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Year 8 LAC Words


 

September
Primary Colours - The first colours, red, blue and yellow
Canvas - Material used to paint on
Sketch - A quick outline or drawing
 
October
Collage - Making a design by cutting or tearing paper and other materials
Warm Colours - Colours that make you think of the sun, reds, oranges and yellows
Line - The narrow mark of a moving point on paper e.g. pen, pencil
 
November
Tone - The lightness or darkness of a colour
Airbrush - A tool for fine spraying or painting of ink
Batik - A method of dyeing cloth using wax and bright coloured dyes
 
December
Brush - A tool used to apply paint to a surface
Gallery - A room where paintings and artworks are displayed and sold
Colour Scheme - A set of colours that are used in an artwork
 
January
Blend – To combine/mix colours together
Ream – 500 sheets of paper
Easel - A wooden frame to support a painter’s canvas
 
February
Mural – A large picture created on the wall of a building
Poster – An advertisement printed on a large piece of paper usually in a public place
Overlap - When one thing lies over something else
 
March
Photograph – A picture made by using a camera
Shade – The darkness of a colour
Glitter - Small pieces of light-reflecting material usually foil
 
April
Crayon – Drawing material made in stick form e.g. chalk, charcoal
Kiln – A special oven, reaching very high temperatures, to cook clay
Façade – The front of a building
 
May
Unique – One of a kind, an original
Seascape – A picture of a scene at sea
Cardboard - A stiff paper which may be any thickness
 
June
Scissors – A hand-held cutting tool made of two crossing blades
Newsprint – A very thin paper on which newspapers are printed
Frame - Something that encloses a picture
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