Drawing Terms

2. the areas around positive forms that share edges with forms
4. the grade number stamped on drawing pencils indicates the hardness or softness of the graphite
5. the objective depiction of objects, forms, and figures attentively perceived
9. a set of symbols that are consistently used to form an image
10. consciousness; the act of 'taking account' of an object, person or surrounds
11. the left half of the brain
12. a mental state of information processing characterized linear, verbal, analytic, and logical
13. a series of parallel lines used to indicate shading or volume in a drawing
14. about ten percent of the population prefers using the left hand for motor activities
17. in drawing, a line that represents the shared edges of shapes and spaces
18. in art, the effect caused by a light source
20. a means of creating the illusion of projecting or receding forms on a flat surface.
21. a 'starting shape' or 'starting unit' chosen from within a composition
23. the right half of the brain. For most right-handed individuals, visual, spatial, relational functions are largely located in the right hemisphere
24. the darkness or lightness of tones or colors
26. in a drawing, sometimes called 'informal perspective'
27. the particular shape of a drawing surface
28. a device used by artists to frame and provide bounding edges to a composition

1. a mental state, implying emphasis on particular capabilities of the human brain
3. an imaginary transparent plane, like a framed window, that always remains parallel to the vertical plane of the artist's face
6. a transference of the predominance of one mental state to another
7. a translation of a real-life object or experience
8. an ordered relationship among the parts or elements of an artwork
15. in portrait drawing, the horizontal proportional line that divides the head approximately in half
16. direct and apparently unmediated knowledge; a judgement, meaning, or idea that occurs to a person
19. to call up in the mind a mental copy of something not present to the senses
22. a recombination of mental images from past experiences into new expressive patterns
25. a state of mental processing characterized as visual, spatial, simultaneous, global, and relational.
29. in drawing, a place where two things meet; the line of separation between two shapes or a space