Visual Arts & Painting

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The art of applying color or other organic or synthetic substances to various surfaces to create a representational, imaginative or abstract picture or design.

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Painting

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quality which gives color its name; the color of the spectrum

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Hue

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the lightness or darkness of color.

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Value

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the original colors which cannot be derived from any color combination (red, blue and yellow)

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Primary Colors

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the strength of the color’s hue.; brightness or dullness of color.

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Intensity

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the combination of two primary colors (green, orange, and violet)

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Secondary Colors

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composed of one of the primary colors and the combination of two others

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Complementary Color scheme

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the combination of both the primary and secondary colors.(yellow green, yellow orange, blue green, blue violet, red orange, and red violet)

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Tertiary Colors

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Color interpretation:

winter, spring, not aggressive in hue

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Cold colors

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three neighboring colors in the color wheel one distinct color among them.

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Analogous colors

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color scheme that uses only one hue and black and white mixed with that one color to make tints, or values of that color

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Monochromatic Colors

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Artists sometimes use color to express emotions or feelings, ignoring the actual colors of objects

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Arbitrary Color

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Color interpretation:

summer. Fall, friendly in character

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Warm colors

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Color interpretation:

excitement, danger, war, heat, anger, aggressive

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Red

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Color interpretation:

autumn, warmth, movement, can be disagreeably hot in effect

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Orange

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Color interpretation:

coolness, happiness, pleasure, popular with men

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Blue

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Color interpretation:

spring, summer foliage, safety, coolness, restful and pleasant

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Green

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part of the paint which supplies the color, is fine powder ground from some clay, stone, or mineral extracted from vegetable matter.

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Pigment

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Color interpretation:

sun, warmth without heat

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Yellow

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Color interpretation:

purity, innocence

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White

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Color interpretation:

mourning, sorrow, death

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Black

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Color interpretation:

dignity, formality

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Cool colors

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Color interpretation:

informality, excitement

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Warm colors

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Color interpretation:

humbleness, nobility

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Brown

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Color interpretation: coolness, royalty

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Purple

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medium that combines dry pigments with the heat-softened wax and in modern times

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Encaustic

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application of earth pigments with water on a plaster wall while the plaster is still damp. Color then sinks into the surface and becomes an integral part of the wall.

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Fresco

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earth or mineral pigments mixed with egg yolk and egg white. Since the paint dries quickly, corrections are difficult to make.

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Tempera

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tempered paint made of pure ground pigment bound with gum Arabic. It gives a delicate luminous texture to the painting

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Watercolor

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pigment is mixed with linseed oil applied to primed canvas. It is flexible; slow to dry and the painting can be changed and worked over a long period of time.

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Oil

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translucent glass colored by mixing metallic oxides into the molten glass or by fixing them onto the surface of the clear glass

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Stained Glass

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synthetic paint using acrylic polymer emulsions as binder are the newest mediums and the ones that are widely used by today’s painters; dry quickly like the watercolor and also flexible like the oil

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Acrylic

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graceful movements, fluidity, flexibility

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Curve lines

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related to painting only because it creates pictures on flat surfaces. They are wall or floor decorations made of small cubes of irregularly cut pieces of colored stones or glass called tesserae

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Mosaic

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fabrics into which colored designs have been woven.

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Tapestry

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presentation of subjects as it is. It is also the portrayal of objective reality.

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Realism

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Type of abstraction where subjects are in a mishappen condition

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Distortion

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means to move away or to separate. The artist is more concerned about the presentation of a part or a portion of a subject

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Abstraction

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Type of abstraction where the use of geometrical shapes and forms

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Cubism

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Type of abstraction where subjects are lengthened or stretched out

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Elongation

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emphasis on pleasure; the artists are non-conformists. Colors are not realistic and are mostly bright

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Fauvism

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from the French word “DADA” which means hobby-horse and a movement meant to shock the public.

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Dadaism

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rich and filled with emotion

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Romanticism

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concentrated on the artist’s impression of the moment

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Impressionism

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based on non-rational and emotional concepts

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Espressionism

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based from the Freudian Theory “Psychoanalysis"; aimed to bring the elements of subconscious to the surface

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Surrealism

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groups of inanimate objects arranged in an indoor setting such as objects as dishes of food on a dining table, pots and pans on a kitchen table

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Still Life

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the artists observation of people going about their usual ways, performing their usual tasks

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Everyday Life

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realistic likeness of a person in sculpture, painting, drawing, or print

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Portrait

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are artworks that show the physical environment

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Landscapes, seascapes, cityscapes

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shows a significant scene in the past and pictures the mysteries behind the folk stories. Religion and Mythology

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History and Legend

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used to instruct, to inspire feelings of devotion and to convert non-believers

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Religion and Mythology

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earliest known paintings are representations of _______

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Animals

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the traditional chief subject of artists showing the human body, nude or clothed

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Figures

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may be of lifelike situation; it may be realistically represented, but if the figure suggests the strange, and the absurd

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Dreams and Fantasies

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a man’s own invention; extension of a point

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Line

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smallness or largeness of an object

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Size

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Lines that imply rest, repose and serenity

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Horizontal lines

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kind of line implies poise, stature, exaltation, and nobility; power, stability, strength

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Vertical lines

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Line having slanted or oblique direction that imply movement and action

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Diagonal lines

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graceful movements, fluidity, flexibility

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Curve lines

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Lines that are marked with irregular projections and imply struggle, conflict and violent

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Crooked lines

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characterized by curved lines. This type of line suggest gracefulness and softness.

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Curvilinear line

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Characterized by abrupt changes in direction. It suggests movement, tension, drama, violence, etc.

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Zigzag/Geometric Lines-

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an area of flat surface enclosed by a line

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Shape

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the feel or tactile quality of a surface of an object; the roughness or smoothness of an object

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Texture

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a series of wave lengths which strike our retina

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Color

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comes form Latin\ which means “means”; it is the means by which an artist communicates idea

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Medium

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those whose mediums can be seen and which occupy space

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Visual Arts & Space Arts

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those whose mediums can be heard and which are expressed in time; music and literature

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Auditory Arts & Time Arts

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metalwork, weaving, glassware, ceramics, furniture, photography, lettering, bookmarking, etc.

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Minor or Applied Arts

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those whose mediums can be both seen and heard, and which exist in both space and time; dance, drama, opera, cinema

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Combined Arts

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painting, sculpture, architecture, music, literature

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Major Arts

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painting, drawing, printmaking, photography

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Two-dimensional arts

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sculpture, architecture, landscaping, community planning, industrial design, ceramics and furniture-making

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Three-dimensional arts

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ability to do what you want to do, when you want to do it, in the way you want to do it; the artist’s control of the medium

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Technique

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a two dimensional area that is defined in some way

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Shape

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irregular and uneven shapes

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Free-form shapes

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objects having three dimensions

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Forms

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element of visual art deals with thickness and solidity

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Volume

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in art is the technique used to represent three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface

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Perspective

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Mix a variety of skin tones first. Using a dabbing motion, apply a medium colour to the entire area

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Stippling

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work with various skin tones already mixed. Using the same brush, apply the colours simultaneously and overlap your brushstrokes in both areas to ensure that the colours blend seamlessly together

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Blending

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begin by laying down the flat colour shades on the various areas after it has dried, experiment with different media to layer overtop and create the various levels of shading

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Mixed Media

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Begin by laying flat colour as a base (use darker shades in the shadow areas and lighter shades on the highlight areas

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Scumbling

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Requires you to water down the paint (or add acrylic medium to your paint) so it becomes translucent

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Glazing

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Begin with your darkest shadow colours and paint the entire area in this shade first.

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Sgraffito

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this technique can be done by wetting the paper first or leaving it dry

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Wet-in-wet

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technique is done by using a very thick application of paint, and using a palette knife to apply the paint

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Impasto