Visual arts: the arts of painting and sculpture, rather than literature and music
Noun. Amanda studies visual arts at college.
Ceramics: pots and other articles made from clay hardened by heat.
Noun. My mom used to do ceramics and paintings when younger.
Design: an outline, sketch, or plan, as of the form and structure of a work of art, an edifice, or a machine to be executed or constructed. organization or structure of formal elements in a work of art
Noun. Mario designs pretty structures.
Installation: a form of modern sculpture where the artist uses sound, movement, or space as well as objects in order to make an often temporary work of art
Noun. The Modern Museum of Art had a huge intallation from Koons
Drawing: a picture or diagram made with a pencil, pen, or crayon rather than paint.
Noun. Sheyla showed me many of her best drawings.
Painting: a picture made using paint
Noun. My favorite paint is Sunflowers by Van Gogh.
Photography: the art or practice of taking and processing photographs
Noun. I practiced photography when I was younger.
Printmaking: the activity or occupation of making pictures or designs by printing them from specially prepared plates or blocks.
Noun. Printmaking is such an interesting form of art.
Acrylic: of synthetic resins and textile fibers) made from polymers of acrylic acid or acrylates
Noun. Diego Rivera made acrylic on canvas a famous kind of paintings.
Bronze: a brown metal made of copper and tin
Noun. Bronze sculptures are amazingly detail.
Sculpture: the art of forming solid objects that represent a thing, person, idea, etc. out of a material such as wood, clay, metal, or stone, or an object made in this way
Noun. Leonardo Da Vinci made amazing sculptures.
Canvas: a piece of cloth used by artists for painting on, usually with oil paints, or the painting itself
Noun. The bigger canvas I saw was used to make a huge portrait.
Brush: an implement with a handle, consisting of bristles, hair, or wire set into a block, used for cleaning or scrubbing, applying a liquid or powder to a surface, arranging the hair, or other purposes.
Noun. I use a lot of special brushes for my paintings.
Graphite: a soft, dark grey form of carbon, used in the middle of pencils, as a lubricant in machines, and in some nuclear reactors
Noun. The painting was made with only graphite.
Chisel: a long-bladed hand tool with a beveled cutting edge and a plain handle that is struck with a hammer or mallet, used to cut or shape wood, stone, metal, or other hard materials.
Noun. A sculptor uses a chisel and hammer to do his job.
Ink: a colored fluid used for writing, drawing, printing, or duplicating
Noun. A special type of ink is used for tattos.
