Art Fundamentals term 1

Blind contour

A continuous line drawing created while looking only at the subject, never looking down at the paper. The pen/pencil remains on the paper at all times

Modified contour

A contour drawing where the artist looks at the subject most of the time (80%) but allows themselves occasional brief glances down at the paper (20%) to check placement and proportion.

continuous contour

A drawing created without ever lifting the drawing utensil from the paper, forming on unbroken, continuous line.

Hatching

parallel lines

Cross hatching

intersecting crisscross lines

stippling

dot patterns

scumbling/scribbling

overlapping circular or irregular scribbled marks

definition of line

A moving point (or a point moving through space)

Line direction terms

vertical,horizontal,diagonal

Describe contour

describes line type/outline not direction

value

the lightness or darkness of a color or shade. It describes the overall appearance of lights and darks in an artwork

value scale

the full tonal range of values in an artwork, progressing step by step from white to black with numerous shades of gray in between

shading

using lighter and darker values to make two-dimensional shape looking 3D (creating illusion of form) it can also refer to creating value without relying on directional lines

form

a three dimensional object (or visual representation of a 3D object) having height, width,and depth/length (sphere,cylindar,cube,cone)

darkening pencil tones

Two primary ways to make pencils appear darker. 1 Apply more pressure. 2 layer over same area multiple times.