MASTERY TEST REVIEW
Ceramics Objects made of clay
Tone The dull version of a color. It can be created with grey, brown, or the complement to the color.
Two-Point Perspective Shows a 3-D object represented in TWO dimensions
Pop Art Used subject matter such as comic strips, soda bottles, and soup cans and turned them into icons of the day. Andy Warhol
Slip A suspension of clay in water When uncolored: it is used for joining together sections of raw clay When colored: it is used for decorating leather-hard clay
Color Harmony, Color Scheme A is a relationship of colors on the color wheel, and a is the specific colors in it
Landscape Imagery of outdoor scenery
Kiln The furnace in which the clay is fired.
Triad What color harmony is shown here?
Hand-building Using various techniques to sculpt with clay. -pinch -coil -slab
Leather-hard A condition where the clay is too firm to bend or mold yet soft enough to still be carved.
Coil method Involves rolling out long, round strands of clay which are joined to other pieces through scoring and slipping.
Orthogonal Lines Lines that converge to the vanishing point in a perspective drawing.
Bisque-ware Clay that has been fired once at a low temperature.
Monochromatic Using one color + the values of that color
Pinch method Involves opening up a vessel using the thumb and forefinger
Vanishing Point The point where all receding lines converge in a work
Firing When clay is hardened through the process of heating it to a high temperature in a kiln. Doing so fuses together all of the clay particles to a durable state.
Glaze A coating of material applied to ceramics before firing that forms a glass-like surface which makes the clay non-porous
Color The reflection of light utilized through hue, intensity, and value
Sgraffito Scratching through a surface to reveal a lower layer of contrasting color. -Working in the subtractive method by taking away the material
Slab method Involves pressing the clay under a roller and then cutting the flattened clay to the desired size/shape.
Green-ware A state in which the clay is dry and unfired. This makes the clay very brittle and easily broken.
Sculpture In The Round Sculpture freed from any background plane. It is meant to be seen from all view-points. -Working in the additive method to build up the form of your animal