| A | B |
|---|
| portrait | a painting of a person |
| obstacles | things that stand in the way of a goal |
| palette | a board on which an artist mixes color |
| canvas | the tough, woven material on which an artist paints |
| painstaking | requiring great care and effort |
| cyan | a blue color similar to aqua blue |
| gessoed | covered with a mixture of plaster and glue |
| spectrum | a band of all the colors that can be seen |
| hyperrealistic | extremely real looking |
| pixels | tiny spots that make up an image on a TV or computer screen |
| azure | a light purplish blue |
| vortex | a central point that seems to draw all that surrounds it into its center |
| exhibition | a show of someone's artwork |
| dais | a raised platform for a speaker or honored guest |
| conceptual | having to do with ideas |
| rehabilitation | restoration of health or ability |
| dimension | range of meaning |
| abstract | does not try to realistically represent a person or object |
| amoebas | very small one-celled organisms that have indefinite, changing shapes |
| retrospective | an art show that highlights the work an artist produced over the course of his or her career |
