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Drawing Vocabulary
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- 1ADDITIVE PROCESSProcess in which materials are added to the drawing surface as a way of developing an image.
- 2CLOSED COMPOSITIONComposition in which all of the forms are contained within the edges of the picture plane
- 3COMPOSITIONThe arrangement of shapes within the picture plane; the relationship of all lines, shapes, and other elements of the drawing to the four edges of the picture plane and to each other
- 4CONTOURThe line that defines the shape of a form
- 5EYE LEVELThe height at which your eyes are located in relation to the ground plane
- 6FIGURE/GROUND RELATIONSHIPThe relationship between positive shape and negative space
- 7FIXED POINT OF VIEWThe same and exact position of the viewer’s eyes in relation to the subject matter
- 8FORMThe shape, structure, and volume of actual objects in our environment, or the depiction of three-dimensional objects in a work of art
- 9FORMATThe overall shapes and sizes of the drawing surface
- 10LINEAR PERSPECTIVEA logical system of rules for creating the illusion of three-dimensional space on a two- dimensional surface
- 11LINEThe path of a moving point or a mark made by a tool or instrument as it is drawn across a surface
- 12VIEWFINDERA framed opening through which you can see a selected part of the visual information in front of you
- 13LOCAL VALUESValues intrinsic to a form and separate from the lights and darks created by light falling on forms
- 14NEGATIVE SPACEThe area surrounding the shape of the object that is the subject of a drawing
- 15PERSPECTIVEThe representation of things on a flat surface as they are arranged in space and as they are seen from a single point of view
- 16PICTURE PLANEIn drawing, the two-dimensional surface on which the artist works
- 17POSITIVE SHAPEThe shape of the object that is the subject of a drawing
- 18PROPORTIONThe relative size of part-to-part or part to whole within a composition or object
- 19SCALEThe relationship of size between one form and another
- 20SIGHTING PERSPECTIVEA method for drawing perspective that relies on what the artist observes rather than on a set of rules
- 21STRUCTUREThe arrangement of parts in a form
- 22SUBTRACTIVE PROCESSProcess in which materials are removed or taken away in order to develop an image
- 23TEXTUREThe surface character of a form
- 24THREE-DIMENSIONAL FORMForm that conveys a sense of height, weight, and depth
- 25VALUEThe many observable tones from light to dark, from white through gray to black
- 26VOLUMEThe three-dimensional quality inherent in every form
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- Drawing I Flashcards on Drawing Vocabulary, created by Sydney Buford on 27/08/2014.
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