This powerpoint is designed to introduce students in upper elementary school through high school some basic art vocabulary terms

1. ABC’sofArtby Lena Samples

2. Ais for ART! Found art, paintings, drawing, sculpture

3. Bis for BRUSHES! Used to create varying designs

4. Cis for COLOR! The visual response to the wavelengths of light

5. Dis for DRAWING TOOLS! Tools used to create art

6. Eis for EXHIBIT! A display of an artists work

7. Fis for FOCAL POINT! The area in a piece of art that the eye is drawn to

8. Please click on the links below to visit a few galleries online. Olga’s Online Gallery http://www.abcgallery.com/ National Gallery of Art – Kids Page http://www.nga.gov/kids/ The Museum of Modern Art http://www.moma.org/ Gis for Gallery! A display of an artists work

9. His for HORIZON! A level line where land or water ends and sky begins

10. Iis for ILLUSTRATE ! To create designs and pictures for books and magazines to help explain the text

11. Jis for JPEG! Joint Photographic Export Group – name used to refer to sill image compression used in photos and web graphics

12. Kis for KACHINA DOLL! Supernatural being important in the Hopi and Zuni cultures often represented as a figurine

13. Lis for LANDSCAPE! Painting or photograph that depicts scenery – mountains, tress, valleys, etc.

14. Mis for MURAL! Large wall painting

15. Nis for NEGATIVE SPACE! The empty space in a piece of artwork

16. Ois for ORIGAMI! Craft of folding paper into objects

17. Pis for PERSPECTIVE! The art of picturing an object on flat surface so it appears to have depth

18. Qis for QUILTING! Art of sewing to create a covering

19. Ris for REFLECTION! An image given back by a reflective surface

20. Sis for SELF-PORTRAIT! A painting of an artists completes of him or herself

21. Tis for TEXTURE! The tactile surface characteristics of a work of art that are either felt or perceived visually

22. Uis for UNDERPAINTING! A layer or layers of color painted on a canvas to before creating the final piece

23. Vis for VERTICAL LINES! Lines in artwork that go straight up

24. Wis for WORM’S EYE VIEW! As seen from the surface of the earth or looking up from the floor

25. X is for XYLOGRAPHY! (Pronunciation: zi:-LAH-grə-fee) A printing technique that involves carving text upon a wooden block and making an impression on paper

26. Yis for YORUBA! A group of people on the Guinea Coast in Africa who have been making art for thousands of years

27. zis for ZIGGURAT! A terraced pyramid of excessively receding stories

28. Resources http://www.bluemoonwebdesign.com/art-glossary-4.asp http://www.artlex.com/ http://www.abcgallery.com/ http://www.abcgallery.com/ http://www.nga.gov/kids/ http://www.moma.org/ http://www.google.com/imghp Domeniconi, D. (2006). M is for masterpiece: An art alphabet. China; Sleeping Bear Press .