Drawing Vocab

Front

Not representing or imitating external reality

Back

Abstract

Front

Part of a scene behind front objects

Back

Background

Front

Spatial property from arrangement of parts

Back

Composition

Front

Spatial arrangement of something

Back

Form

Front

Style of art where objects don't resemble those in nature.

Back

Non-representational

Front

Drawing exercise where an artist draws the contour of a subject without looking at the paper.

Back

Blind Contour line drawing

Front

Outline drawing focusing on an object's contour.

Back

Contour drawing

Front

A picture or diagram made with pencil, pen, or crayon, not paint.

Back

Drawing

Front

Path of a moving dot.

Back

Line

Front

Lines defining boundaries that separate areas, outlining edges and surface ridges.

Back

Contour