Art Appreciation

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color schemes include?

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primary- red blue yellow
secondary- purple(violet) orange, green
tertiary- red violet, red orange, yellow green, blue green
complementary- colors you find across from eachother

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Describe monochromatic, complimentary, unity and variety

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mono- one color
complimentary- 2 colors to create the photo (like red and green)
unity and variety- same proportions, but not everything the same

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name the different Art media

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pastel, Binder, Filler, Conte Crayon, Graphite Pencil, Pen and Ink, Encaustic Painting, Fresco Painting, egg tempera, oil paint, water color and gouche, acrylic

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conte crayon

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high quality version of the drawing medium we used as kids. Amount of pigment is very high and the crayon is hardened in a special process, come in black, white, gray and sanguine (dried blood)

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Graphite pencil

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ancestor to pencil, is metalpoint or silverpoint, can't erase mistakes

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Pan and Ink

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wet medium, unforgiving, overlaying of different lines can describe varying shades or gray from black to white

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encaustic painting

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with beeswax usually on a wood panel, not used very often today but a lot in Egypt

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Fresco painting

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very labor intensive and involves many people. Subject to many variables, makes different cells or plaster. Cracks overtime. once plaster dries paint becomes part of the building

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pastel

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made up of pigments or ground up minerals. Can be blended or left alone

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Binder and filler

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made of water
less expensive and lower quality (like crayons)

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Egg tempera

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old paint medium used by modern artists. great for filling in blocks or color or doing extremely fine details

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Oil paint

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linseed oil suspension dries slow (allowing artists to change paintings)

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water color and gouache

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both water media, but watercolor is translucent and gouache is opaque. can be worked with a lot of water or and almost dry brush

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acrylic

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synthetic medium which can mimic oils, temperas, water colors and gouache in appearance. Dries quickly