Studio Art Vocabulary

A transparent pigment that is combined with water is called...

• Acrylic
• Conte crayon
• India ink
• Water color 

The process of being mentally stimulated to do or feel something, especially to do something creative.

• melancholy

• oppression

• thoughtfulness

• inspiration

A ______ is a design, image, or shape repeated in a predictable combination.

• movement
• pattern
• proportion
• rubric

What phrase refers to shapes or forms not of geometric shape: having irregular edges, surfaces, or objects similar to natural forms?

• geodesic
• spherical
• organic
• linear

Reds, yellows, and oranges are considered what type of color?

• Neutral colors
• Cool colors
• Warm colors
• Contrasting colors

A _____ is one image or set of images used in place of another to suggest an analogy between the two images or sets of images.

• realism
• literalistic artwork
• visual metaphors 
• rubric

What is the principle of art concerned with combining one or more elements of art in different ways to create interest?

• variety
• unity
• primary
• harmony

In a perspective drawing, the point at which receding lines seem to converge is know as what?

• The eye line
• The vanishing point
• The distance line
• The emphasis point

What type of scale shows the range of values from black to white and light to dark?

• monetary scale
• proportion scale
• pentatonic scale
• value scale

What is the lightness or darkness of a hue or neutral color known as?

• value
• texture
• symmetry
• perspective