A color that is quick to disappear. To most artists a fugitive color is undesirable, however, to some using this color is of no concern because their intent is to be short lasting.

Any drawing or painting depicting an outdoor scene containing a body of water.

A painting medium in stick form with non-drying oil and wax binder. Considered a fast medium and perfect for plein air artists because Oil Pastels are more convenvenient to carry.

A method of imitating depth in which the painting plane is parallel to object's face and all receeding lines meet at one, single vanishing point. This method is used many times in looking down ra [..]

Anything using any number of different colors.

The ability of one color to affect other colors when those colors are mixed.

Warm colors are often said to be the hues from yellow to red. The determination of a color's temperature is relative, meaning that it depends on the comparison to other colors. Cool colors to cal [..]

1). Existing in thought or idea, but not necessarily in the physical or concrete world. 2). Denoting an idea, quality or state, rather than a concrete object. 3) See Abstract Art.

Uses a visual language of form to create a composition that is representative of visual references to the world in texture, shapes and colors, but not consisting of recognizable reality.

A movement of the 1940's and 1950's created in New York, NY, in which abstract art was aimed at the spontneity of emotions. See Jackson Pollock.