Monday, October 28, 2013
Triptych - A three-part work of art; especially a painting, meant for placement on an altar, with three panels that fold together.
Trompe-L’oeil - A French term meaning "deception of the eye." A painting or other work of two-dimensional art rendered in such a photographically realistic manner as to ‘trick’ the viewer into thinking it is three-dimensional reality.
Underpainting - The traditional stage in oil painting of using a monochrome or dead color as a base for composition. Also known as laying in.
Value - The relative lightness or darkness of a hue, or of a neutral varying from white to black.
Vanishing Point - In linear perspective, the point on the horizon line where parallel lines appear to converge.
Vehicle - The entire liquid contents of a paint.
Watercolor - A painting medium in which the binder is gum arabic. Water is used to thinning, lightening or mixing.
