SEMESTER 2 STUDY GUIDE
Art 1 Ms. McCormick 2013
VOCAB
Elements and Principles
Value Describes Lightness or Darkness in a work of art
Color: Refers to specific hues and has 3 properties, Chroma, Intensity, and Value
Line: A mark on a surface, can create texture and can be thick or thin.
Form: 3-Dimensional object having volume and thickness. It is the illusion of 3-D effect
that can be implied with the use of light and shading techniques
Pattern/Rhythm: repeating line, shape, or color over and over consistently throughout a
piece.
Color Theory:
-Primary – colors cannot be made by any other colors
-Secondary – made by mixing two primaries together
-Tertiary – made by mixing 1 primary and 1 secondary together
-Complementary Colors – across from each other on the color wheel
-Analogous Colors – adjacent on the color wheel
- Warm (red,yellow,orange) and Cool Colors (blue,green,purple)
Symmetry
-Symmetrical
-Asymmetrical
-Radial
Other Vocab
-Sculpture in the Round – 3-Dimensional and meant to be seen from all sides
PRINTMAKING
PRINTMAKING The process of designing and producing prints using a printing block,
woodcut, etching, lithographic, or screenprinting.
RELIEF PRINTING Printing methods in which a block’s surface is
carved so that an image can be printed from it – uncarved areas receive ink which
transfers to paper when the block is pressed against it.
LINOLEUM PRINT A type of relief print in which the image is cut into a piece of linoleum.
BENCH HOOK A metal or wooden plate with a raised edge on each end (opposite sides)
to hold a linocut in place on a table while cutting.
GOUGE An engraving tool used to carve out the linoleum.
REGISTRATION A method to align printing block. In pencil lightly mark paper at 4 corner
margins to place block in center of paper.
BRAYER A tool used to roll ink onto a surface by hand
INK Coloring material composed of pigment (color) , a binder, and a vehicle. Ink is
usually thicker than most paints, and has a slower drying rate.
INKING TRAY A flat dish used to roll the ink on.
BAREN A round, smooth pad, either flat or slightly convex, used to press paper against
an inked wood or linoleum block to lift an impression from the block.
ARTIST’S PROOF The first prints used to determine if additional gouging is needed. Sign:
AP.
EDITION A set of identical prints. Sign: 1/12, 2/12, 3/12… 12/12
PRINTING PRESS A device used by a fine art printmaker to produce prints one copy at a
time. It applies pressure between a sheet of paper and an inked printing plate.
Photoshop
-Artistic Cut Out
-Layers and Values
-Cropping
-Resizing
Clay Vocabulary
Rib: A tool used to smooth clay; can be metal, wooden or rubber.
Wire tool: Tool used to cut clay from a lump or block.
Fettling Knife: A tool used to cut shapes from clay; can be metal, wood or plastic.
Slab Roller: Equipment used for rolling clay evenly into a pancake/flat form
Slab: Flattened piece of clay
Score: To make scratches or creases in pieces of clay to be joined together
Slip: Wet clay that is like a thin paste. It is used to attach two pieces of clay together
Wedging: Kneading the clay, to get air bubbles out.
Coil: Rope-like rolls of clay, can be used to build the walls of pottery then smoothed at
the joints.
Kiln: Used to fire the clay and make ceramic. (like a large hot, hot oven)
Under Glaze: A glaze that is not shiny, and can be applied before and after bisque fire.
Gloss Glaze: A coating of glass that gives pottery a smooth, waterproof, and brilliant
surface
Vessel: A container such holding liquids or other contents.
7 STAGES OF CLAY
1. Wet Clay- Clay is most plastic- workable stage
2. Leather Hard- Clay is wet but not very workable
3. Bone Dry- Clay is Fragile and no longer workable, air dry
4. Bisque Fire-1st firing helps to stabilize and harden the clay
5. Bisque- Clay has been fired once
6. Gloss Glaze- A coating of glass that gives pottery a smooth and brilliant surface
7. Gloss Glaze Fire- Firing glaze, Last Stage that makes the gloss glaze turn smooth
Watercolor
-Solid Wash – Evenly spread wet on dry watercolor
-Dry Brush – Dry on dry water color
-Wet on Wet – Wet watercolor paint on wet paper
-Graduated Wash* - Layered washes to show gradient scale
-Splatter – To flick paint onto page from brush instead of by contact
-Transparent – See through
-Opaque* - Unable to see through
-Scumbling – Applied by a circular motion
-Plastic wrap* - Technique used to create texture by applying plastic wrap to wet
watercolor until dry
-Salt – Technique used to create texture by applying salt to wet watercolor, the salt
repeals the pigment from the crystals in a star shaped pattern
-Masking – To block out certain areas of the paper to remain white while painting
Art History and Artists
Baroque: The Ornate Age, style that exaggerated drama, exuberance and grandeur
1700-mid 1800s
Shepard Fairey
-Contemporary Graphic Designer, Illustrator, Graffiti Artist
-Simplified Portraits
-Poster like and Graphic
Kehinde Wiley
-Contemporary Artist
-Naturalistic Painting Style
-Heroic Poses
Winslow Homer:
- American Painter
- 1836-1910
-Watercolor landscapes
and Seaside
Wangechi Mutu
-American Artist
-1972-Present
- Multimedia about
confronting the
female image
SHORT RESPONSE AND DRAWING
Why is Art important to Culture, can you give an example and why it’s important?
2-Point-Perspective Diagram: