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Art Concepts 101

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  • Landscape
    Fine Arts. the category of aesthetic subject matter in which natural scenery is represented.
  • Proportion
    harmonious relation of parts to each other or to the whole : BALANCE, SYMMETRY
  • High Contrast
    A large difference between the lightest and darkest parts of a picture
  • Stippling
    Stippling is the creation of a pattern simulating varying degrees of solidity or shading by using small dots.
  • Shape
    The external (outside) form, contours, or outline of someone or something.
  • Texture
    the visual and tactile (feeling) of a surface Or the quality of a surface
  • Drawing Techniques
    The technique of producing images on a surface, usually paper, by means of different mark-making ( usually with ink, graphite, chalk, charcoal, or crayon)
  • hatching
    the engraving or drawing of fine lines in close proximity especially to give an effect of shading
  • Realism
    Realism, sometimes called naturalism, in the arts is generally the attempt to represent subject matter truthfully.
  • contrast
    degree of difference between the lightest and darkest parts of a picture
  • Shading
    the use of marking made within outlines to suggest three-dimensionality, shadow, or degrees of light and dark in a picture or drawing
  • Width
    extent from side to side; breadth; wideness.
  • Low Contrast
    A small difference between the lightest and darkest parts of a picture
  • Art Process
    arts processes, including collage, sculpture , mosaic, printmaking (relief, intaglio, lithography, and screenprinting), photography, and digital imaging, drawin
  • Art History
    Art history is the study of objects of art considered within their time period. Art historians analyze visual arts' meaning (painting, sculpture, architecture)
  • Form
    Form is a visual element that refers to the illusion of a three-dimensional object on a two-dimensional surface. If your paintings look "flat" it is probably d
  • Art Career
    A job you can get in the arts.
  • Portrait
    PICTURE especially : a pictorial representation of a person usually showing the face