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✏️Drawing I
Key Terms

296 essential vocabulary terms and definitions to know for your Drawing I exam

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2H pencil
4H pencil

A

Abstract form
Abstraction and Simplification
Abstraction of Shapes
Acid-free
Acidic paper
Acromion process
Acrylic inks
Additive color mixing
Advancing Colors
Alignment techniques
Analogous colors
Anatomical Accuracy vs Artistic License
Anatomical drawing
Angle sighting
Angular Lines
Art Nouveau
Artificial Frames
Artistic intention
Aspect ratio
Asymmetrical Balance
Asymmetrical emphasis
Atmospheric effects
Automatic drawing

B

Balance and Emphasis
Balance and Movement
Balance and Unity
Balancing Static vs Dynamic
Biomorphic forms
Blender pencil
Blending stump
Blending with layering
Blind contour
Blind contour drawing
Block-in
Blocking in
Bristol Board

C

Caricature Techniques
Character design
Charcoal pencil
Charcoal sticks
Chinese Ink Wash
Closed Shape
Cmyk color model
Color and value shifts
Color as Focal Point
Color contrast
Color gradation
Color Harmony
Color mixing
Color wheel
Colored pencil
Comic art style
Compass and straightedge
Complementary Colors
Composition Principles
Compressed charcoal
Conte
Contour drawing
Contour hatching
Contrast in Line
Converging lines
Cool Colors
Crayons
Cross-contour
Cross-contour lines
Crowquill nibs

D

Depth perception
Diagonal composition
Diagonal Lines
Digital drawing
Digital media
Diminishing detail and contrast
Dip Pen