Art Terms

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Across
  1. 2. Colors created by mixing a full primary color with half a secondary color (e.g., Blue-Green).
  2. 3. The art of drawing solid objects on a two-dimensional surface so as to give the right impression of their height, width, depth, and relative position.
  3. 5. The creation of a pattern simulating varying degrees of solidity or shading by using small dots.
  4. 8. The process or technique of laying on paint or pigment so thickly that it stands out from a surface.
  5. 12. The set of colors (red, yellow, blue) from which all other colors are derived.
  6. 13. A rough or unfinished drawing or painting, often made to assist in making a more finished picture.
  7. 14. Colors directly opposite each other in the color spectrum, such as red and green.
  8. 17. The treatment of light and shade in drawing and painting to create the illusion of three-dimensional volume.
  9. 18. Pots and other articles made from clay hardened by heat.
  10. 20. The area or object within the artwork that draws the viewer's attention.
  11. 21. you like me to generate a printable PDF-style layout for this puzzle, or perhaps create a word search with these same terms?
Down
  1. 1. The perceived surface quality of a work of art (smooth, rough, etc.).
  2. 4. The practice of incising a design onto a hard, usually flat surface by cutting grooves into it with a burin.
  3. 6. The art of making two- or three-dimensional representative or abstract forms, especially by carving stone or wood or by casting metal or plaster.
  4. 7. LIFE: A painting or drawing of an arrangement of objects, typically including fruit and flowers and objects contrasting with these in texture.
  5. 9. Art that does not attempt to represent external reality, but seeks to achieve its effect using shapes, forms, and colors.
  6. 10. A 20th-century movement that sought to release the creative potential of the unconscious mind, often by irrational juxtaposition of images.
  7. 11. A technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid, or wet, lime plaster.
  8. 15. Containing or using only one color (and its tints/shades).
  9. 16. A method of painting using opaque pigments ground in water and thickened with a glue-like substance.
  10. 19. The substance the artist uses to create a piece, or the binder (like oil or acrylic) mixed with pigmen