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Art Midterms
Midterms for Art, Vocabulary & Demos
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Shape | A two-dimensional area with a boundary. |
| Value | The lightness or darkness of a color. |
| Space | The area around or within objects. |
| Line | The path of a moving point. |
| Form | An object that has three dimensions. |
| Color | An element derived from reflecting light. |
| Texture | The tactile quality of a surface; touch |
| Blind Contour Drawing | a method of drawing widely used by art teachers, where an artist draws the contour of a subject without looking at the paper. |
| Contour Line Drawing | an artistic technique used in the field of art in which the artist sketches the contour of a subject by drawing lines that result in a drawing that is essentially an outline |
| Schema | Drawing what you see, not what you think you see. |
| Imitationalism | The art of drawing an object exactly as it is seen. |
| Emotionalism | The art of showing emotion. |
| Formalism | Creating an abstract form of an object by splitting the objects into different parts and rearranging them into a different formation. |
| Craftsmanship | How art is made in any medium. |
| Materials/Media | Objects used to create art. |
| Typography/Fonts | Different methods of writing the alphabet |
| Composition | What a piece of artwork is made up of |
| Cropping | cutting of the edges |