Vocabulary

Unit #1 Vocabulary

Sources to Understanding:                                                        Compositional studies:                                                                                 Thumbnail sketches                                                                                 Proportion                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

            Perception/perceiving                                                             spiral                                                                                  

            Memory                                                                                   radial

            Imagination                                                                             symmetrical                  Position            Scale                Contour line      Outline/silhouette                     

Unit #2 Vocabulary (Elements of Art)

Eye level                                                                                   Horizon line                              Point of View                                                                                                                           Your Perspective

Basic Shapes (geometric)                                                          Basic Forms

            square                                                                                      cube

            circle                                                                                        sphere

            triangle                                                                                    cone

            rectangle                                                                                 cylinder

Light source                                                                              Ruler postulate                     highlight                                                                                                                             shade   shadow

Unit #3 Vocabulary (Pattern/Tool Bag)

Pattern             Tessellation                   Value contrast              Registration                  Kumihimo                     Braiding            stitching            Abstract

Nonrepresentational                  Positive/Negative Space                       symmetrical/asymmetrical                      Repetition                       

Unit #4 1pt. Perspective (Portfolio Cover)

Illusion              View point                    One point Perspective               Linear Perspective     Eye Level                        Receding/perspective lines                    Converging parallels

Minds Eye                    Vanishing Point            

Unit #5 Color Wheel  (Color Theory)

Primary Colors             Secondary Colors         Intermediate Colors      Tint      Tone/True tone             Shade               Spectrum

Color harmonies/Color Schemes:  ( Analogous, complementary, split complementary, double split complementary, warm, cool, and monochromatic)

Physical properties of color:  (Hue, value, and intensity)                         Positive primary colors              Negative primary colors

Unit #6

 

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