Art Knowledge Content

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Scumbling

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Ex.) Sponge Painting

Broken / speckled -- very little paint

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Primary Colors

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Red, Blue, and Yellow.

These colors can't be made.

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Secondary Colors

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Purple, Green and Orange

They are made by mixing 2 primaries together.

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Hybridity

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Mixing different ideas, or techniques together. ex.) Science and Technology

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Sfumato

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Artist: Da Vinci (Renaissance Art)

Blending colours, without the use of lines "in the manner of smoke".

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Alla Prima

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Painting technique with oils. Finishing a painting in 1 try before the paint dries. Cannot be re-worked.

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Impasto

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Artist: Vincent van Gogh

Thick painting. The texture of paint comes off the canvas. Brush strokes are visible.

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Frottage

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Artist: Max Ernest

Technique or process of taking a rubbing from an uneven surface to form the basis of a work of art.

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JPEG

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Method for digital images. Smaller more compressed file but poorer quality.

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TIFF

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Highest quality, used for commercial work. Used in desktop publishing, faxing, 3-D applications, and medical imaging applications.

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GIF

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For graphics and animation.

It is an image that moves.

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PNG

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Was created as an improved, non-patented replacement for(GIF), and is the most used image compression format on the Internet.

*Has a checked / transparent background*

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Lossless

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Allows original data to be compressed.

"You don't lose data, it just compresses"

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Contrapposto

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When the figure has most of it's weight on one foot while the other leg is bent at the knee.

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Triad

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three colors evenly spaced on the color wheel. A triad forms an equilateral triangle.

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Complimentary Colors

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Colors that are opposite of each other on the color wheel.

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Analogous Colors

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3 to 5 colors that are next to each other on the color wheel.

ex.) yellow green, green, teal.

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Monochromatic

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Literally means "one color". A one-color color schemes. A monochromatic painting shows various values (tints and shades) of the same color.

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Intensity

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One of the three properties of colors. Intensity is the brightness and dullness of a color. Think about a neon sign being very bright or intense!

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Value

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Value is one of the three properties of color. Value is the lightness and darkness of a color. Value is also called tints and shades.

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Tertiary (intermediate)

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A tertiary color is made by mixing a primary color with a secondary color. There are 6 tertiary colors on a color wheel. They are y-o, r-o, r-v, b-v, y-g,and b-g. The primary color is always written first in a tertiary color.

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Hue

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Full spectrum of colors which progress around the Primary colors.

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The three parts of a paintbrush

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The three parts are the handle, ferrule and brush.

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Shade

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A shade is a darker version of a color. A shade is a darker value of a color.

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Tint

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A tint is a lighter version of a color. A tint is a lighter value of a color.

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Three properties of color

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The three properties of color are hue, value and intensity. Remember the acronym HIV to remember the three words.

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Cantilevering

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A beam projecting at a distance beyond its supporting post often supported at only one end.

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Videography

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Diff. ways to frame a subject to make is more interesting.

people = medium close up "head / shoulders"

*avoid framing the profile straight on*

Instead do a 3/4ths view.