Art Midterm

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media

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material which any art object is made

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technique

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how an artist uses materials

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mixed media

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variety of different art techniques or materials combined in one artwork

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cartoon

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full sized drawing made as guide for large work in another medium

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silhouette

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outline drawing especially a profile portrait in a solid color. black paper

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calligraphy

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art of beautiful writing, often with flowing lines and elegant flourishes

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contour lines

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mark the outer edges of a 3D object, varying lines

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cross contour

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repeated lines that go around an object and express 3D

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hatching

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drawing values created by parallel lines

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cross hatching

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drawing one set of hatchings over another in a different direction

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fixative

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thin varnish sprayed over a chalk or charcoal drawing to help bind the drawing to paper

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scribbling

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random multidirectional lines that build values spatially define surface texture shapes or volumes

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strippling

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laying down an area in a drawing or design in small dots or dabs of color

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tooth

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surface texture roughness or grain of the support

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direct painting method

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can be wet on wet or wet on dry. not composed of distinct colors. alla prima

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indirect painting method

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final visual result is a combination of numerous layers of paint

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pigment

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powdered coloring agents from plants, animal, mineral, and chemical sources

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binder

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mixes with the pigment to hold the pigment particles together without dissolving them. egg yolk, wax, glue

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vehicle

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paint component that spreads pigment

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medium

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refers to the binder or binder and vehicle added to facilitate pigment application

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scumbling

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thin layer of wet opaque is applied over dry under layer so that seen together, produce softened effect or color change

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impasto

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paint applied thickly, direct or indirect painting

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ground

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smooth, prepared surface of the support to which paint is applied

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watercolor

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pigments suspended in solution of water and gum arabic

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gouache

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opaque watercolors with small amount of chalk powder, thicker

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wash

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ink or watercolors for a thin transparent layer of paint

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tempera

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water soluble paints with binders of egg, glue, and casein emulsion

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oil paint

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prepared by grinding pigment powder with linseed oil, dries quickly

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acrylics

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pigments suspended acrylic polymer medium

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encaustic

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pigments suspended in hot beeswax results in lustrous painted surface

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fresco

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wall painting technique in which very finely ground pigments suspended in water are applied to damp lime plaster wall

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secco fresco

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done on a finished lime plaster wall

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mural

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wall painting

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relief

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printmaker cuts away all parts of the printing surface not meant to carry ink leaving the design to be printed at the level of original surface

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intaglio

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areas below surface that hold ink

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planography

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printing process like lithography where reproduction is made from image formed on flat surface

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stencil

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reusable pattern made by cutting a design into a thin surface and using it as a mask

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matrix

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printing plate of sheet metal, stone, wood block or a screen which can create multiple impressions

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top number

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gives the number of each print in printing sequence

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bottom edition

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exact number of editions made of a print`

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edition

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total number of nearly identical prints taken from one block or plate

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plate mark

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press pressure leaves a impression on print

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Artists proof

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no edition or number