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Design
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100
The process of reproducing images on a flat surface. Some types of this are relief block, intaglio and stencil
What is printmaking?
100
An instrument for writing or drawing, consisting of a thin stick of graphite or a similar substance enclosed in a long thin piece of wood or fixed in a metal or plastic case.
What is a penicl?
100
A piece of art made by sticking various different materials such as photographs and pieces of paper or fabric onto a backing.
What is a collage?
100
When one side of a piece of artwork doesn't appear heavier than the other side.
What is balance?
100
Black, White, Grey.
What are Neutral Colors?
200
A technique of mural painting executed upon freshly-laid, or wet lime plaster
What is Fresco?
200
An artist's device for spraying paint by means of compressed air
What is a airbrush?
200
Gold that has been beaten into a very thin sheet, used in gilding.
What is gold leaf?
200
Combining art elements to stress the difference between the elements. Example, bright colors with some dull colors.
What is contrast?
200
A color made by mixing two or more primary colors in a given color space.
What are secondary colors?
300
Drawing or graphics that shade an area with intersecting sets of parallel lines
What is a cross hatching?
300
A self-supporting wooden frame for holding an artist's work while it is being painted or drawn.
What is a easel?
300
The art or skill of combining text and pictures in advertisements, magazines, or books.
What is graphic design?
300
The part of the art piece that is noticed first.
What is dominance?
300
A color found on the color wheel.
What is a hue?
400
A technique in printmaking in which an image is carved into the surface of a block of wood.
What is Woodcut?
400
A thin steel blade with a handle for mixing colors or applying or removing paint.
What is palette knife?
400
A method of painting with pigments dispersed in an emulsion miscible with water, typically egg yolk. The method was used in Europe for fine painting, mainly on wood panels, from the 12th or early 13th century until the 15th, when it began to give way to oils.
What is tempura?
400
Repetition of shapes, lines and colors.
What is a pattern?
400
The brightness or dullness of a color.
What is intensity?
500
A technique that involves inflating molten glass into a bubble, with the aid of a blowpipe.
What is glass blowing?
500
A long-bladed hand tool with a beveled cutting edge and a plain handle that is struck with a hammer or mallet, used to cut or shape wood, stone, metal, or other hard materials
What is a chisel?
500
Sculptural form in which figures are carved in a flat surface and project only slightly from the background rather than standing freely.
What is bas-relief?
500
Refers to the quality of wholeness or oneness that is achieved through the effective use of the elements and principle of design.
What is unity?
500
This term refers to colors found opposite on the color wheel and have the greatest degree of contrast (red/green).
What is complementary?