Art Class Flashcards
Value
The lightness or darker of a color
Gradation
A shading technique in which there is a gradual change in value from light to dark.
Blending
A shading technique that shows value without seeing lines
Hatching
A shading technique that shows value by drawing closely spaced parallel lines
Crosshatching
A shading technique that shows value by drawing layers of parallel lines that go in various directions
Hue
Another word for color
Color wheel
A circular diagram of the spectrum used to show the relationships between the colors
Primary colors
These colors from the basis for color theory or color mixing
Tertiary colors
A color frowned when a primary color is mixed with an adjacent secondary color
Tints
The result of adding white to a hue to produce a lighter hue
Shades
The result of adding black to a hue to produce a darker hue
Printmaking
The process of designing and producing prints using a printing block
Secondary color
A color produce by making two primary colors
Raw clay
Wet, fresh and manageable clay
Leather hard
Clay that is dried enough to be stiff, but is still damp enough to appear other pieces
Greenwash
Ware that is ready to be fired
Bisqueware
Ware that has been fired once
Glazeware
Ward that has been glaze fired
Hand building
Technique of building clay project using only hands and simple tools
Wedging
Method of kneading clay to remove all the air pockets
Score
A technique of making scratches in the surfaces of they clay
Slip
Liquid clay used to attach two pieces of clay together
Kiln
A furnac built of heat resistant material for firing clay
Glaze
A coating that been melted onto a clay surface but he use of heat
Coil
Rolling out ropes of clay with your hand
The actual picture the artist makes from a print using a printing block
Collograph
A print made from a collage of materials glued on to a printing block
Block
In printing a piece of thick flat material with a design on its surface used to print repeated impressions of that design
Braver
A smaller hand held rubber Rollie used to spread printing ink evenly on a surface before printing
Printing ink
A type of ink that follows smoothly dries quickly and is of a consistency able to hold enough color to make printed matter legible
Lino cutter
A tool for cleaning non image areas from a block of linoleum
Linoleum print
A tyke of relief in which the image is cut into a piece of linoleum
Perspective
The illusion of depth and distance created in a work of art.
Shape
A 2-D object defined in some way
Form
A 3-D object defined in some way
Horizon line
In perspective drawings it is where the land (or sea) meet the sky.
Vanish point
A point at which parallel lines seem to meet
Receding lines
Lines that go to the vanish point
Finishing lines
Lines that finish a 3D form (usually the back of the form)
Atmospheric perspective
Also called aerial perspective is the effect you get when far away objects take on the colors of atmosphere haze.
Line
Path made by a moving point
Contour line
Line that defines the outside edge of a shape
Gesture line
Quick rough lines, which capture shapes, form, and movement
Pattern
A combination of shapes repeated in a regular arrangement (oxoxoxox)
Repetition
One objects or shape repeated over and over (ooooooooo)
Caricature
A line drawing presenting a person or action in an exaggerated fashion.
