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zacharias art fundamentals

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Elements of Art
Basic visual symbols in the language of art. These include line, shape and form, space, color, value, and texture.
Line
The path of a moving point
Shape
The way the principles of art are used to organize the elements of art
Form
Precise shapes that can be defined through mathematical formulas. (Shapes that have actual names)
Space
The emptiness or area around, between, or within objects
Color
An object that is derived or reflected light contains...
Value
Black versus white, red versus green, soft versus rough are examples of...
Texture
This refers to how things feel
complimentary color
A color scheme providing great contrast, or two color sit opposite each other on the color wheel
monochromatic
One color, its tints and shades
Hue
Another word for color, such as blue, yellow green or fuchsia
Analogous
Colors sitting next to each other on the Color wheel/neighbors
Color Triad
A set of three colors equal distant on the color wheel
Tint
Mixing different amounts of color with white
Warm Colors
The colors in this half of the color wheel seemed to move toward the viewer
Cool Colors
The colors in this half of the color wheel seemed to recede from the viewer
Shade
Mixing different amounts of black with a color create this
Primary
The three colors that make up the rest of the colors on the color wheel
Secondary
Two primary colors, mix together in equal parts, create these
Tertiary
Equal amounts of one primary color and one secondary color creates these
Color Scheme
A specific group of colors
Optical color
The natural, actual color of an object or image
Arbitrary color
Color is used to represent the artist personal preference or emotion
Chiaroscuro
The treatment of light and shade in a work of art, especially to give an illusion of depth.
Scale
Appropriate size as measure against a standard reference. The basic criterion to be followed in our sketchbook.
Contrast
The darkness or lightness of an object
Gradation
The smooth transition or blending of one value into another value
Medium
Material used to make art
Principles of art
Rules that govern how artist organize the elements of art. These consist of rhythm, movement, balance, proportion, variety, emphasis, harmony, and unity
Emphasis
Principles of art that makes one part of a work dominant over the other parts. The element noticed first is called dominant; the elements notice later are called subordinate
Unity
The quality of wholeness or oneness that is achieved through the effective use of the elements and principles of art. It is created by simplicity, repetition, and proximity
Slip
liquid clay
Transparent
Often very light and why she when the pains are applied quickly and loosely with big brushes and lots of water. (Can see the paper through the paint)
Fire
The process, which changes clay into ceramics
Opaque
Thick coating (Paper cannot be seen through the paint)
Kiln
The large oven used to fireclay
Glaze Firing
The firing where the clay takes on its maximum strength
Wedging
Kneading clay in order to remove air bubbles and prepare it to be used
3 Dimensional
Height, width, and length
Glaze
A fin glass-like substance added to the ceramic piece in the final firing stage
Ceramics
Making objects with clay to produce pottery and/or sculpture
Composition
A two-dimensional area of enclosed space
Nine Zone Grid
A compositional tool used to help the artists fill and balance a work of art
visual texture
The illusion of texture based on the memory of how things feel
real texture
Receiving texture through touch
Geometric
An object that has three dimensions
Freeform
The shape or form of uneven nature. The outlines are made of curves, angles or both.
Broken
Not a basic type of line
Composition deals with
How the elements are arranged in a work of art
Good craftsmanship
No ghost lines
Slip
The gummy clay water mixture use to seal seems and joints
Plastic
able to be molded, altered, or bent
Leather Hard
the stage between plastic and bone dry when clay has dried, but may still be carved or joined to other pieces
Bone Dry
Clay in which all the moisture has dried out.
Bisque
The first firing of clay
Vanishing Point
The point at which, receiving parallel lines viewed in perspective seem to converge
Horizon Line
The line separating the ground from the sky; contains the vanishing point
2 Dimensional
A shape that only has two dimensions (such as width and height) and no thickness.
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