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Art 7

Art

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Accordion book
Invented in Asia to accommodate scrolls that had become unmanageable due to their size
Silhouette
An outline of a shape, filled in with a solid color
Creativity
Solving a problem in a way that is original and unique
Analogous
Colors that are next to each other on the color wheel
Shading
Arranging of light and shadow to create the illusion of 3-D form
Libraries
Developed during the middle ages. Books were chained down to prevent theft
Observation drawing
Drawing from life
Incising
Using a scratching tool to remove the top color or to reveal the paper beneath the color
Balance
Arranging of visual elements either equally (symmetrical) or unequally (asymmetrican)
Blending
Combining colors to create different shades of a color
Left brain thinking
The verbal, mathematical, analytical side
Texture
How things feel, of how things look like they might feel
Composition
The arrangement of elements in a work or art
Scumbling
Using a series of circles of various size and color to create changes in value
Contour Line
Drawing all of the edges and ridges of an object
Positive Space
The image. The shapes or forms in a drawing
Roman Alaphabet
The alphabet that our current 26 letter alphabet originated from
Negative Space
Empty spaces surrounding positive space
Burnishing
Layers of colored pencil that are put on very thick so that it has a shiny, jewel like surface
Complementary
Colors that are opposite each other on the color wheel
Right brain thinking
The creative, spatial side
Paper
Invented in china around 105 AD. Made from the inner bark of the mulberry tree
Hieroglyphics
Egyptain writing that uses pictures

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