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- negative space
- the background or unfilled area of the picture plane.
- optical
- static artwork that seems to move by itself. illusion-background of self portraits.
- simulated textures
- textures related to paintings or photographs, not the actual surface
- score
- rough up the surface of the clay before attaching pieces.
- forms
- 3d-spheres, eggs, prisms, cubes.
- sculpture
- deals with real forms
- cross-hatching
- thin, closely spaced lines that cross
- coil
- long rope like pieces of clay
- kinetic art
- artwork that actually moves
- warm colors
- red, orange, yellow
- tint
- a color with white added to it.
- secondary
- orange, green, violet,
- value
- range of light and dark
- organic
- irregular shapes that can be found in nature.
- geometric
- shapes that are regular and usually found in things made by people.
- hatching
- lines that are thin, closely spaced, and parallel.
- optical mixing
- the visual appearance of hatched black lines that are so thin and close together, they appear gray.
- neutrals
- blacks, whites, grays, and browns
- bisque firing
- 1st firing in the kiln
- pinch
- one piece of clay
- nose
- the bottom of the nose is 1/2 way between the eyes and chin.
- value scale
- black ranging through grays to white.
- primary
- red,blue, yellow
- still life
- a group of objects placed together for the purpose of drawing
- gridding technique
- a checkerboard overlay, used to accurately identify each area of a picture being reproduced, often used to enlarge images.
- texture
- the surface of something, touch
- glaze
- glass like coating on ceramics
- descriptive line
- a line that is visible in a drawing
- implied movement
- stops an action in motion in an artwork
- shading
- variations in value to suggest form,volume, and depth in artwork
- clay
- decomposed rock
- outline
- a line that joins itself to surround a shape
- contour
- lines that define the outer edges of forms and surfaces within a form
- actual textures
- textures visible on the surface of a painting or sculpture
- saturation
- the brightness or dullness of a color
- continuous line
- a line where the pencil is not lifted from the paper.
- slip
- clay in the liquid state.
- eyes
- 1/2 way between top of head and the chin. space between eyes, length of one eye.
- gradation
- shows the advancement by successive stages from light to dark.
- pigment
- the coloring matter found in such things as inks and points
- profile
- view of side of face.
- monochromatic
- tints and shades of one color
- intermediate
- mixes of a primary and secondary color adjacent to each other on the color wheel.
- expressive line
- a line that conveys emotion
- shape constancy
- the tendency to see a shape as unchanging regardless of the viewing angle
- shadow
- an area partially luminated by a light source by slight blockage of an opaque object.
- implied
- lines that are indicated directly.
- fool the eye
- textures appear so real or lifelike
- shade
- a color with black added to it.
- hue
- identifies a color by name.
- slab
- a hand building technique uses flattening pieces of clay, constructed in layers
- mouth
- 1/2 way between chin and nose. end of lips line up with center of eyes.
- ears
- parallel to eyebrows and bottom of nose.
- opaque
- unable to be seen through.
- fore shortening
- making a 3d object appear to be seen at an angle by shortening one of the dimensions.
- shape
- a 2d area with a recognizable boundary
- complementary
- opposite colors on the color wheel
- cool colors
- blue, green, violet
- analogous
- adjacent colors on the color wheel
- mobiles
- art that hangs from the ceiling and slowly moves through the wind
- blind contour
- lines that result from looking only at your object and not at your paper.