Studio Habits of Mind
This habit of mind relates to learning about the art world.
What is understanding arts community?
A focal point in a work of art.
What is emphasis?
Drawing technique that uses lines to shade.
What is crosshatching?
A theme for art that addresses unique and universal human experiences.
What is the human experience?
A point that moves through space and leaves a trail behind it.
What is line?
This habit of mind relates to going farther with your artwork and trying new things.
What is stretch and explore?
A principle of design that has to do with symmetrical or asymmetrical visual weight.
What is balance?
Drawing technique that uses your hand-eye coordination to create the outline of an image.
What is contour line drawing?
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 principle of design is creating visual contrast through use of multiple different elements.
What is variety?
Painting technique that uses water (not watercolor).
What is washing?
A theme for artwork that explores the pursuit of art for its own sake.
What is art & art?
The area between above or below objects.
What is space?
This studio habit of mind has to do with looking carefully for the details.
A principle of design that involves combining similar elements to make a unified composition.
What is unity?
A technique used for collage to create space.
What is layering?
A theme for art that makes political or social statements.
What is politics & social order?
Can be geometric or organic.
What is shape?
This habit of mind includes knowing how to use and take care of your tools.
What is develop craft?
A visual path or sense of visual motion.
What is movement?
A technique for drawing that breaks an image into shapes making it easier to draw.
What is construction drawing?
A theme for artworks that depicts humankind's relationship with nature and the artists use of it as subject matter.
Has volume in height, width, and depth.
What is form?