Grade 6 - Vocabulary 1. contour line - a line that shows the edge of something 2. controlled pressure - how hard or lightly you press down with your drawing tool 3. still life - arrangement of objects for a drawing, painting, or a photograph 4. two dimensional (2D) -flat, has length and width 5. three dimensional (3D) - not flat, has length, width, and depth 6. landscape - an outdoor scene in nature 7. perspective - a way to show 3D space on a 2D surface 8. profile - side view 9. texture - how something feels to the touch 10. contrast - a difference created on purpose in an artwork 11. emphasis - something that is made important in an artwork 12. background - the part of a scene that is the farthest away 13. middle ground - the part of the scene that is in the middle distance 14. foreground - the part of a scene that is the closest 15. composition - the way an artwork is organized 16. community - a group of people that share common characteristics or interests 17. narrative artwork - an artwork that represents a story or an event 18. craftsmanship - work that shows care with the tools and materials used 19. collage - a composition made by gluing paper, cloth, etc. to a surface 20. technique - a way to accomplish a task to achieve specific results 21. pattern - a decorative arrangement of lines, shapes and colors that repeats in a predictable way 22. unity - a quality in an artwork when parts of the artwork relate to the whole artwork 23. observational drawing - a drawing done by looking carefully at the subject to be drawn Grade 7 - Vocabulary 1. still life - a painting, drawing, or photograph of inanimate objects 2. value - the lightness or darkness of a color 3. light source - where the light originates in an artwork 4. contour lines - lines that show the edges of objects 5. two dimensional - flat, has length and width 6. three dimensional - not flat, has length, width, and depth 7. architecture - the character or style of a building 8. architect - a person who designs buildings 9. composition - the organization or grouping of the different parts of a work of art to achieve a unified whole