Plantation Key Art Corner

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• Easel

  - An easel is used to support your canvas while painting. Can be a collapsible tripod, studio types and as a combination sketch box unit. Some sketch boxes contain lids that serve as easels.

• Edition

  - A group of identical prints that can be numbered and signed by the artist.Open Edition: An unlimited number of printsLimited Edition: Prints that have a known number of impressions, and are usually signed and numbered by the artist.

• Egg Tempra

  - A water-base paint made with an egg yoke binder.

• Elements of Art

  - Elements of art are the basic visual symbols found in the work such as lines, shape, form, space, point, light, motion, direction, scale, dimension, texture and color.

• Emphasis

  - (Dominance) The principle of visual organization that suggests that certain elements should assume more importance than others in the same composition. Dominance contributes to unity because one main idea or feature is emphasized and other elements are subordinate to it.  

• Encaustic

  - This ancient art uses colored wax for painting. This technique involves painting images onto walls with pigments that are blended with wax. When used with heat, such as an iron, the permanent color is burned into the wall, for good.