Color and Light
Figure
Form
Animals
Composition
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What is the first step of rendering form, as we learned it in class?

Separate areas in light from areas in shadow

1

What are the 'three major masses'?

Head, Rib cage, and pelvis

1

How many faces does a cube have?

6

1

What is a qudraped

An animal that walks on 4 limbs

1

This composition tool directs the viewers eye toward the focal point by having elements within the picture point at it. 

Leading Lines

2

What quality in rendering shows the roundness or sharpness of a surface

The edges/ speed of transition between light and shadow

2

Finish this sentence that Noah says every week: "No matter how long we have for a pose, we start ____."

"...exactly the same." or "...with gesture."

2

What do you call a line in a drawing that describes the surface of a form?

A cross-contour line

2

What metaphor did I use to describe the difference between a dogs bite and a horses?

A scissor vs a nutcracker

2

Fill in the blanks for this compositional tool: "____ within a ____"

Frame within a frame

3

Name the 3 aspects of color

Hue, Value, and Saturation

3

What 3 headed group of muscles originates along the shoulder girdle and inserts on the humerus?

The deltoids

3

What types of edges go to the same vanishing point in a picture?

Parallels

3

Out of dogs, sea lions, humans, and cats, which have an arm consisting of a shoulder blade, humerus, radius/ulna, and 5 digits?

All of them

3

Name 3 types of contrast you can use in composition

Contrast of color, of size, of value, of detail, of edges

4

Name 3 types of shadows

Form, Cast, Occlusion

4

Name 3 of the 7 fold types we learned

Pipe, Diaper, Drop, Zig Zag, Half Lock, Inert, Spiral

4

When drawing a cylinder, how do you determine the angle of the minor axis of the ellipse?

It is parallel to the cylinders sides (it goes to its vanishing point)

4

What part of a horses limb makes contact with the ground 

their middle finger/toe nail

4

What were the 3 value ranges/schemes we discussed in the composition lecture?

High Key, Low Key, High Contrast

5

What do you call the color associated with an object, outside any given lighting

local color

5

What is the one thing muscles can do?

They bring one part of the body closer to another (they contract)

5

What is the maximum number of vanishing points possible in a photo?

Infinite

5

What is a pentadactyl limb?

A limb with a shoulder blade, humerus, radius/ulna, and five digits, common to mammals

5

What does Noah think is the most important factor in composition?

Value

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