8th grade ART TERMS
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| art criticism | an organized approached for studying a work of art
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| 4 steps of art criticism | 1.Description
2.Analysis
3.Interpretation
4.Judgement
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| description | size of the work, subject, object, details, and elements of art used in the work
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| analysis | how the work's organized, discovering how the principles of art are used to organize the art elements of line, color, value, shape, form, space, and texture
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| interpretation | what message this artwork communicates, what the meaning or mood of the work is
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| judgement | determining if it's a successful work of art and the degree of artistic measure
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| line | the path of a point moving through space, artists use this to lead your eyes through a work of art because it takes movement
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| shape | a flat 2-D area with height and width
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| form | 3-D shapes expressing length, width, and depth
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| color | the element of art concerned with visual quality of objects caused by the amount of light reflected by them
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| value | the lightness and darkness of a color
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| shade | a darker value made by adding black to a color
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| tint | a lighter value made by adding white to a color
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| texture | the way something feels to the touch or looks to the eye
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| tactile texture | texture you can feel
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| visual texture | the illusion of a 3-D surface
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| pattern | a regular, predictable repetition of elements in artwork
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| rhythm | the repetition of elements creating a feeling of visual motion in an artwork
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| balance | the arrangement of the parts of an artwork to give a sense of overall equality in visual weight. It can be symmetrical, asymmetrical, or radial and informal.
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| printmaking | a process in which an artist repeatedly transfers an original image from one prepared surface to another
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| 3 main printmaking steps | 1.Creating the print plate
2. Inking the plate
3. Transferring the image
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| proportion | the principle of design concerned with the size relationship of one part to another
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| unity | the quality of seeming whole and complete, when all the parts of an artwork look right together
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| variety | the use or combination of different elements to add interest to artwork
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| emphasis | importance given to certain objects or areas in an artwork to create dominance, contrast, or a focal point
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| drawing | the process of moving an instrument over a smooth surface to leave a mark
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| contour line drawing | a drawing that defines the edges and surface ridges of an object
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| gesture drawing | an expressive drawing with intention of feeling the motion in the object
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| painting | the process of applying color to a surface using tools such as a brush, painting knife, a roller, or even your fingers
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| watercolor | paint with soft flowing, transparent colors.Always thinned with water.
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| acrylic | fast drying, and water soluble until they dry, but water-resistant when they dry
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| tempera | a paint that dries with an opaque finish, historically an egg
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| relief printing | an artist cuts away the sections of a surface not meant to hold ink
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| intaglio | a process in which ink is forced into lines that have been cut or etched on a hard surface such as metal or wood
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| lithography | the image to be printed is drawn with a greasy crayon that ink is attracted to, and the other areas are treated with a substance that repels ink
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| serigraphy | a process that uses a fabric screen stencil and ink is pressed through the screen. Non-image areas are blocked out so ink can not pass through.
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| 3-D art | any artwork that has height, width, and depth
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| 2 categories of 3-D art | 1. In the Round
2. Relief
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| In the Round | freestanding art that is surrounded by negative space. All sides are worked by the artist.
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| Relief | only one side of the artwork is important , the artwork only comes slightly off its surface and it is not freestanding
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| functional art | art that has a use/job
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| simplified art | recognizable but not realistic
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| 4 techniques for making sculpture | 1. Assembling
2. Carving
3. Modeling
4. Casting
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| assembling | a process in which pieces of material are glued or joined together. This sculpture is built up.
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| carving | a sculpting method that artists create by subtracting or taking away the original material to form an image
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| modeling | the building up and shaping of soft material to create a sculpture
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| casting | a sculpting process where the artist starts by making a mold and then pours a material into the mold. the material will harden and become the sculpture.
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