Art Overall Terms
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- Critique
- constructive criticism of a piece, pointing out pros and cons driven by facts
- Thumbnail Sketch
- a small version of a later work, "rough draft," to get ideas sketched on paper
- Viewfinder
- tool that sets up focus in a composition, allows zooming in
- Craftsmanship
- the quality of work, neatness
- Composition
- the way in which something(a piece of artwork) is set up, organization of art elements
- Implied Lines
- lines that are not directly shown but hinted at by values(darker to lighter)
- Restated lines
- lines that are gone over repeatedly instead of erased until the lines look the way that one wants-saves time
- Ellipse
- oval/tilted circle that appears on cups, bowls, etc...
- Golden Section/Rule of Thirds
- way to get a good composition by dividing paper into 3rds in order to find 4 "sweet spots"
- "Sweet Spots"
- 4 main points of composition, where focal point should be
- Focal Point
- the place in a piece of art where the viewer's attention goes
- Wide Range in Values
- the variation in the gradation, variety of grays
- Contrast
- the sharp difference between different values
- Blind Contour
- a drawing where one can only look at the object they are observing(not their paper) and cannot lift their drawing tool
- Modified Contour Drawing
- a drawing where one can only occasionally look at their paper, instead of the object they are observing, cannot lift their pencil