Art Vocabulary - First 9 Weeks

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Across
  1. 3. Specific ways colors relate to each other on the color wheel.
  2. 4. How light or dark something is.
  3. 5. Artists use these to help transfer an image square by square.
  4. 9. A color scheme using three colors evenly spaced around the color wheel.
  5. 11. The ears, eyes, and top of the nose all start at this line.
  6. 12. A color plus grey.
  7. 14. An element of art; any 2D enclosed space; can be geometric or organic
  8. 15. One of the two 3D versions of a triangle (when a triangle goes from a shape to a form).
  9. 18. A type of tetradic color scheme where the four colors are evenly spaced around the color wheel.
  10. 19. The texture of paper.
  11. 20. Using dots to show value.
  12. 24. The technical term for color.
  13. 27. The pencil hardness/darkness of a regular pencil.
  14. 28. Where the light source hits an object brightest in a work of art.
  15. 29. A color scheme using shades and tints of only one color.
  16. 30. The first step of drawing a face is drawing one of these.
  17. 32. These colors cannot be made, and they make up every other color.
  18. 34. A radial, symmetrical, circular design meant to represent meditation and higher thought.
  19. 35. A tool made of rolled up paper used to blend pencil, charcoal, and other art materials.
  20. 36. What orientation we say paper is when it's on its side (longer than it is tall).
  21. 39. A color scheme using three or four colors that are next to each other on the color wheel.
  22. 41. Where our light is coming from.
  23. 44. A small drawing done in preparation for a work of art; like a rough draft.
  24. 45. These colors are made by combining two primary colors.
  25. 46. An element of art; creates contours, defines shapes; can be thick or thin, straight or squiggly.
  26. 47. A picture or piece of art showing a person's face, usually from the shoulders or waist up.
  27. 48. Usually religious in nature, these were illustrated texts often embellished with real gold or silver to make them seem like they were glowing.
Down
  1. 1. Two colors across from each other on the color wheel.
  2. 2. Breaking things down into these makes complex subjects easier to draw.
  3. 6. How bright or dull a color is.
  4. 7. Using criss-crossing lines to show value.
  5. 8. A color scheme using two colors and their complements.
  6. 10. A color scheme using a color and its opposite on the color wheel.
  7. 13. Using tracing paper to transfer a design from one place to another.
  8. 16. Shapes that are irregular and cannot be measured using mathematical formulas.
  9. 17. A color scheme using a color and the two neighbors of its complement. It's shaped like a Y.
  10. 19. These colors are made by combining a primary color and one of its neighboring secondary colors.
  11. 21. A shape that is precise and regular, and can be measured using mathematical formulas.
  12. 22. Using parallel lines to show value.
  13. 23. A color plus white.
  14. 25. A wax- or oil-based coloring tool inside a wooden stick.
  15. 26. The art technique we use to show value.
  16. 31. A tool artists use to see how dark and light their materials can be; usually a long rectangle split into boxes and filled in.
  17. 33. The shadow an object casts. The answer is in the clue.
  18. 37. The 3D version of a shape. A circle becomes a sphere, a square becomes a cube.
  19. 38. The outline of a shape.
  20. 40. Using circular motion to build up value; also a good technique for colored pencils
  21. 42. A color plus black.
  22. 43. The building blocks used to create works of art. These include line, shape, form, value, color, texture, and space.