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Deviation from the normal or usual. Unexpected, unusual. Unexpected situation or quality anomoly In painting, the term Local color refers to the natural color of an object unmodified by adding light and shadow or any other distortion. Local color is best seen on a matte surface, due to it no...

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Deviation from the normal or usual. Unexpected, unusual. Unexpected situation or quality


✓ anomoly




In painting, the term Local color refers to the natural color of an object unmodified by

adding light and shadow or any other distortion. Local color is best seen on a matte surface,

due to it not being reflected, and therefore distorted. ***


✓ Local color




A cylindrical drawing tool, or paper stump, tapered at the ends and usually made of rolled

paper; used by artists to smudge or blend marks made with charcoal.


✓ Tortillian




Black, Gray, & White (mixing of complimentary colors) Achromatic means "without color"


✓ Achromatic Colors




Any color with value


(Not black, gray or white)



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✓ Chromatic Colors




Engraving a decoration into unfired clay


✓ Incising




An essential technique in the field of art because it is a strong foundation for any drawing or

painting; it can potentially modify a subjects' form through variation within the lines. Its

objective is to capture the life, action, or expression of the subject.


✓ Contour Drawing




Parallel lines that converge at a point on the horizon to create depth and volume in a

drawing. (Fillipo Brunnelleschi)


✓ Linear Perspective




Art that is created or constructed on the site where it is exhibited. Time and Space directly

contribute to the viewers experience.


✓ Installation Art




A method of painting water-based pigments on freshly applied plaster, usually on wall

surfaces/murals.

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✓ Fresco Painting




A study of art by analyzing and comparing form and style—the way objects are made:

compositional elements such as color, line, shape and texture.


✓ Formalism




An additive/collage printmaking process in which various materials are applied, or glued, to a

surface/plate.


✓ Collography




A printmaking process in which the image is incised into a metal surface, typically zinc or

copper, and the incised line or sunken area holds the ink.


✓ Intaglio




A technique in drawing that creates the illusion of volume or 3D shape on a two-

dimensional surface by shading.


✓ Modeling




A setting that controls the length of time light can enter the camera.




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✓ Shutter Speed




A technique where thick paint is applied in such a way that the surface has texture and

shows brush strokes/marks. Stands out from the surface.


✓ Impasto




The degree of exposure to light, determines how much light can enter the camera. (Defined

by f/8 or f/11, etc)


✓ Aperture




A Megapixel is made up of how many pixels


✓ 1 million




What lead is the softest and darkest?


✓ 9B




The part of a paint brush that holds the hairs onto the handle. Typically metal but

sometimes plastic.


✓ Ferrule


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