Drawing
Drawing 2
Misc. Vocabulary
Louise Bourgeois
100

painting or drawing of an arrangement of objects

What is a still life

100

an image is divided evenly into thirds, both horizontally and vertically

what is the rule of thirds

100

an artistic style that focuses on precisely and truly depicting the world as it actually exists

what is realism

100

the art medium she was most known for

what is sculpture

200

applying graphite or charcoal to paper and smearing the shades to make it smooth and blended

what is smudging

200

shade an area with intersecting sets of parallel lines

what is crosshatching

200

art that does not represent an accurate depiction of visual reality, communicating instead through lines, shapes, colors, forms and gestural marks

what is abstract

200

She made a large, rather creepy statue as an ode to her mother.  She represented her mother by depicting her as WHAT?

what is a spider

300

a laying in of the action, form, and pose of a model/figure

what is a gesture drawing

300

where the light hits the object, typically one of the whitest parts of your paper

what is a highlight

400

Using an implement of some sort to measure and successfully copy proportions from an object onto our drawing paper

what is sighting

400

a simple square or rectangle cut out of card that you can look through to help you to focus on something and not get distracted by what’s around it

what is a viewfinder

500

the illusion of 3d space on a 2d surface

what is depth

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