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ART WORDSTHESE WORDS HAVE SPECIAL
MEANINGS
YOU MUST LEARN THEM!
PATTERNWHEN A SHAPE, IMAGE, COLOUR OR
LINE IS REPEATED OR GATHERED TOGETHER.
TEXTUREHOW THE SURFACE OF SOMETHING
FEELS.
COLOUR THERE ARE 3 PRIMARY COLOURS: RED,
YELLOW AND BLUE. BY MIXING ANY 2 PRIMARY COLOURS TOGETHER WE GET A
SECONDARY COLOUR.
YELLOW & BLUE = GREEN
BLUE & RED = PURPLE
RED & YELLOW = ORANGE
TONEDIFFERENT DEGREES OF LIGHTNESS
AND DARKNESS. YOU CAN USE A PENCIL TO SHADE OR MAKE COLOURS
LIGHTER OR DARKER. THIS MAKES OBJECTS LOOK REAL AND SOLID.
SHAPETHE OUTLINE OR FORM OF
SOMETHING.
FORMTHE SOLID 3 DIMENSIONAL SHAPE.
MEDIUMTHE TOOLS AND MATERIALS USED BY
AN ARTIST.
SYMMETRYWHEN TWO SIDES OR HALVES ARE
NEARLY THE SAME.
2 DIMENSIONALHAVING LENGTH AND WIDTH ONLY,
SOMETHING WHICH IS FLAT.
3 DIMENSIONALHAVING LENGTH, WIDTH AND DEPTH.
SOMETHING WHICH IS SOLID AND LOOKS REAL.
COLLAGEAN IMAGE CREATED BY MEANS OF
STICKING MATERIALS, (USUALLY TORN OR CUT PAPER) TO THE
PICTURES SURFACE.
STILL LIFEA PAINTING OR DRAWING OF
INANIMATE OBJECTS.
LANDSCAPEA PICTURE OF A TOWN OR
COUNTRYSIDE, A COMPOSITION THAT IS SIDEWAYS.
PORTRAITSA PICTURE OF A PERSON, ALSO A
COMPOSITION THAT IS UPRIGHT.
BATIKA WAY OF DECORATING FABRIC IN WHICH HOT WAX IS USED TO RESIST
DYEING.
COMPOSITIONA WHOLE PICTURE THAT IS BALANCED
AND PLEASING, AN ARRANGEMENT.
FOREGROUND/ BACKGROUND
THE FRONT OF A COMPOSITION AND THAT WHICH IS BEHIND IT.
SCALETHE SIZE OF AN OBJECT NEXT TO
OTHERS.
SKETCHA ROUGH DRAWING. A SMALL SCALE
TRIAL RUN TO SEE IF IDEAS WORK.
SPACETHE DISTANCE AROUND AND BETWEEN
THINGS.
PERSPECTIVEA WAY OF MAKING A DRAWING OR PAINTING LOOK DEEP AND REAL. A
METHOD OF MAKING THINGS APPEAR NEAR OR FAR.
ABSTRACTTO TAKE OUT, OR REMOVE PARTS OF
OBJECTS IN A COMPOSITION, SO THAT WORKS OF ART DO NOT LOOK
LIKE REAL OR RECOGNISABLE OBJECTS.
FIGURATIVEWORKS OF ART IN WHICH WE CAN EASILY RECOGNISE OBJECTS FROM
THE WORLD WE KNOW.
IMPRESSIONISTICA WORK OF ART WHICH SHOWS AN IMPRESSION RATHER THAN A CLEAR
PICTURE OF NATURE.
SURREALISTICIMAGINED PICTURES AND OBJECTS
FOUND IN FANTASY AND DREAMS.
CUBISMA revolutionary movement begun by Picasso
and Braque in the early twentieth century. It employs an analytic vision based on fragmentation and multiple viewpoints.
