About School Tours
VOCABULARY
Book Dummy:
The practice book illustrators make before the finished product
Caldecott Award:
The yearly award for the book judged to have the best artwork
Collage:
Creating artwork by gluing materials on a flat surface
Docent:
A person who conducts a tour in an art gallery
Drawing:
Creating pictures with line using such materials as pencil, crayon, chalk, etc.
Etching:
A design etched onto a metal plate and for printing
Gouache:
Watercolor paint mixed with white pigment to create an opaque effect
Media: The materials an artist uses to make a work of art
Perspective:
The way an artist makes a flat paper appear to have depth
Print:
Impressions made from inking an imaged block onto a flat surface
Style:
The individual way the artist uses the materials
Texture:
The way the artwork looks or feels