glossary of drawing terms

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GLOSSARY OF PAINTING AND DRAWING TERMS

A

Acrylic / à la poupée (printing) / acquaforte / adhesive materials / aerosol / air brush / acid-free paper / aerial perspective / angle lines

B

Background / blind printing / blurring / boldness (of type face) / brighten up / brass / burr / blur / blending / bull`s eye

C

Charcoal / calligraphy / carbon black / caricature / conté / chalcography / chiaroscuro / china paper / collage / compass / copper / copy / crayon / crop / cross-hatching / cast shadow / composition / chalk / chalk pastels / colored pencils / cartooning / contour /  canvas / chine collé

D

Deckle edge paper / drying / duplicate / dull

E

 Egg tempera / exposure / engraving / embossing?/ encaustic / easel / eraser / etching

F

Fresco (Italian fresh) / feather / fist= index/ frame / fountain pen

G

Glazing / gold leaf / gouache / grid / graphite (lead pencil)

H

Hachures / hatching / highlight(er) / hinge

I

Impasto / image / imagesetter / impressit or imp. / impression / incunabula / India ink / injection / ink / intaglio / intensity / interleave / invenit or inv / ion

J

Japan paper / justify

K

Kadin

L

Lace (typographical world) / lithography

M

Matte

N

Naïve art

O

Oil paints

P

Paster / printer / publish / portfolio case / pencil case / plein air (Fr. Open air) / palette / perspective / printmaking / proportion

R

Rubber (putty rubber)

S

Shade / shape / sharpener / sketchbooks=drawing books / squirkling / symmetry / shiny / stationary stores / spray fixative / scumbling / sfumato

T

Transparent / tools / typography / tone / smooth paper vs tooth paper

U

V

W

Watercolour / woodcut