MSAD 75 Elementary Visual ARTS 3-5 Media, Tools, Techniques & Processes

Ceramics Drawing Fibers Graphics Painting Sculpture Media clay colored pencil yarn tempera paint tempera paper glaze marker fabric printing ink watercolor clay slip oil pastel mixed media e-z cut blocks paper wire underglaze chalk cardboard mixed media yarn ink paper mixed media charcoal acrylic paint Tools fingers colored pencils scissors brayers brushes scissors stamps markers yarn bench hooks sponges glue stylus oil pastels cloth stylus Q-Tips templates chalks needles ink plastic tools see clay tools* molds erasers fingers cutting tools stylus ink looms scissors fingers charcoal cardboard papers Techniques pinch color blend weave stencil wet-on-wet additive coil sketch stitchery template dry brush relief slab outline collage printmaking brush strokes see clay glaze trace wash techniques*

Processes flattening blending over and rolling brayer splattering cutting pressing sketching under rubbing sponging gluing stamping smearing overlapping pulling stamping attaching scratching outlining gluing inking mixing color folding pinching tracing cutting primary rolling glazing erasing weaving secondary crinkling attaching applying stitching tertiary crumpling removing complimentary space-shape warm/cool positive/ negative

Media*-Material or materials commonly used to make artworks. They include two-dimensional media (e.g., graphite, ink, paint, cut paper, photographic paper, canvas), three-dimensional media (e.g., fibers, clay, wood, metal, glass, bone, plastic), and time-based media (e.g., film, videotape). Tools*-Instruments and equipment used to create and learn about art (e.g., brushes, scissors, brayers, easels, knives, kilns, cameras). Technique* -A process in which art materials and media are used to produce works of visual art, such as carving, drawing, painting, printing, rendering, etc. Also, a particular way or method of using tools or materials to achieve special effects (e.g., using the point of a pencil to create light and dark tones). Processes* -Operations involving a number of methods or techniques, such as the addition and subtraction processes in sculpture, the etching and intaglio processes in printmaking, or the casting or constructing processes in making jewelry.

*Parameters for Essential Instruction Glossary 2007 mediatoolstechniquesprocesses3-5/districtcurriculum/evaplg/2009