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| any drawing which emphasizes action or movement. |
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| a drawing from life that emphasizes the outline of the object |
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| the property of a color by which it is distinguished as light or dark-seen as black and white in bw reproductions of color images. |
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| putting shapes next to each other with vastly different values. |
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| straight edged object used to establish a perceptual grid onto your field of vision or the surface of your drawing. |
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| italian term meaning the combination of light and dark. Refers to the technique of applying subtly blended shades of gray to imitate the varying intensities of light and shadow on a 3D form. |
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| the meaningful, identifiable figure in an artwork. also known as "the figure" in a figure/ground relationship |
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| refers to ambiguous and undifferentiated space. also known as "the ground" in a figure/ground relationship |
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| location and size of the features of a face |
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| creating depth to make paintings appear more 3D on a 2D canvas |
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| the line across the picture that signifies "eye level" |
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| the point on the horizon to which the receding parallel lines diminish |
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| a mixture of clay and graphite which when kiln fired achieves a hard texture |
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| forms shaped by natural physical processes or forms manufactured to mimc nature |
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| a smooth closed curve which is symmetric about its horizontal and vertical axis |
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| a portrait that exaggerates or distorts the essence of a person or thing to create an easily identifiable visual likeliness |
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| the transfer of a photographic image to a canvas by using a projection device, the image, or grid techniques |
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| a precise way of transferring an image to a canvas. |
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| the study of relation of human or animal body parts to each other and to the whole |
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| the visual effect or optical illusion that an object or distance appears shorter than it actually is because it is angled toward the viewer |
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