Mikayla T. Art Vocab by mikayla t.

Geometric Shape-

themjkayla — 2015-04-15 03:38:41 UTC

Geometric shapes have sharp edges as you can see with the star, and their curves or mathematically consistent also visible in the circle.

Geometric Form-

themjkayla — 2015-04-15 15:39:57 UTC

Here you can see an example of geometric form. The woman in this image is made of triangles that come together to form something that appears to be three dimensional.

Organic form-

themjkayla — 2015-04-15 15:46:09 UTC

These bar stools consist of many curves and only have rounded edges. You can also tell that these objects are three dimensional because they are bar stools.

Wedging-

themjkayla — 2015-04-15 23:52:45 UTC

This is the act of squishing and pressing clay to get out air bubbles and ready for use. The picture below is an example of a person kneading clay to remove air.

Organic Sha

themjkayla — 2015-04-15 23:55:39 UTC

Organic shapes are made up of curves and appear to be two dimensional. This photo suggest nature because it closely resembles a tree root.

Stylized Art

themjkayla — 2015-04-15 23:59:54 UTC

Stylized art is drawings of real that have the artists own touch done to them. You can tell that this is a bird, but because of the style its not actually completely realistic.-

Representational Art-

themjkayla — 2015-04-16 00:03:24 UTC

This drawing is done in using a hyper realism style and aims to depict the woman as if she were

Contrast-

themjkayla — 2015-04-16 00:11:08 UTC

These two cups are black and white and are a great representation of contrast of color. The colors of black and white are acting in opposition to eachother because their stark differences.

Scale-

themjkayla — 2015-04-16 00:14:22 UTC

Here you can see a very big chick and and what appears to be an average sized farmer compared to the chick. You can tell their sizes because of how big they are relative to the objects surrounding them.

Proportion-

themjkayla — 2015-04-16 00:19:00 UTC

The relative size of the eyes of his face are very small compared to the rest of the face. This size difference makes us think of the size of objects in images.

Texture-

themjkayla — 2015-04-16 00:22:25 UTC

Texture suggest the feel of something and can be represented visually or be physical. Here is fur of a cat that is being visually suggested.

Utilitarian/Functional Design-

themjkayla — 2015-04-16 00:35:17 UTC

These cups are very minimalistic in any form of decoration, but they do have a highly functional design and are used for drinking. The definition of functional is basically something to be used.

Slab-

themjkayla — 2015-04-16 00:41:35 UTC

Depicted in this image is a slab of clay or a flat piece of clay that has been rolled out. It often is made with many different thicknesses depending on what its being made for.

Score-

themjkayla — 2015-04-16 00:43:38 UTC

Scoring is to basically cross hatch the edges of a leather hard ceramic piece before attaching something. Here this person is adding slip to a scored piece of clay before attaching.

Volume-

themjkayla — 2015-04-17 00:49:32 UTC

Here you can see and empty, hollowed out clay piece. It is evident that it is three dimensional.