Art Vocabulary

3. The application of dilute (watered down) paint to the paper or canvas.
6. A way of combining art elements so that the same elements are used over and over to achieve balance and harmony.
9. Repetition of an element or a motif. Repeats in a predictable manner.
10. The idea underlying a work or design, the meaning of a creative work.
13. A form of balance in which each half of each image is a mirror reflection of the other half.
15. The actual and visual feel of surface areas - gritty/rough/smooth.
16. Applying multiple layers of paint to build up the sense of depth to an art work.

1. The range of colours used by an artist in making a work of art.
2. A term generally used to describe art that is not representational or based on external reality or nature.
4. A surface to which paint is applied also a coating material used to apply surface for painting.
5. The arrangement or pictorial elements in a picture plane - the layout.
7. The relative lightness or darkness of a colour.
8. The shape, outline, or configuration of any structure of an object.
11. Colours hues that cannot be produced by a mixture of other hues e.g. red, yellow, blue.
12. A feeling of equal weight, attention, or attraction of visual elements within an artwork.
14. The sensitivity and control of line variation to express particular visual characteristics - thick/thin straight/irregular.