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