Semester 2 Vocabulary
Color vocabulary from painting unit:
Vocabulary from clay unit:
Vocabulary from watercolor unit:
Color vocabulary from painting unit:
- ANALOGOUS COLORS3-5 colors adjacent (beside) to each other on the color wheel.
- COLOR SCHEME Plans for organizing colors. Types of color schemes include monochromatic, analogous, complementary, triad, warm and cool, etc.
- COMPLEMENTARY COLORS Two colors that are directly opposite each other on the color wheel. Mixing complements can dull or lower the intensity of a color.
- COOL COLORS The family of related colors ranging from greens through blues and violets.
- DOUBLE COMPLEMENTARY: 2 sets of Complements (example: red, green, yellow, purple).
- INTERMEDIATE COLORS Red-orange, yellow-orange, yellow-green etc. As each name indicates, an intermediate color is produced by combining a primary and a secondary color. Intermediate colors are located between primary and secondary colors on the color wheel.
- MONOCHROMATIC Done in variations of a single color,; white, black and gray can be used to change the value of the color.
- PRIMARY COLORS : Red, yellow, and blue. These colors cannot be produced by combining other colors.
- SPLIT-COMPLEMENTAY: color and the two colors on either side of its complement.
- TRIADIC: Colors equally spaced around the color wheel (primary, secondary)
- WARM COLORS: The family of related colors ranging from the reds through the oranges and yellows
Vocabulary from clay unit:
- Bisque- Unglazed clay, fired once
- Glaze: decorative coating for clay that forms a glassy surface when fired in a kiln
- Greenware: unfired clay
- Kiln: electric oven used to fire clay
- Score: marks made in the surface of the clay when joining two pieces of clay-- prior to adding slip
- Slab: flat, even piece of clay
- Slip: mixture of clay and water used to attach pieces of clay together
- Leather-hard: clay consistency where clay holds it own shape, but can still be cut into.
Vocabulary from watercolor unit:
- Drybrush – A watercolor painting technique where little paint or water is applied to the brush creating a skipped, grainy look.
- Masking fluid—Masking fluid can be applied to watercolor paper in places you would not like the paint to be absorbed. When the maksing fluid is dry, you can paint, and areas with the masking fluid will be protected. When the paint is dry, masking fluid can be rubbed off.
- Rubbing alcohol: Rubbing alcohol can be dropped or splashed onto wet watercolor paint. The rubbing alcohol will disperse the paint, leaving light, organic shapes.
- Salt or rice application: Salt or rice can be sprinkled on top of wet watercolor. The salt/rice will absorb water and pigment, leaving an interesting, speckled texture when dry.
- Wash – A thin liquid application of paint.
- Wet on wet—A technique where you apply clean water to watercolor paper first, and then apply paint to the wet paper. Paint with disperse and move freely on the saturated paper.
- Wet-on-dry – Using wet paint on a dry surface.