Art Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. Artwork made by attaching pieces of paper or other materials to a flat surface
  2. 6. Pattern of intersecting vertical and horizontal lines
  3. 8. A water-based paint with a polymer binder; dries to a permanent finish
  4. 9. The materials used by the artist to produce art (i.e., paint, clay, fibres)
  5. 13. The relationship in size of one component of a work of art to another
  6. 15. Colors obtained by adding white to a hue to lighten it.
  7. 16. Colours that are neither warm nor cool, such as black, white, grey, and brown
  8. 19. The arrangement of the elements of art and the principles of design within a given work of art
  9. 21. The part of the picture plane that seems to be the farthest from the viewer
  10. 22. The area within a composition at which the emphasis is greatest and where the eye of the viewer continually comes to rest (the centre of interest).
  11. 23. Colours hues that cannot be produced by a mixture of other hues e.g. red, yellow, blue
  12. 25. May refer to an individual artist or a group of artists whose work has certain features in common
  13. 26. Refers to the surface quality or “feel” of an object—its roughness, smoothness, softness, etc
  14. 27. The actual dimension of depth within a work of art or the illusion of showing distance in a work of art
  15. 28. Design principle that emphasises differences between the art elements. For example, a painting may have bright colours that contrast with dull colours or angular shapes that contrast with rounded shapes
  16. 29. Colours obtained by adding grey to the hue of a colour
Down
  1. 1. The part of a picture which appears closest to the viewer and often is at the bottom of the picture
  2. 2. A work of art whose primary purpose is to tell a story
  3. 4. The area within a composition at which the emphasis is greatest and where the eye of the viewer continually comes to rest (the centre of interest)
  4. 5. A means of conveying the illusion of depth by having one thing overlap, or partly cover, another
  5. 7. Finely ground powder that gives paint its colour.
  6. 10. Paint applied very thickly to make a textured surface.
  7. 11. A thin layer of translucent colour or ink used in watercolour, brush painting, and, occasionally, oil painting
  8. 12. Colours that are next to each other on the colour wheel and are related by a single hue; e.g., red, red-orange, orange, and red-violet
  9. 14. What an artwork depicts e.g. apples
  10. 17. System of representing three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface, giving the illusion of depth in space
  11. 18. A colour scheme that uses one colour and all of the tones, tints, and shades that can be derived from it
  12. 20. Colours like purple, green, orange; that can be produced by mixing two of the primary colours e.g. red and yellow make orange
  13. 24. A way of combining art elements so that the same elements are used over and over to achieve balance and harmony
  14. 25. Colours created when black is added to a hue to darken a colour