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Rhythm – (Noun)

Definition 1: is a principle of design that suggests movement or action.

(Rhythm) is usually achieved through repetition of lines, shapes, colors, and more. It creates a visual tempo in artworks and provides a path for the viewer’s eye to follow.It is important because (Rhythm) allows your designs to develop an overall consistency that makes it easier for your customers to understand. Once the brain recognizes the pattern in the (rhythm), it can relax and better comprehend the rest of the design.… Read More...

Mood – (Noun) Art is intrinsically emotional.

Whether deliberate or not, there is a particular mood set by each individual work.

Through color, theme, style, concept and approach, artists create a unique emotional response in their audience; happiness, calm, sadness, and anger all created purely via visual cues.

It’s truly fascinating to explore the way art can affect you upon first impression.… Read More...

7 Elements of Art – All art, whether two-dimensional like a painting or three-dimensional like a sculpture, contains one or more of the seven elements of art. These elements are:

• Line
• Color
• Shape
• Form
• Value
• Space
• Texture

They are the basic building blocks of making art.… Read More...

Pigment – (Noun)

Definition 1: Is a material that changes the color of reflected or transmitted light as the result of wavelength-selective absorption.

Definition 2: A substance that imparts black or white or a color to other materials

//  (Pigment) Finely powdered color material which produces the color of any medium. Made either from natural substances or synthetically, pigment becomes paint, ink, or dye when mixed with oil, water or another fluid (also called vehicle).… Read More...

Analogous– (Noun)

Definition 1:  Art. any one of a group of related colors that are near each other on the color wheel, a circular chart that shows gradations of color:

// Red, orange, and yellow are analogous colors.

Word is also compared to  complementary color

(Also called Analogous Hue

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Critique  – (Verb)

Definition 1: evaluate (a theory or practice) in a detailed and analytical way.

// “the authors critique the methods and practices used in the research”

Good critique is the feedback you can use to make that piece of writing that you love even better, and therefore more likely to be published and loved by many others. And it is the feedback you need to improve your writing skills overall, which is a lifetime pursuit.

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Crosshatching– (verb)

Definition 1: to mark with two series of parallel lines that intersect

// Grill for 3 minutes, then turn the chicken 90 degrees, still skin side down, to create crosshatched grill marks on the skin.… Read More...

Monochromatic – (Adjective)

Definition 1: having or consisting of one color or hue // A Monochromatic Winter Scene

Definition 2: lacking variety, creativity, or excitement //Colorless

Sentence: Here we have a typically Monochromatic view of the whole situation – all or nothing.

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