Plantation Key Art Corner

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• Paint Box

  - A piece of equipment used for storing brushes, paint, palette, and accessories when painting outdoors.

• Pastel

  - Colors go from soft to brilliant in a stick form. When the paper is covered completely, it is known as a pastel painting. When the paper is exposed through the pastel, it is known as a pastel sketch.

• Perspective

  - Perspective creates the feeling of depth through the use of lines that make your image appear to be three dimentional. The closer the image is, the more detailed it will appear, and the larger it will be. 

• Pigment

  - Pigment is the material used to create the effect of color on any surface.

• Pinch Pots

  - Beginning with a ball of clay, the artist can form a pot by pinching the clay to form the center opening.

• Primary Colors

  - Red, Blue and Yellow

• Principles of Visual Design

  - The Principles of Design can help explain the qualities of an artwork. They describe the organization and relationships of the elements of design.  

• Proportion

  - In any composition, the comparison of and relationship between the parts to each other and to the whole. Proportion can be expressed in terms of a definite ratio, such as "twice as big" or be expressed by "darker than", "more neutral than", or "more important than."