Visual Arts & Painting Flashcards
The art of applying color or other organic or synthetic substances to various surfaces to create a representational, imaginative or abstract picture or design.
Painting
quality which gives color its name; the color of the spectrum
Hue
the lightness or darkness of color.
Value
the original colors which cannot be derived from any color combination (red, blue and yellow)
Primary Colors
the strength of the color’s hue.; brightness or dullness of color.
Intensity
the combination of two primary colors (green, orange, and violet)
Secondary Colors
composed of one of the primary colors and the combination of two others
Complementary Color scheme
the combination of both the primary and secondary colors.(yellow green, yellow orange, blue green, blue violet, red orange, and red violet)
Tertiary Colors
Color interpretation:
winter, spring, not aggressive in hue
Cold colors
three neighboring colors in the color wheel one distinct color among them.
Analogous colors
color scheme that uses only one hue and black and white mixed with that one color to make tints, or values of that color
Monochromatic Colors
Artists sometimes use color to express emotions or feelings, ignoring the actual colors of objects
Arbitrary Color
Color interpretation:
summer. Fall, friendly in character
Warm colors
Color interpretation:
excitement, danger, war, heat, anger, aggressive
Red
Color interpretation:
autumn, warmth, movement, can be disagreeably hot in effect
Orange
Color interpretation:
coolness, happiness, pleasure, popular with men
Blue
Color interpretation:
spring, summer foliage, safety, coolness, restful and pleasant
Green
part of the paint which supplies the color, is fine powder ground from some clay, stone, or mineral extracted from vegetable matter.
Pigment
Color interpretation:
sun, warmth without heat
Yellow
Color interpretation:
purity, innocence
White
Color interpretation:
mourning, sorrow, death
Black
Color interpretation:
dignity, formality
Cool colors
Color interpretation:
informality, excitement
Warm colors
Color interpretation:
humbleness, nobility
Brown
Color interpretation:
coolness, royalty
Purple
medium that combines dry pigments with the heat-softened wax and in modern times
Encaustic
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.
Fresco
earth or mineral pigments mixed with egg yolk and egg white. Since the paint dries quickly, corrections are difficult to make.
Tempera
tempered paint made of pure ground pigment bound with gum Arabic. It gives a delicate luminous texture to the painting
Watercolor
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.
Oil
translucent glass colored by mixing metallic oxides into the molten glass or by fixing them onto the surface of the clear glass
Stained Glass
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
Acrylic
graceful movements, fluidity, flexibility
Curve lines
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
Mosaic
fabrics into which colored designs have been woven.
Tapestry
presentation of subjects as it is. It is also the portrayal of objective reality.
Realism
Type of abstraction where subjects are in a mishappen condition
Distortion
means to move away or to separate. The artist is more concerned about the presentation of a part or a portion of a subject
Abstraction
Type of abstraction where the use of geometrical shapes and forms
Cubism
Type of abstraction where subjects are lengthened or stretched out
Elongation
emphasis on pleasure; the artists are non-conformists. Colors are not realistic and are mostly bright
Fauvism
from the French word “DADA” which means hobby-horse and a movement meant to shock the public.
Dadaism
rich and filled with emotion
Romanticism
concentrated on the artist’s impression of the moment
Impressionism
based on non-rational and emotional concepts
Espressionism
based from the Freudian Theory “Psychoanalysis”; aimed to bring the elements of subconscious to the surface
Surrealism
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
Still Life
the artists observation of people going about their usual ways, performing their usual tasks
Everyday Life
realistic likeness of a person in sculpture, painting, drawing, or print
Portrait
are artworks that show the physical environment
Landscapes, seascapes, cityscapes
shows a significant scene in the past and pictures the mysteries behind the folk stories.
Religion and Mythology
History and Legend
used to instruct, to inspire feelings of devotion and to convert non-believers
Religion and Mythology
earliest known paintings are representations of _______
Animals
the traditional chief subject of artists showing the human body, nude or clothed
Figures
may be of lifelike situation; it may be realistically represented, but if the figure suggests the strange, and the absurd
Dreams and Fantasies
a man’s own invention; extension of a point
Line
smallness or largeness of an object
Size
Lines that imply rest, repose and serenity
Horizontal lines
kind of line implies poise, stature, exaltation, and nobility; power, stability, strength
Vertical lines
Line having slanted or oblique direction that imply movement and action
Diagonal lines
graceful movements, fluidity, flexibility
Curve lines
Lines that are marked with irregular projections and imply struggle, conflict and violent
Crooked lines
characterized by curved lines. This type of line suggest gracefulness and softness.
Curvilinear line
Characterized by abrupt changes in direction. It suggests movement, tension, drama, violence, etc.
Zigzag/Geometric Lines-
an area of flat surface enclosed by a line
Shape
the feel or tactile quality of a surface of an object; the roughness or smoothness of an object
Texture
a series of wave lengths which strike our retina
Color
comes form Latin\ which means “means”; it is the means by which an artist communicates idea
Medium
those whose mediums can be seen and which occupy space
Visual Arts & Space Arts
those whose mediums can be heard and which are expressed in time; music and literature
Auditory Arts & Time Arts
metalwork, weaving, glassware, ceramics, furniture, photography, lettering, bookmarking, etc.
Minor or Applied Arts
those whose mediums can be both seen and heard, and which exist in both space and time; dance, drama, opera, cinema
Combined Arts
painting, sculpture, architecture, music, literature
Major Arts
painting, drawing, printmaking, photography
Two-dimensional arts
sculpture, architecture, landscaping, community planning, industrial design, ceramics and furniture-making
Three-dimensional arts
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
Technique
a two dimensional area that is defined in some way
Shape
irregular and uneven shapes
Free-form shapes
objects having three dimensions
Forms
element of visual art deals with thickness and solidity
Volume
in art is the technique used to represent three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface
Perspective
Mix a variety of skin tones first. Using a dabbing motion, apply a medium colour to the entire area
Stippling
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
Blending
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
Mixed Media
Begin by laying flat colour as a base (use darker shades in the shadow areas and lighter shades on the highlight areas
Scumbling
Requires you to water down the paint (or add acrylic medium to your paint) so it becomes translucent
Glazing
Begin with your darkest shadow colours and paint the entire area in this shade first.
Sgraffito
this technique can be done by wetting the paper first or leaving it dry
Wet-in-wet
technique is done by using a very thick application of paint, and using a palette knife to apply the paint
Impasto
