Art 2 Drawing- Final Vocabulary
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Shipley-Shannon on December 15, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 abstract | a visual representation that may have little resemblance to the real world; occurs through simplification or distortion of the object to communicate essentials of form |
| achromatic | without color; black, white, and the grays between them |
| axis | a line of reference around which a form or composition is balanced |
| block-in | to use gestural or construction lines to indicate shapes and compositional arrangements on the picture plane |
| composition | the overall arrangement and organization of visual elements on the two-dimensional surface |
| critique | in art class, using knowledge to evaluate or analyze a work of art; to review, discuss, and compare a work of art, considering both the strong and weak points |
| dimension | a measurement in one direction |
| draftsmanship | the quality of a drawing or rendering |
| emotional color | a subjective approach to color usage to elicit an emotional response in the viewer |
| figurative | AKA representational/objective; artwork that is derived from an actual real life object, including, but not limited to, the human figure |
| figure | any positive shape or form noticeably separated from the background or the negative space |
| figure/ground relationship | the relationship between the shape of an object (figure) or objects and the surrounding area (ground). The figure/ground relationship is important compositionally and should be considered at the beginning of the artwork |
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