Across
- 2. fine lines drawn on or cut into a surface
- 3. a thin curved board that an artist uses to mix paints, holding it by putting his or her thumb through a hole at the edge
- 5. a set of principles about beauty or art
- 7. a picture of an arrangement of objects, for example, flowers or fruit
- 9. consisting of straight lines
- 11. a colour or type of colour
- 13. a painting, drawing, or photograph of a person
- 17. flat and level
- 19. lighting, colours etc that are less bright than usual
- 20. the part of the view in a picture or a photograph that is closest to you when you are looking at it
- 22. the way a surface or material feels when you touch it, especially how smooth or rough it is
- 23. in shades of only one colour, especially shades of grey
- 24. to describe something or someone in writing or speech, or to show them in a painting, picture etc
- 27. bright or attractive
- 28. the shape of the outer edges of something such as an area of land or someone’s body
- 29. a way of decorating wood, stone etc with a shape or figure that is raised above the surface, or the decoration itself
- 32. a type of paint that you mix with water
- 33. the area that is behind the main thing that you are looking at, especially in a picture
- 34. a work of art, a piece of writing or music etc that is of very high quality or that is the best that a particular artist, writer etc has produced
- 36. not interesting, exciting, or attractive
- 37. to make clothes etc from wool or cotton, using a special needle with a hook at one end
Down
- 1. an object made out of stone, wood, clay etc by an artist
- 4. forms of art, especially paintings or sculpture, that are produced and admired for their beauty and high quality
- 6. a type of thin brightly coloured paper that stretches slightly and is used for making decorations (the thing you forgot the art teacher asked you to bring to school and reminded your mother at 11 PM that you urgently need this)
- 7. the areas of a drawing or painting that have been made to look darker
- 8. a painting made on a wall while the plaster is still wet
- 10. to succeed in recording, showing, or describing a situation or feeling, using words or pictures
- 12. not brightly coloured anymore
- 14. a loose piece of clothing (like an apron) worn by artists or other workers to protect their other clothing
- 15. the last piece of work that an artist or writer produces, or the last time someone gives a performance
- 16. unclear in shape, or making it difficult to see shapes
- 18. very detailed work that has been done using a lot of skill, so that the result is beautiful
- 21. pointing up in a line that forms an angle of 90° with a flat surface
- 23. a painting that is painted on a wall, either inside or outside a building
- 25. a small amount of a particular colour
- 26. most poor artists feel this in their tummies
- 30. a painting done with oil paints, or the piece of cloth it is painted on
- 31. a soft coloured substance similar to clay, that children use for making models or shapes
- 35. to make clothing out of wool, using two knitting needles
- 38. a wooden frame that you put a painting on while you paint it