The Visual Arts Quiz
Visual images that stand for, or represent, something else. - 📌📌- Symbols
Basic visual symbols that an artist manipulates to communicate to her/his
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audience (No matter how a visual mega is made, it will contain some or all of the
elements of art) - - Elements of Art
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A process of visualization by which an artist delineates shapes and forms on a
surface ground. Drawing is an exercise in eye and hand coordination - -
Drawing
A drawing executed entirely with a brush - 📌📌- Brush Drawing
Calligraphy means "beautiful handwriting". It is often thought of in connection with
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Oriental writing and art. China and Japan use calligraphy to form characters
similar in many ways to our alphabet - - Calligraphic Line Drawing
Line in drawing or painting which forms the boundary of one form defining it in
relationship to another. Contour means "more than an outline". Modulation of a
contour line traced by the point of the pencil or drawing tool can express the
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fullness and recession of forms and even the variety of texture and surfaces -
- Contour Line
Uncontrolled meaning "blind contour" you look only at the object you are drawing.
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No looking at your paper and no lifting the drawing tool from the ground. Useful in
developing eye hand coordination - - Uncontrolled Contour Line
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May look down at your drawing ground when you come to the end of a line. May
lift drawing tool from the ground - - Controlled Contour Line
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Draw a series of lines as if they were moving across the forms of the objects you
are observing - - Cross Contour Line
A technique of shading using two or more crossed sets of parallel lines - 📌📌-
Cross-Hatching
Gesture meaning "expressive movement". Purpose of drawing gestures is to
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capture the feeling of motion contained within the subject matter. It is rapidly
done with little emphasis on detail (People with circle bodies we did first) -
Gesture Line Drawing
Technique of shading with a series of fine parallel lines - 📌📌- Hatching
Visual images that stand for, or represent, something else. - 📌📌- Symbols
Basic visual symbols that an artist manipulates to communicate to her/his
📌📌
audience (No matter how a visual mega is made, it will contain some or all of the
elements of art) - - Elements of Art
📌📌
A process of visualization by which an artist delineates shapes and forms on a
surface ground. Drawing is an exercise in eye and hand coordination - -
Drawing
A drawing executed entirely with a brush - 📌📌- Brush Drawing
Calligraphy means "beautiful handwriting". It is often thought of in connection with
📌📌
Oriental writing and art. China and Japan use calligraphy to form characters
similar in many ways to our alphabet - - Calligraphic Line Drawing
Line in drawing or painting which forms the boundary of one form defining it in
relationship to another. Contour means "more than an outline". Modulation of a
contour line traced by the point of the pencil or drawing tool can express the
📌📌
fullness and recession of forms and even the variety of texture and surfaces -
- Contour Line
Uncontrolled meaning "blind contour" you look only at the object you are drawing.
📌📌
No looking at your paper and no lifting the drawing tool from the ground. Useful in
developing eye hand coordination - - Uncontrolled Contour Line
📌📌
May look down at your drawing ground when you come to the end of a line. May
lift drawing tool from the ground - - Controlled Contour Line
📌📌
Draw a series of lines as if they were moving across the forms of the objects you
are observing - - Cross Contour Line
A technique of shading using two or more crossed sets of parallel lines - 📌📌-
Cross-Hatching
Gesture meaning "expressive movement". Purpose of drawing gestures is to
📌📌-
capture the feeling of motion contained within the subject matter. It is rapidly
done with little emphasis on detail (People with circle bodies we did first) -
Gesture Line Drawing
Technique of shading with a series of fine parallel lines - 📌📌- Hatching
