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| craftsmanship | skill or manual dexterity in the use of tools and materials |
| gesso | a mixture made of glue and finely ground chalk used as an undercoating before painting |
| applied art | using aesthetic principles in the design of functional objects such as pottery, glass hardware, automobiles, etc., also called industrial design |
| technique | the method or procedure used in an artistic work |
| pigment | color substances, ususally powdery in nature, that are used with liquid to produce paint |
| portfolio | portable case for holding materials such as loose papers, photographs or drawings |
| exhibition | showing or presenting art objects for public view |
| scheme | an orderly combination of things on a definite plan, project or course of action |
| patron | a protector or someone who supports or sponsors an artist |
| design | a mental development of work including sketches, outlines or arrangements of parts in arts to serve as a pattern from which to work |
| aesthetics | the theory of the artistic or beautiful |
| acrylic | a painting medium that uses pigment in a sythetic base, made with acrylic thermal plastic resins |
| armature | in sculpture, a skeleton like frame to support material being modeled |
| assemblage | a three dimensional composition made of various materials such as paper, wood, etc. |
| avant garde | most advanced stylistic expression |
| castings | in sculpture the process of duplicating a modeled or fabricated origin in which a mold is used to make a cast in plaster, metal or other materials |
| collage | composition made by combining various materials such as newspaper or printed text on a flat surface |
| stylize | to design or represent according to a set style |
| detail | a small or secondary part of an art work |
| mobile | a sculptural design with free moving parts |
| kinetic art | art that moves |
| orientation | sense of one's position in relationship with a certain art object |
| addition | a sculptural term meaning to build up; to assemble or to put on |
| common | of no special value; plain or ordinary |
| pulp | ground-up and moistered fibers of wood or other materials used to make paper |
| couch | a blotting paper used to remove excess water from paper you are making |
| awl | a small, pointed tool for making holes in leather, wood, etc. |
| earthenware | clay that needs to be glazed because it is porous and not water proof; a low fire clay |
| rhythm | regular repetition of particular forms or elements that occur in an art work |
| form | an element of art such as you would se in a sculpture that has three dimensions |
| greenware | clay that is hard but not yet fired |
| firing | heating clay at high temperatures to fuse the clay particles and |
| kiln | the furnace used to fire ceramics or metal |
| glaze | applying glaze that is thinned to painted areas to modify the original color |
| hue | another word for color |
| medium | the art material that is sued in a work |
| elements of art | the basic visual symbols found in the work such as lines, shape, form, space, point, light, motion, direction, scale, dimension, texture and col0r |
| contrast | using opposites near or beside one another such as a light object next to a dark object |
| dominance | an object or color that stands out in relation to the rest of the work |
| organic | shapes that are not regular or even using curved or angular edges |
