Vocabulary
Decorate: To make something look nicer (by adding something)
Origami: The art of paper folding
Horizontal Line: A line that goes from left to right or right to left
Vertical Line: A line that goes from top to bottom or from bottom to top
Diagonal Line: A line that goes from top or bottom and right or left at the same time
Zigzag Line: A line that makes sharp points that look like mountains
Broken Line: A line that has spaces in it
Spiral Line: A line that twirls in on itself and looks like a snail shell
Wavy Line: A line that looks like waves in water, curving and dipping
Straight Line: A line with no waves, no spirals, and no zigs or zags
Thick Lines: Lines that are big
Thin Lines: Lines that are small
Collage: art made by sticking different things such as paper, pictures, or fabric
Geometric Shapes: Shapes like circles, squares, and triangles that are neat and orderly and not wild and squiggly. These shapes were made by people and are used in a type of math called Geometry.
Organic Shapes/ Free Form Shapes: Curvy shapes found in nature
Symmetry: The same on two sides
Printmaking: Putting ink, paint, mud, or more on something (like a foot, stamp, or sponge) and then, while wet, putting that thing on a piece of paper or cloth so that you leave a mark.
Repeating: to do, say, or see something again
Pattern: Repeating Lines and shapes in art
Crayon Resist: Making art by coloring with crayons and painting over them with watercolor. The crayon shows through the watercolor
Rubbing: Art created by putting paper over something textured and drawing on top of it
Texture: What something feels like to the touch
Warm Colors: Red, Yellow, and Orange. These colors are used for warm things.
Cool Colors: Green, Purple, and Blue. These colors are used for cool things.
Design: A drawing made to show how something works; such as a building, piece of clothing, or object
Fashion Design: The art of creating clothing, jewelry, and accessories
Primary Colors: Red, Yellow, and Blue. These colors can not be made through color mixing but can mix to make all other colors (not white as it is the absence of color)
Secondary Colors: Green, Purple, and Orange. These colors are made by mixing two of the three primary colors in equal amounts
Tempera Paint: A fast drying, water soluable paint traditionally made with a mixture of egg and water or egg and oil with pigment
Color Wheel: A circle chart that shows how colors work together.
Collage: art made by sticking different things such as paper, pictures, or fabric
Portrait: Art that is made to look like a person
Self Portrait: Art that is made to look like yourself
Background: The area in the back of an artwork behind whatever the picture is about
Illustration: A picture showing something that is in a book
Sculpture: A 3D art form
Mobile: A hanging sculpture
Sculpture: A 3D art form
Balance: how parts in an art piece are set up so that they are equal (equal force or weight)
Monumental Sculpture: A very large sculpture
Clay: fine grained, sticky earth used to make pottery, sculpture, bricks, and even jewelry
Pottery: Dishes or pots made from clay
Ceramics: Clay that has been hardened through heat
Pinch Pot: Hand made pottery created through pinching the clay
Hand Building: Clay built by hand without a potter's wheel
Kiln: A large oven used to bake clay
Potter's Wheel: A machine used to create clay pots and other ceramic objects using a spinning wheel
Hieroglyphics: Ancient Egyptian writing that uses pictures to mean different letter sounds and ideas
Mola: A colorful fabric art from Panama worn by the Kuna women on their blouses.
Oil Pastels: A drawing tool made of pigment color mixed with oil and wax
Collage: art made by sticking different things such as paper, pictures, or fabric
Quilt: A blanket made up of different lines and shapes sewn together in patterns
Craftsmanship: The quality of design and work of an art piece
Architecture: A building that has been designed as well as the way we design the building
Architect: Someone who designs buildings
Interior: The inside of a building
Exterior: The outside of a building
Interior Design: An artist who designs what the inside of a room or whole building looks like