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Art elements
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| OBSERVATION | Looking. Becoming aware of what we see/taking notice of what we see. |
| RECORDING | Drawing or painting what we have noticed when we have observed or looked at something. |
| COMPOSITION | The way the different parts of a drawing or painting(shapes ,lines ,colours and so on) are put together or organised on a sheet of paper. |
| PROPORTION | The relationship between the height and width of an object. The sizes of objects in relation to each other. |
| SCALE | The size of a drawing on a sheet of paper. |
| FORM | The observation and recording of the 3D(three dimensional) quality of an object using line and tone. |
| TEXTURE | The observation and recording of texture(surface quality)using a variety of marks made by pencils/brushes or other tools. |
| DETAIL | The observation and recording of the outline of a shape in line. |