A B C’s of Art

by Lena Samples

A is for ART!Found art, paintings, drawing, sculpture

B is for BRUSHES!Used to create varying designs

C is for COLOR!The visual response to the wavelengths of light

D is for DRAWING TOOLS!Tools used to create art

E is for EXHIBIT!A display of an artists work

F is for FOCAL POINT!The area in a piece of art that the eye is drawn to

G is for Gallery!A display of an artists work

Please click on the links below to visit a few galleries online.

Olga’s Online Galleryhttp://www.abcgallery.com/

National Gallery of Art – Kids Pagehttp://www.nga.gov/kids/

The Museum of Modern Arthttp://www.moma.org/

H is for HORIZON!A level line where land or water ends and sky begins

I is for ILLUSTRATE !To create designs and pictures for books and magazines to help explain the text

J is for JPEG!Joint Photographic Export Group – name used to refer to sill image compression

used in photos and web graphics

K is for KACHINA DOLL!Supernatural being important in the Hopi and Zuni cultures often represented as a figurine

L is for LANDSCAPE!Painting or photograph that depicts scenery – mountains, tress, valleys, etc.

M is for MURAL!Large wall painting

N is for NEGATIVE SPACE!The empty space in a piece of artwork

O is for ORIGAMI!Craft of folding paper into objects

P is for PERSPECTIVE!The art of picturing an object on flat surface so it appears to have depth

Q is for QUILTING!Art of sewing to create a covering

R is for REFLECTION!An image given back by a reflective surface

S is for SELF-PORTRAIT!A painting of an artists completes of him or herself

T is for TEXTURE!The tactile surface characteristics of a work of art that are either felt or perceived visually

U is for UNDERPAINTING!A layer or layers of color painted on a canvas to before creating the final piece

V is for VERTICAL LINES!Lines in artwork that go straight up

W is for WORM’S EYE VIEW!As seen from the surface of the earth or looking up from the floor

X is for XYLOGRAPHY!(Pronunciation: zi:-LAH-grə-fee)

A printing technique that involves carving text upon a wooden block and making an impression on paper

Y is for YORUBA!A group of people on the Guinea Coast in Africa who have

been making art for thousands of years

z is for ZIGGURAT!A terraced pyramid of excessively receding stories

Resources• http://www.bluemoonwebdesign.com/art-glossary-4.as

p• http://www.artlex.com/• http://www.abcgallery.com/ • http://www.abcgallery.com/• http://www.nga.gov/kids/• http://www.moma.org/• http://www.google.com/imghp• Domeniconi, D. (2006). M is for masterpiece: An art

alphabet. China; Sleeping Bear Press .