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Mankato Minnesota
Shared Drawing Final
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| This element refers to the surface quality [roughness or smoothness] | Texture |
| This element has three properties: Hue, Intensity and Value. | Color |
| This element refers to a continuous mark made on a surface. | Line |
| An enclosed space defined by other elements of art. May look 3 dimensional but is not. | Form |
| This element refers to the distance or area between, around, above or within things. | Space |
| A feeling of visual equal weight. | Balance |
| Relationship of bigness to smallness. | Proportion |
| Achieved by using similar elements throughout the work. | Harmony |
| Repeating shapes or colors to show movement. | Rhythm |
| Shows action, moves viewer’s eye through the work. | Movement |
| Differences in the work. | Variety |
| Developing points of interest to pull the Viewer’s eye to the important parts of the work. | Emphasis |
| All parts equal a whole. Not disjointed or confusing. | Unity |
| The awareness of objects, relations or qualities by means of the senses and influence of previous experience. | Perception |
| A drawing that portrays the essential movement, disposition or masses of a subject almost instantaneously. Often accomplished by using a “scribbly line”. | Gesture Drawing |
| The line that represents the edge of a form. | Contour Drawing |
| The act of doing a contour drawing without looking at your paper. Encourages artist to learn to view subject rather than representation. | Blind Contour |
| The relationship of part to part in a realistic drawing. For example: Legs are not too long for the size of the body. | Proportion |
| A way to portray forms on a two-dimensional surface so that they appear to project from or recede behind a flat surface; a means of creating the illusion of spatial depth in the figures or forms. | Foreshortening |
| A drawing or painting of a group of inanimate objects. | Still Life |
| A drawing or painting of countryside or land. | Landscape |
| Side view of a face | Profile |
| Series of parallel lines used to indicate shading or volume in a drawing | Hatch |
| A series of intersecting sets of parallel lines used to indicate shading or volume in a drawing | Crosshatch |
| A series of dots grouped to indicate shading or volume in a drawing | Pointillism |
| Evenly spaced lines running both vertically and horizontally at right angles that are used to aid in viewing special relationships from reference material to drawing or painting | Grid |
| Using a photograph or source of information to draw or paint from | Reference |
| Describing volume or dimension by incorporating value through use of various techniques such as hatching or crosshatching. | Shading |
| The relationship of all design elements within a format. | Composition |
| Drawing from life | Observational Drawing |
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