Vocabulary
Origami: The art of paper folding
Ojibwe: A Native American people from Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Canada
Beadwork: The art of attaching beads to one another by stringing them with a sewing or beading needle and sewing them to fabric
Organic Art: Art images, lines, and shapes that are flowing or look like they are from nature
Geometric Art: Art created using basic shapes and lines
Bandolier Bag: A bag warn across the shoulder created by Native American peoples in the Great Lakes and Prairie Regions. They are based off of the bags carried by European riflemen.
Oil Pastels: A drawing tool made of pigment color mixed with oil and wax
Carnival: A period of time, around Lent in Roman Catholic countries, involving dancing, parades, music and masquerade
Masquerade: Pretend to be someone you are not
Silhouette: The dark shape of someone or something seen against a lighter background
Profile: Outline of something, usually someone's face, from the side
Positive Space: Space filled by an object or living being
Negative Space: The area around an object or living being
Positive Shapes: A shape of something that takes up space such as a chair or person
Negative Shapes: A shape created where something is not taking up space, such as the square shape made by the gap between table legs
Variety: Art that has many different lines, shapes, colors, textures or values
Shadow Puppet: A flat cut out figure manipulated with sticks who is placed behind a lighted screen (or scrim) in order to create shadows for a performance.
Aesthetic: The philosophy of art that asks the question: "what is beauty?" The word is also used to talk about different art styles and movements.
Scrim: A translucent screen used in theater
Cartoon: A simplified and exaggerated drawing
Exaggerated: Something shown as being better, worse, bigger, or possibly greater then it actually is
Panel: The box that frames a moment in time in a comic
Speech Bubble: A bubble drawn to show what a comic book character is saying
Thought Bubble: A bubble drawn to show what a comic book character is thinking (often replaced with a box)
Comic Book/Strip: A form of art created for entertainment that communicates a message and/or story
Gutter: The space between comic panels
Tier: A row of panels
Stem: The part of a speech bubble or thought bubble that points at the person speaking
Show Don't Tell: An art rule where artists try and communicate as much as they can with pictures before adding words
Expression: How we show emotion, usually with the face
Penciller: Artist who works in comics creating the pencil drawings of the comic
Inker: Artist who works in comics adding black to the pencil sketches in order to add definition and a finished appearance
Colorist: Artist who works in comics adding color to a comic
Interlacing: Locking two things together by tying, twisting, or weaving in an over/under pattern
Weaving: To create cloth by interlacing strings of fabric (like sheep wool or cotton)
Loom: The machine on which fabric is made by weaving thread
Warp: The lengthwise strands of fabric that are held tight on the loom
Weft: The thread that is interlaced with the warp in order to create cloth
Navajo: A Native American people from the South Western United States. They are known to have beautiful woven blankets, clothing, and rugs.
Features: A recognizable part of something (such as Pikachu's lightning bolt tail or Squidward's large floppy nose)
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
Hand Building: Clay built by hand without a potter's wheel
Kiln: A large oven used to bake clay
Relief Sculpture: An artwork that has 3D parts sticking out from a background
Sculpture: A 3D art form
Slip and Score: Making marks in clay and adding water in order to glue two pieces of clay together
Wedging: A way of folding clay in order to remove air bubbles for kiln fire clay and allow air dry clay to dry evenly
Frieze: A horizontal band of relief sculpture on a wall or ceiling
Slip and Score: Joining two pieces of clay together by scratching the clay and then adding water.
Blending: Using a tool to take clay from one clay object and smooth it into another to allow the clay to stick together
Ojibwe: A Native American people from Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Canada
Beadwork: The art of attaching beads to one another by stringing them with a sewing or beading needle and sewing them to fabric
Organic Art: Art images, lines, and shapes that are flowing or look like they are from nature
Geometric Art: Art created using basic shapes and lines
Bandolier Bag: A bag warn across the shoulder created by Native American peoples in the Great Lakes and Prairie Regions. They are based off of the bags carried by European riflemen.
Oil Pastels: A drawing tool made of pigment color mixed with oil and wax
Carnival: A period of time, around Lent in Roman Catholic countries, involving dancing, parades, music and masquerade
Masquerade: Pretend to be someone you are not
Silhouette: The dark shape of someone or something seen against a lighter background
Profile: Outline of something, usually someone's face, from the side
Positive Space: Space filled by an object or living being
Negative Space: The area around an object or living being
Positive Shapes: A shape of something that takes up space such as a chair or person
Negative Shapes: A shape created where something is not taking up space, such as the square shape made by the gap between table legs
Variety: Art that has many different lines, shapes, colors, textures or values
Shadow Puppet: A flat cut out figure manipulated with sticks who is placed behind a lighted screen (or scrim) in order to create shadows for a performance.
Aesthetic: The philosophy of art that asks the question: "what is beauty?" The word is also used to talk about different art styles and movements.
Scrim: A translucent screen used in theater
Cartoon: A simplified and exaggerated drawing
Exaggerated: Something shown as being better, worse, bigger, or possibly greater then it actually is
Panel: The box that frames a moment in time in a comic
Speech Bubble: A bubble drawn to show what a comic book character is saying
Thought Bubble: A bubble drawn to show what a comic book character is thinking (often replaced with a box)
Comic Book/Strip: A form of art created for entertainment that communicates a message and/or story
Gutter: The space between comic panels
Tier: A row of panels
Stem: The part of a speech bubble or thought bubble that points at the person speaking
Show Don't Tell: An art rule where artists try and communicate as much as they can with pictures before adding words
Expression: How we show emotion, usually with the face
Penciller: Artist who works in comics creating the pencil drawings of the comic
Inker: Artist who works in comics adding black to the pencil sketches in order to add definition and a finished appearance
Colorist: Artist who works in comics adding color to a comic
Interlacing: Locking two things together by tying, twisting, or weaving in an over/under pattern
Weaving: To create cloth by interlacing strings of fabric (like sheep wool or cotton)
Loom: The machine on which fabric is made by weaving thread
Warp: The lengthwise strands of fabric that are held tight on the loom
Weft: The thread that is interlaced with the warp in order to create cloth
Navajo: A Native American people from the South Western United States. They are known to have beautiful woven blankets, clothing, and rugs.
Features: A recognizable part of something (such as Pikachu's lightning bolt tail or Squidward's large floppy nose)
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
Hand Building: Clay built by hand without a potter's wheel
Kiln: A large oven used to bake clay
Relief Sculpture: An artwork that has 3D parts sticking out from a background
Sculpture: A 3D art form
Slip and Score: Making marks in clay and adding water in order to glue two pieces of clay together
Wedging: A way of folding clay in order to remove air bubbles for kiln fire clay and allow air dry clay to dry evenly
Frieze: A horizontal band of relief sculpture on a wall or ceiling
Slip and Score: Joining two pieces of clay together by scratching the clay and then adding water.
Blending: Using a tool to take clay from one clay object and smooth it into another to allow the clay to stick together