Drawing Terminology (A-O) Flashcards
What is Aerial View someimes also referred to?
Bird’s eye view
What is Aeriel View?
Observing from a point of view at a high elevation
What is the term to refer to observing from a point of view at a high evelation?
Aerial View
Where is the horizon line and vanshing point(s) placed in an Aerial View picture?
The horizon line and vanishing point(s) are placed near or above the top of the picture frame
What is Aerial / Atmospheric Perspective?
The illusion of atmospheric distance and depth
What is the term used to refer to the illusion of atmospheric distance and depth?
Aerial / Atmospheric Perspective
How can Aerial / Atmospheric Perspective be created?
Rendering objects in the background space with:
- Less edge
- Less value contrast
- Shift from warmer to coller hues
- Softer focus
- Lighter value
What is Abstraction?
The reduction or simlification of an image or object to an essential aspect of its form or content
What is the term used to refer to when one reduces or similifies an image or object to an essential aspect of its form or content?
Abstraction
What is Axis?
An imaginary straight line that indicatees movement and the direction of movement; the central line around which the parts of a thingare evenly arranged.
What is the name of the imaginary straight line that indicates movement and the direction of movement?
Axis
What is the central line around which the parts of a thing are evenly arranged?
Axis
What are Anatomical drawings?
Drawings showing some aspect of the “inside” of the human body for education purposes.
What is the name of drawings that show some aspect of the “inside” of the human body for educational purposes?
Anatomical Drawings
What is intergral to serious life drawing?
An understand of human anatomy
