We will be starting our landscape paintings soon. Please think about and
research things you would like to include in your painting.
We will be having a vocabulary quiz on Wednessday, October 28.
The students will be responsible to know the following terms and meanings:
Unit Two: Perspective
Vanishing Point - A point to which all receding lines go
Receding Line – Lines that give the illusion they are going back or getting
smaller.
Formal Perspective – The illusion of depth in an artwork with a vanishing
point.
Informal Perspective – The illusion of depth in an artwork without a
vanishing point.
Perspective - The appearance of objects with the illusion of depth from a
particular point of view. The appearance of objects allowing for the effect
of their distance from the observer.
Overlapping – Placing one object in front of another.
Horizon Line – Where the sky meets the ground. The farthest area one can see.
Foreshortening – Making one part of an object appear closer than another.
Foreground – The objects or area that appears closest to the viewer
Middle ground – The object or area that appears between the closest and
furthest area to the viewer.
Back ground - The objects or area that appears farthest from the viewer in an
artwork.
Geometric shapes – Shapes created by humans. Squares, rectangles, triangles
and circles are examples of geometric shapes.
Value – The lightness or darkness of a something.
Grey Scale – A scale that shows the grey values between black and white.
Cross Hatch – Shading by using a series of crosses or intersecting lines.
Hatch – Shading by using a series of parallel lines.
Stipple – Shading by using a series of dots.
Organic shapes – Shapes created in nature.
Architecture – Another word for a building or building design.
Light source – Where light comes from.
Atmospheric Perspective – The illusion of depth created by lightening colors,
softening focus and fading detail as a result of looking through the earth’s
atmosphere.
