arts processes, including collage, sculpture , mosaic, printmaking (relief, intaglio, lithography, and screenprinting), photography, and digital imaging, drawin
Art Career
A job you can get in the arts.
Landscape
Fine Arts. the category of aesthetic subject matter in which natural scenery is represented.
Shading
the use of marking made within outlines to suggest three-dimensionality, shadow, or degrees of light and dark in a picture or drawing
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
Realism
Realism, sometimes called naturalism, in the arts is generally the attempt to represent subject matter truthfully.
Texture
the visual and tactile (feeling) of a surface Or the quality of a surface
High Contrast
A large difference between the lightest and darkest parts of a picture
contrast
degree of difference between the lightest and darkest parts of a picture
Portrait
PICTURE especially : a pictorial representation of a person usually showing the face
Proportion
harmonious relation of parts to each other or to the whole : BALANCE, SYMMETRY
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
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.
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)
Low Contrast
A small difference between the lightest and darkest parts of a picture
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