Vocabulary - B

  • Balance

    - Balance is a feeling of equality in weight, attention, or attraction of various elements within an artwork as a means of unifying a composition. It may be symmetrical, asymmetrical or radial  

  • Balance

    - An art and design principle concerned with the arrangement of one or more elements in a work of art so that they appear symmetrical (even) or asymmetrical (uneven) in design and proportion.

  • Basic color principles

    - All color theory is based on the principle that 'color is light'.An object that we see as red contains pigmentation which absorbs all of the colored rays of white light except the red color, which it reflects. White pigment absorbs none of the colored rays, and black absorbs all of the colors of the spectrum.

  • Batik

    - Parrafin or beeswax is used to resist paint or dye on fabric or paper. Designs and patterns are produced on the unwaxed areas.

  • Bisque

    - When clay has its first firing in a kiln, it is called bisque ware. At this point, the clay has changed composition and can no longer have water added to it and turned back into a useable material.

  • Black

    - The complete absence of light. Because of impurities, you can not create black with pigments. In most black pigments, the is a slight blue trace. A black surface absorbs all light.

  • Brayer

    - In printmaking, a Brayer is a roller which is used to apply ink to printing surfaces.