In elementary and middle school, we all have the art classes where we think what we are being taught really does not come in handy and it is all nonsense. I remember being handed a vocabulary sheet each year, with the same words on it ever since 6th grade. I never thought I would have to really hear those words again, and I figured they were just stupid. But as a college art student, those very words are now in my every day vocabulary. Each time I pick up a pencil, or a camera, or a paint brush, the list of vocabulary words even from 6th grade are running through my mind.
Abstract
Background
Composition
Focal Point
Foreground
Geometric
Landscape
Line
Midground
Modern
Portrait
Like I said, those were just the basic words I was taught at first when I was younger that I still use quite often, and going through the list making sure my pieces have good composition, an good focal point, good in a linear aspect, and other things I have been taught really helps me. I have been taught now that the arts have a language of its own.
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