Habits of Mind
This studio habit of mind is used for noticing details.
What is observe?
A repeated sequence of visual elements.
What is pattern?
Elaboration.
What is it adding extra details?
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A theme for art that makes political or social statements.
What is politics & social order?
The area between above or below objects.
What is space?
This habit of mind includes knowing how to use and take care of your tools
What is develop craft?
The size of objects in relationship to other objects in a composition.
What is proportion?
Using squares over the surface of a source image and drawing to render accurate proportions.
What is grid drawing?
A theme for artwork that explores the pursuit of art for its own sake.
What is art & art?
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The visual range of light to dark.
What is value?
This habit of mind relates to learning about the art world.
What is understand arts community?
A focal point in a work of art.
What is emphasis?
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Scumbling, stippling, crosshatching, smudging.
What is shading?
A theme for art that addresses unique and universal human experiences.
What is the human experience?
Examples include zigzag, dotted, vertical.
What is line?
This habit of mind relates to going farther with your artwork and trying new things.
What is stretch and explore?
Can be symmetrical, asymmetrical, or radial.
What is balance?
A painting technique in which you paint a thin layer of translucent paint over another layer of paint so the bottom layer can be seen through the top layer.
What is a glazing?
A theme for artworks based on dreams and the imagination.
What is invention & fantasy?
Used to describe how something feels.
What is texture?
This studio habit of mind is used to overcome problems or obstacles in art making.
What is engage and persist?
A visual path or sense of visual motion.
What is movement?
The point in linear perspective that orthogonal lines are angled towards.
What is the vanishing point?
A theme for artworks that depicts humankind's relationship with nature and the artists use of it as subject matter.
What is the natural world?
These can be geometric or organic.
What is shape?
The spelling of the studio habit of mind involving completing, analyzing, adapting, and repeating a process.
What is REFLECT?
The spelling of a principle of design that involves combining similar elements to make a unified composition.
What is UNITY?
A technique using a wet brush on wet paper.
What is wet on wet?
A common theme in art that expresses the day to day life of the artist.
What is the here and now?
Defined by hue, value, and intensity.
What is color?
Spell this studio habit of mind that involves imagining what comes next.
What is envision?
Spell this principle of design that involves creating visual contrast through use of multiple different elements.
What is variety?
Three ways of adding value to your colors.
What is adding white, black, and grey paint?
A common theme in art that expresses ideas related to religious beliefs.
What is the sacred realm?
Spell this element of art defined by height, width, and depth.
What is form?