Perspective Vocabulary
This type of drawing shows depth by making objects appear smaller as they go farther away.
What is Perspective?
These lines go straight up and down and do NOT point to the vanishing point.
What are vertical lines?
This art term means how close or far something looks in an artwork.
What is depth?
Doors, windows, and furniture often look like this shape when drawn correctly.
What is a rectangle?
This element of art describes how light or dark something is.
What is value?
In one-point perspective, how many vanishing points are used?
What is one?
These lines go side to side and stay parallel to the horizon line.
What are horizontal lines?
Objects closer to the viewer appear this way.
What is larger?
In one-point perspective, windows get THIS as they move farther away.
What is smaller?
If an object is far away in a drawing, how should its value usually change compared to objects close to you?
What is it should be lighter (or less dark)?
In one-point perspective, all receding lines go toward this single location.
What is vanishing point?
These diagonal lines move toward the vanishing point.
What are orthogonal lines (or perspective lines)?
Objects farther away appear this way.
What is smaller?
A hallway is a strong example of one-point perspective because all lines go toward this.
What is the vanishing point?
What are red, blue, and yellow called?
What are primary colors?
This imaginary line represents where the sky meets the ground.
What is the horizon line?
In one-point perspective, only THESE lines converge.
What are receding lines?
What is the term for the area in a drawing that appears to be farthest away from the viewer?
What is background?
What is the area in a drawing that is closest to the viewer called?
What is foreground?
What is it called when an artist mixes two primary colors to make a new color?
What is a secondary color?
In this perspective system, the front face of objects is flat and facing the viewer.
What is one point perspective?
If a line goes toward the vanishing point, it should be drawn as this type of line.
What is a diagonal line?
In a perspective drawing, why do floor or ceiling lines get closer together as they move back?
What is to show space and distance?
If two objects are the same size in real life, how should they look in one-point perspective if one is farther away?
What is the farther one should look smaller?
When coloring a drawing, how can using both light and dark values help the artwork look more realistic?
What is it helps show form and space?