| A | B |
|---|
| Color theory | using cool colors for shadows and warms for lights |
| Conte crayon | small compressed sticks of chalk |
| Kneaded eraser | gum eraser, used for smudges |
| Profile | side view |
| Viewfinder | paper frame or made with holding your hands in such a way as to capture a visual image in order to get a good composition |
| Positive space | object or shapes |
| Negative space drawing | area around object or shapes |
| Sighting | holding a pencil or other tool at arms length, closing one eye to measure or check angles of an object you are drawing |
| Close one eye | help you see flatly and draw more accurately, it reduces depth perception |
| Depth perception | the ability to see depth/space |
| Scanning | looking at objects or shapes to find location and compare locations |
| Gesture drawing | scribble drawing to show movement of an object or human figure |
| Calligraphic Line drawing | an expressive scribble line drawing taken one step further to show tones and depth Blind contour drawing – a line drawing done without looking at the paper during the drawing process. |
| Linear | line quality |
| Proportion | comparison of one part to another as in figure drawing |
| Foreshortened | an extreme perspective of an image or object that shows a shorter image than we know it to really be, and to create more depth |
| Right brain thinking | spatial, timeless, nonverbal, intuitive, holistic (seeing whole things all at once), analogical (seeing likenesses between things |
| Left brain thinking | verbal, analytic, keeps track of time, logical |
| Spatial | side (seeing shapes and relationships between shapes) |
| Verbal | left side (talking |
| Groin | mid point of standing human figure |
| Standing | 8 heads tall |
| Seated | 6 heads tall |
| Elbow | touches top of pelvis |
| Fingertips | when hanging down, reaches midway between knee and buttocks |
| Sighted contour drawing | a line drawing showing the inner and outer edges of an object while looking at the object and the paper. |
| Silhouette | outer edges of an image, usually back light is present (sunset |
