Visual Art
vocabulary

Write the information below in your sketchbook. Add the definitions to each. At the end of the semester, we will have a vocabulary quiz as part of their final critique.

Unit I: Visual Expression: Drawing as Communication

  • formal balance
  • composition
  • symmetry
  • symbolism
  • proportion
  • elements of art
  • literal qualities
  • formal qualities
  • expressive qualities
  • credit line
  • critique

Unit II: Visual Expression: Drawing Goes Digital

  • digital media
  • contrast
  • negative space
  • vectors
  • bitmaps
  • resolution
  • color theory
  • color scheme

Unit III: Visual Expression: Spotlight / Negative Drawing

  • negative space
  • form
  • rule of thirds
  • composition
  • shape
  • description
  • analysis
  • interpretation
  • judgment

Unit IV: Visual Expression: Line / Form / Digital - Portraits

  • digital media
  • texture
  • negative space
  • vectors
  • bitmaps
  • resolution

Unit V: The Figure in Space: Following and Breaking Proportion's Rules

  • proportion
  • Renaissance
  • style
  • expressionism
  • maquette
  • foreshortening

Unit VI: Designing Space: Linear and Creative Perspective

  • balance
  • symmetry
  • space
  • perspective
  • vanishing point
  • emphasis

Unit VII: Sculpting Space: From 2-D Drawings into 3-D Busts

  • variety
  • emphasis
  • motif
  • anatomy

Unit VIII: Constructing Space: Mixed Media Tableau

  • three dimensions
  • mixed media
  • assemblage
  • tableau

Unit IX: Learning Space: Teaching the Artist's Role in Society

  • commercial art
  • graphic design
  • fine art
  • art history