Collage Vocabulary

Collage

• a picture made by gluing different materials - like paper and fabric shapes - onto a flat background.

• where you go to school after high school.

• a picture made by drawing with a pencil.

Mixed media

• a technique of using a tool to scratch into paper coated with black ink.

• a technique of painting with thick paint.

• a technique that uses two or more art materials in a single composition.

Variety

• to do everything the same way.

• when parts of an artwork are different to make the artwork more visually interesting.

• to create a crisp, clean edge on an art material with scissors, knife, or a saw.

Arrangement

• what something is made of

• gives a softer, less-defined edge to an art material and is made by ripping the material with one’s hands.

• an artwork made by placing parts together

Materials

• what something is made of.

• shapes that have names and are usually the same on both sides; examples include circles, squares, rectangles, triangles, diamonds, ovals, etc.

• curvy shapes that usually look like things found in nature.

Background

• the front area/layer of an artwork.

• what collage materials are attached to.

• a collage created from more than one type of material.

Cutting

• to create a crisp, clean edge on an art material with scissors, knife, or a saw.

• a technique that uses two or more art materials in a single composition.

• curvy shapes that usually look like things found in nature.

Tearing

• to create a crisp, clean edge on an art material with scissors, knife, or a saw.

• crying uncontrollably.

• gives a softer, less-defined edge to an art material and is made by ripping the material with one’s hands.

Adhesives

• used for joining together parts; white glue, decoupage, Mod Podge, rubber cement, and paste are examples of adhesives.

• scraps of cloth, felt, wool, fur, burlap, lace, ribbon.

• a technique that uses two or more art materials in a single composition.

Recycled Materials

• what collage materials are attached to.

• newspapers, magazines, bottle caps.

• a technique that uses two or more art materials in a single composition.