Art-Drawing-Painting. 3-D or 3 dimensional when all 3 dimensions: length, height, and width can be touched and felt.

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1 ART Art-Drawing-Painting *Sculpture words (Additional vocabulary follows the main list) *Crafts and Ceramics (Vocabulary specific to crafts and ceramics follow this main list) Essential Vocabulary Secondary 6-12 Art-Drawing-Painting 3-D or 3 dimensional when all 3 dimensions: length, height, and width can be touched and felt. asymmetrical designs designs which would never match even if they could be folded in half bird s eye the illusion that the viewer is looking down at the artist s image from above color scheme specific groupings of certain colors that can be diagrams on a color chart color wheel a diagram that shows the placement of the 3 primary colors and the colors made form their various combinations contrast the amount of difference when comparing something cool colors colors associated with water such as: blue, green, or purple diagonal lines lines that are slanted eye level an imaginary plane that extends outward indefinitely from the viewer s eyes horizontal lines lines that are parallel to the horizon or to the bottom of the paper implied line a dotted or dashed line - is not a true line implied shape a shape created when 3 or more shapes touch - is not a true shape intersecting lines lines that cross each other line a continuous mark on a paper, canvas, or some other surface medium the materials used in an artwork such as: metal, clay, pencils, paint, etc. negative space the area outside a shape

2 opaque you can not see through it outline the outermost edge of a shape or form overlapping when a solid or patterned shape partially covers another solid or patterned shape parallel lines two lines or edges that remain the same distance apart their entire length perspective the use of size variation, overlapping, value and/or converging lines to create the illusion of 3 dimensional space (depth) on a 2 dimensional surface plane a real or imaginary flat surface that can extend indefinitely in all directions positive space the area inside a shape radial designs designs that match if they could be folded in half or quarters but also project outwards from a single central point Rule of Simultaneous Contrast warm colors will appear to advance in a painting while cool colors will appear to recede shade when black is mixed with a color shading adding light and dark versions of pencil or paint to areas to create illusion of roundness or shadow shape a two dimensional area that is defined by an outline space an element in both 2-D and 3-D art referring to the area within, around, above or below a real or drawn object symmetrical designs designs which match if they could be folded in half texture the tactile quality of a surface tint when white is mixed with a color tone when black and white or gray are mixed with a color transparent you can see through it value the lightness or darkness of a color value scale a diagram that shows all the gradual changes of white through the grays to black

3 viewpoint the direction an artist wants a person to feel they are looking when examining the artist s work vertical lines lines that are straight up and down and perpendicular to the horizon or the bottom of the paper waterproof when something like a paint or an ink dries on a surface and will no longer dissolve if it gets wet again. warm colors colors associated with fire such as: yellow, orange, or red worm's eye the illusion that the viewer is looking up at the artist s image (Additional vocabulary specific to Sculpture) armature an interior support during construction that supports a sculpture assemblage a sculpture made from many different objects, often just found objects, that are glued or nailed together to make a whole bas relief another term for a low relief sculpture crease the folded edge created when a piece of paper is folded over and the fold is pressed kinetic sculpture when all or portions of a sculpture move, either naturally or through a mechanical process kirigami a paper technique that involves folding and cutting the paper low-relief a 3-D sculpture that does not project our very far from it s surface and is meant to be viewed from the front mobile a balanced hanging sculpture mountain fold when paper is folded down so that the fold forms a peak origami the art of paper folding pop-up sculpture a form of paper sculpture that projects or pops outward when the paper is opened repousse a low relief sculpture technique usually done in metal and often included in many forms of jewelry scoring the paper making a mark on paper with a sharp tool that does not cut, tear, or fold the paper

4 stabile a balanced hanging sculpture that is mounted on a base Essential Vocabulary words specific to Crafts and Ceramics bisqueware a clay project that has been fired bone-dry the completely dry state required before heating burnishing rubbing partially dry clay with a smooth surface, like the back of a spoon, to achieve a very smooth surface casting slip a liquid type of clay used to pour into plaster molds to create clay projects clay decomposed rock that has a plastic quality when wed coils long snake-like lengths of clay dry footing washing or wiping unfired glaze from the bottom of a pot or sculpture before firing earthenware a low-firing clay used to make various clay projects firing the process of heating clay to make it permanently hard foot the bottom or base of a pot glaze a liquid applied to bisqueware and fired to high temperature that decorates the clay and seals the clay with a glassy like coating greenware a clay project that has not been fired yet impressing to push or press some object in the clay to make a decorative effect incising to draw lines in the clay for a decorative effect kiln a piece of equipment used to heat clay to the required temperature kneading or wedging manipulating the clay to remove air bubbles, lumps, and excess water leatherhard term used to describe clay that is no longer soft but has not completely dried and is at a perfect state for carving

5 polymer clay a man-made plastic clay derived from petroleum by-products that comes in many different colors and can be baked in an ordinary oven porcelain the highest firing clay scoring scratching two surfaces of clay to prepare them for joining to become one piece seam the crack formed where two pieces of clay are joined slab a flat piece of clay that has a uniform thickness slip a mixture of clay and water that is used like glue when joining two pieces of clay stoneware mid-range firing temperature clays vitrify to become glass-like