Art Class Flashcards

1
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Value

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The lightness or darker of a color

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Gradation

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A shading technique in which there is a gradual change in value from light to dark.

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Blending

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A shading technique that shows value without seeing lines

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4
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Hatching

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A shading technique that shows value by drawing closely spaced parallel lines

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5
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Crosshatching

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A shading technique that shows value by drawing layers of parallel lines that go in various directions

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6
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Hue

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Another word for color

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7
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Color wheel

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A circular diagram of the spectrum used to show the relationships between the colors

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8
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Primary colors

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These colors from the basis for color theory or color mixing

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Tertiary colors

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A color frowned when a primary color is mixed with an adjacent secondary color

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10
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Tints

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The result of adding white to a hue to produce a lighter hue

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11
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Shades

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The result of adding black to a hue to produce a darker hue

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12
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Printmaking

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The process of designing and producing prints using a printing block

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13
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Secondary color

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A color produce by making two primary colors

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14
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Raw clay

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Wet, fresh and manageable clay

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Leather hard

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Clay that is dried enough to be stiff, but is still damp enough to appear other pieces

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16
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Greenwash

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Ware that is ready to be fired

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17
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Bisqueware

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Ware that has been fired once

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18
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Glazeware

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Ward that has been glaze fired

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19
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Hand building

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Technique of building clay project using only hands and simple tools

20
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Wedging

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Method of kneading clay to remove all the air pockets

21
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Score

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A technique of making scratches in the surfaces of they clay

22
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Slip

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Liquid clay used to attach two pieces of clay together

23
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Kiln

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A furnac built of heat resistant material for firing clay

24
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Glaze

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A coating that been melted onto a clay surface but he use of heat

25
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Coil

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Rolling out ropes of clay with your hand

26
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Print

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The actual picture the artist makes from a print using a printing block

27
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Collograph

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A print made from a collage of materials glued on to a printing block

28
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Block

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In printing a piece of thick flat material with a design on its surface used to print repeated impressions of that design

29
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Braver

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A smaller hand held rubber Rollie used to spread printing ink evenly on a surface before printing

30
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Printing ink

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A type of ink that follows smoothly dries quickly and is of a consistency able to hold enough color to make printed matter legible

31
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Lino cutter

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A tool for cleaning non image areas from a block of linoleum

32
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Linoleum print

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A tyke of relief in which the image is cut into a piece of linoleum

33
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Perspective

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The illusion of depth and distance created in a work of art.

34
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Shape

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A 2-D object defined in some way

35
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Form

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A 3-D object defined in some way

36
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Horizon line

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In perspective drawings it is where the land (or sea) meet the sky.

37
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Vanish point

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A point at which parallel lines seem to meet

38
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Receding lines

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Lines that go to the vanish point

39
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Finishing lines

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Lines that finish a 3D form (usually the back of the form)

40
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Atmospheric perspective

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Also called aerial perspective is the effect you get when far away objects take on the colors of atmosphere haze.

41
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Line

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Path made by a moving point

42
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Contour line

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Line that defines the outside edge of a shape

43
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Gesture line

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Quick rough lines, which capture shapes, form, and movement

44
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Pattern

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A combination of shapes repeated in a regular arrangement (oxoxoxox)

45
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Repetition

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One objects or shape repeated over and over (ooooooooo)

46
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Caricature

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A line drawing presenting a person or action in an exaggerated fashion.