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| A technique of painting in monochrome, using two or three tints of the same color without regard to realistic colors. An aid for painters, widely used in the centuries past, which consisted of a darkened box containing lenses and a mirror. The artist projected the image of an object onto the painting surface and then traced it in charcoal or graphite. In the 19th century many artists used the device to create portraits. A decorative term for drapery fabric which is flowing between two points. See Festoon A strong adhesive made from the curd of fresh milk Casts are plaster copies taken from objects. Traditionally, art students made drawings from casts. The intention of the cast was to teach the eyes "ideal beauty" of the human form, as well as, the art of drawing. Since plaster casts are white, they give the beginning artist a solid object devoid of color. Casts were used before the student graduated to drawing from life, giving them a basic solid knowledge of drawing before using color. A powdered substance used with water to remove paint, varnish or shellac. A 14th century Florentine painter who, in 1390, wrote the book 'Libro dell'arte' (The Craftsman's Handbook). The book contained valuable information on the early techniques of egg tempera and fresco painting. There are many artists who continue to use the basis of his book in their art. A round, squirrel-hair specialty brush used for stippling. The broad meaning of the word in drawing and painting is the rendering of forms with a balanced contrast of light and shadows, which serves to give relief to forms and an illusion of space and depth to the composition. It was considered a technique in the Renaissance when Leonardo da Vinci perfected it. By the nineteenth century, French academic painters were preoccupied with rendering subtle graduations of tones, separating the highest lights from the darkest darks. This is the process of recording figures in motion. Ragged edged fissures or crawling in a paint film usually due to poor wetting of the surface during application. This term is given to a style of art that derived from the Greek and Roman artists. Classicism if often considered the antithesis of Romanticism. (chroma) Color, chroma, and hue are the three most common terms used to indicate the tonal values as perceived by the eye. In oil color grinding, dry pigments are ground with an oil medium or binder under friction to achieve a thorough 'wetting' of each pigment particle, for an even dispersal of all the particles in the binder. Color temperature refers to the identification of color by warmth or coolness. In broad terms, the colors on the red side are considered warm and the colors on the blue side are cool. Within this, a red, for example alizarin crimson, is said to be a cool relative to a warmer color such as vermillion. These are colors that are opposite on the color circle. When these color pairs, especially in close tonal value, are placed side by side they are mutually enhanced and appear to oscillate as the eye seeks to differentiate between the two hues. Simultaneous contrast of tones takes place between the blacks, grays, and whites. When juxtaposed, these hues appear respectively darker or lighter where they join. The scientific basis for this phenomenon had previously only been observed empirically until laid out by the infamous chemist Eugene Chevreul in the 1830's, France. This is a term used for art in the late 1960-1975 where the idea for a piece of work is more important than the execution and completion of the work. See Abstract Art See Backlight This was a Russian movement developed from the Cubist collage and founded by Vladimir Tatlin. The emphasis was placed on the importance of movement in space rather than spatial volume. While the outline of a form is simply a line that follows the outer silhouette of the form, the contour lines include lines inside the edges of the form, suggesting a three-dimensional quality. Oil-resin type of varnish. For any artist concerned with the permanence of his work will never use copal varnish in paintings or grounds. The extent of the area over which a given amount of liquid paint or varnish will spread for a satisfactory coating. Sometimes the term is confused with hiding powder. This is the term used to designate the tiny cracks and fine lines covering the surface of old paintings. The shrinking and movement of the ground and painting surface cause Craquelure. It is also a combinations of techniques designed to create a faux effect. The French term for a thumbnail sketch. The small croquis is a free drawing often jotted down from the imagination or memory so the artist can try ideas for poses and groups of figures. These may be incorporated in the equisse. An innovative abstract art movement that began in Paris in 1907 by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque. It was a reaction against the traditional naturalistic painting techniques. The Cubists depicted many different views of objects as superimposed geometric planes with the intention of expressing the idea of an object rather than any particular aspect. The initials for Chemically Pure. C.P. is the grade of material as free as possible of impurities. The initials are used by commercial colors to describe a grade free from extender or added pigments. We invite you to read and save any images on our site. When you have time, please visit our
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