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perspective | the art of drawing to give the appearance of three dimension |
perpendicular | straight up and down, vertical |
horizon | the line where sky and ground or sea meet |
vanishing point | to disappear from sight |
shading | the feeling of giving depth by the degree of darkness to lightness in a painting or drawing |
elements of art | shape, color, value, space, texture, form and line |
ceramics | the art of making objects by shaping clay and baking them at high temperatures |
sculpture | the art of making figure of designs, as by adding or subtracting from the material, clay, marble or metal |
greenware | clay in an unfired state |
bisque | a first firing of clay without glazes |
glaze | a liquid coating when fired at a high temperature becomes a smooth glass finish |
underglaze | colors that can be painted on bisque fired clay that will show through a clear glaze |
slab | clay evenly rolled out flat |
coil | hand building technique using rope like coils |
pinch pot | hand building technique beginning with a ball and pinching the sides to create a pot. |