Art

• Abstract


  A type of painting that does not try to represent the appearance of people or things
• Acrylics


  A type of paint
• Charcoal


  A hand black substance that you can draw with
• Collage


  A picture that includes items glued to a surface
• Collection


  Someone who is collecting a specific thing
• Colour


  A shade such as red, blue, green etc.
• Composition


  The way that people or things are arranged in a painting
• Contrast


  The difference between dark and light colours
• Dimension


  A way of considering something
• Easel


  A wooden frame that holds a painting
• Exhibition


  An event where paintings are shown to the public
• Foreground


  The things in a picture that seem nearest to you
• Gallery


  A room that is used for showing works of art
• Highlight


  A bright area on a painting
• Illusion


  Something that is not what it seems to be
• Line


  A long thin mark
• Palette


  A thin board used by artists to hold and mix their paint
• Pastel


  A colour that is pale and soft
• Pattern


  A drawing used to show how to make something
• Perspective


  Solid objects painted on a flat surface
• Portrait


  A painting of a person or people
• Proportion


  The correct relationship of the parts of an artwork
• Shape


  An arrangement that is formed by joining lines together in a particular way
• Sketch


  A quickly-made drawing with no details
• Space


  The appearance of depth even though a painting only has width and height
• Spectrum


  The set of colours into which a beam of light can be separated
• Texture


  The quality of something that can be decided by touch