- 39. Pigment with a water-soluble binder. Available in semi-moist cakes or tubes.
- 40. Clay objects that have been fired one time. (unglazed)
- 41. Line: The horizontal line that distinguishes the sky from the earth, or the ground from the wall. The eye level of the artist's view. Also, where the vanishing point lies in a perspective drawing.
- 45. A wooden chassis for textile supports that has expandable corners.
- 47. entire liquid contents of a paint.
- 50. A style of painting characterized by thick, juicy color application.
- 52. In oils, the movement of one paint layer over another.
- 53. A painting either on a wall or on a surface to be attached to a wall.
- 54. Painting or sculpture representing the likeness of a person.
- 56. A process, used by printmakers, of incising or scratching lines into a wood block or metal plate from which a print was made.
- 59. A method of preparing clay by kneading and squeezing it to expel air pockets and make it more plastic.
- 60. Visual movement is used by artists to direct viewers through their work, often to a focal area.
- 65. Coating material, usually white, is applied to a support to prepare it for painting.
- 66. A general term for a wide variety of more or less transparent, fusible materials. The term is used to designate any polymer that is a basic material for paints and plastics.
- 67. The relative intensity or purity of a hue when compared to grayness or lack of hue.
- 69. Tints and shades of a single hue or color.
- 73. Representations on a flat surface usually made with pen, pencil, crayon, chalk or paint with an emphasis on line.
- 75. Newspaper stock used for sketching, preliminary drawings, and printing.
- 77. A print made from a collage of assorted pasted materials such as papers, cardboards, string etc.
- 78. Art: Art made with the use of a computer program.
- 80. The amount of light or shade in a color. The value range in a painting.
- 83. A watercolor paint mixed with white pigments making it more opaque and giving it more weight and body.
- 84. Resists: The use of a waxy medium to make a design over which a colored wash is spread.
- 87. Italian word for "light-shade". The use and balance of light and shade in a painting, and in particular the use of strong contrast.
- 89. A movement in the 19th century that bridged the "realist" tradition with the modern movements of the 20th century. The focus for the impressionist was on light and atmosphere.
- 91. Originally the green-brown encrustation on bronze, this now includes the natural effects of age or exposure on a surface.
- 92. A painting technique in which the pigments are dispersed in plain water and applied to a damp plaster wall. The wall becomes the binder, as well as the support.
- 94. Colors: The basic colors that can be used to mix other colors. The primary colors are red, yellow, and blue.
- 95. Ink: A waterproof ink made from lampblack.
- 97. ON WET: The application of fresh paint over an area on which the paint is still wet
- 98. cut photographs to create a work of art.
- 99. The that an object or figure fills in a drawing or painting.
- 100. the surface of a painting as well as a mental construct through which all the pictorial elements are arranged.
- 105. The use of found objects or three-dimensional objects to create a work of art.
- 107. From the Italian word meaning "drawing" which also implied planning and composing.
- 111. Art: Art made by untrained practitioners. Typically lively, colorful artwork in a somewhat "naive" style.
- 112. French word for "small model". Used particularly by sculptors as a "sketch" of their work.
- 114. Preliminary or rough draft, typically made with pencil, crayon, pen, brush, or pastel.
- 116. Originally the study of beautiful things. But currently aesthetics refers to the study or understanding of anything that is visually pleasing or "works" within the boundaries of the principles of art.
- 118. The bending of light from one course in one medium to a different course through another medium of different refractive index.
- 119. UP: A method for transferring an image to a larger or smaller format.
- 120. The technique of applying a thin, semi-opaque or translucent coating of paint over a previously painted surface to alter the color or appearance of the surface without totally obscuring it.
- 121. In reference to perspective, eye-level is the artists' view of where the perceived line or perspective came from.
- 123. The quality of a surface. One of the seven elements of art.
- 124. A principle in art where important elements and ideas are emphasized via composition.
- 128. The characteristic way each artist brushes paint onto a support..
- 129. Images created using small tesserae arranged and glued into a design or composition. Mosaics date back to the Ancient Greeks and Romans, mostly used to decorate walls and floors.
- 130. A hue mixed with white to create lighter values.
- 135. Arabic: A binder used in watercolors made from the gum of an acacia tree.