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OBSERVATIONAL DRAWING

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drawing based on looking at a subject

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HUE

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another word for color, the actual color. For example, blue-green, lime green, kelly green, blue, purple, red, orange, etc)

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PRIMARY COLORS

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red, blue, yellow

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SECONDARY COLORS

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purple, orange, green

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TERTIARY COLORS

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colors that are created by mixing one primary color and one secondary color. They are Red-Orange, Yellow-Orange, Yellow-Green, Blue-Green,Blue-Green, Red-Violet

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INTENSITY

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a color’s brilliance or purity–using the color right out of the tube without mixing it with anything.

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COMPLIMENTARY COLORS

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red/green, yellow/purple, and blue/orange; colors across from one another on the color wheel

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NEUTRAL COLORS(grayish brown color)

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created when you mix equal amounts of complementary colors

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TINT

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colors that have less intensity due to the addition of white

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SHADES

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colors that have less brilliance due to the addition of darker hues or black

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WARM COLORS

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red, yellow, orange, and their respective values

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COOL COLORS

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Blue, Purple (Violet), Green, and their respective values

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MONOCHROMATIC COLORS

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all the colors (tints, shades, and tones) of a single hue

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HORIZON LINE

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line that divides the sky from the ground. Also called eye level line

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GENERAL TO SPECIFIC DRAWING

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  1. Lightly draw in shapes of the composition.
  2. Correct shapes, add general shading and adjust lines to fix proportions.
  3. Add specific details and textures as needed.
  4. Add further contrast to any shading if necessary.
  5. Any last details complete to finish the piece.
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PATTERN

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A design created by repeating colors, lines and or shapes

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SYMMETRY/SYMMETRICAL

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what occurs when one side of something balances out or mirrors the other

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ASYMMETRY/ASYMMETRICAL

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what occurs when one side of something does not balance out or mirror the other side

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WAYS TO INDICATE DEPTH ON PAPER

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  1. Use of perspectives whether one point, two point, three point, etc.
  2. Overlapping
  3. Foreground middle and background
  4. Objects closer to the viewer are bigger.
  5. Objects closer to the viewer have more detail than objects far away.
  6. Objects closer to the viewer objects are more colorful.
  7. Adding texture
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OVERLAPPING

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when several parts of the picture are covering each other, making it easier to tell the relative distance between the elements

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UNOCCUPIED SPACE/NEGATIVE SPACE

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the space around the physical object or shape also a shape itself

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POSITIVE SPACE

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space inside the physical object or shape

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FOREGROUND

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area closest to the observer

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MIDDLEGROUND

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area between the foreground and the background

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BACKGROUND
area between the foreground and the background
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FOCAL POINT
center of interest in a work of art
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PERSPECTIVE AND LINEAR PERSPECTIVE
technique that creates an illusion of depth in a picture.
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VANISHING POINT
imaginary point on the horizon line which receding parallel lines converge
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FUNCTIONAL ART
refers to aesthetic objects that serve a utilitarian (to use) purpose. For example, dishes, furniture, chairs, bowls, etc
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TWO-DIMENSIONAL ART
Consists of paintings, drawings, photographs, prints /having the dimensions of only height and width only
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MEDIUM/MEDIA
refers to the materials that are used to create a work of art. The plural of media is medium. For example, tempera, acrylic pencil, pottery
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PAPER MACHE
french term that means “chewed paper.” A technique that involves saturating paper with an adhesive binder and forming in onto an object
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PORTRAIT
a painting, photograph, sculpture or other artistic representation of a person in which the face is the main theme
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STILL LIFE
a work of art depicting objects as subject matter. For example, simple shapes, food, flowers, plants, shells, etc
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CONTOUR DRAWING
a drawing using only LINES that define edges and surface ridges of objects and figures drawn with NO Shading
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EXPLAIN ONE POINT PERSPECTIVE
drawing method that shows how things appear to get smaller as they get further away, converging towards a single 'vanishing point' on the horizon line
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EXPLAIN TWO POINT PERSPECTIVE
linear perspective in which parallel lines along the width and depth of an object are represented as meeting at two separate points on the horizon
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WHERE ARE THE EYES LOCATED ON THE FACE
1/2 down
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WHERE IS THE MOUTH
1/3 between the nose and chin
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WHERE IS THE NOSE
1/2 between your eyes and chin
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OPAQUE
Not transparent or translucent, impenetrable to light, not allowing light to pass. A quality of tempera and or acrylic paint
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TRANSLUCENT
Transparent, penetrable to light, allowing light to pass through. A quality of watercolor paint
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COLOR WHEEL
visual representation of colors arranged according to their chromatic relationship
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3-D OBJECTS
have the characteristics of length, width, and thickness (depth)
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ELEMENTS OF ART
Basic components artists use to create works of visual art. They are; Line, Shape, Form, Value, Texture, Color, & Space
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LINE
continuous mark made on a surface. It may be two-dimensional(pencil on Paper, three dimensional(wire or rope), or implied (the edge of a shape or form)
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SHAPE
enclosed area determined by a line, value, texture, space, or any other combination of these elements. A shape has two dimensions; length and width
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FORM
similar to shape but three dimensional (cube, sphere, pyramid cylinder, etc and encloses volume
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VALUE
a color’s relative lightness or darkness/Value depends on how much light a surface reflects
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TEXTURE
is the tactile quality of a surface of its representation. The three basic types of texture are actual, simulated, and invented texture, The feel of an object or describes the surface of an object that can seen or touched
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COLOR
derived from reflected light. The sensation of color is aroused in the brain by response of the eyes to different wavelengths of light. A color has hue, (color Name) intensity, (strength or purity) and value (lightness and darkness)
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SPACE
the distance around between, above, below and within an object
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PRINCIPLES OF ART
what an artist gets to do with the elements of Art; How artists organize the the elements of Art. They are; Balance, Emphasis, Movement, Proportion, Rhythm & Variety
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BALANCE
Arranges elements to create a sense of stability/A way of combining elements to create a feeling of stability or equilibrium in a work of art
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EMPHASIS
Combines elements to point differences / Making something stand out by putting something very different next to or around it/ a way of combining elements to stress the differences between those elements (like contrast)
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MOVEMENT
Combines elements to create the illusion of action. A way of combining elements to create the look and feeling of action and to guide the viewer's eye throughout the work of art
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PROPORTION
Combines elements to create size relationships of elements to the whole artwork and to each other. The principle of art concerned with the relationship of certain elements to the whole and to each other. Is the size relationship from of one part to another
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RHYTHM
Repeats elements to create a visual tempo. The careful placement of repeated elements in a work of art to cause visual tempo
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UNITY
achieved when an artist successfully combines the elements and principles. It is the total visual effect achieved by carefully blending the elements and principles of art in a composition. This is also the main goal at the beginning of a piece of artwork when choosing which elements and principles will be combined. The look and feel of wholeness or oneness in a work of art. The total visual effect achieved by carefully blending the elements and principles in a composition.

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