Art Dictionary by Arcy Art Original Oil Paintings

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ART DICTIONARY - D

Decorative - The word decorative as used in painting implies an overall surface emphasis and sometimes the use of pattern in a painting ...more info
Design - Design is the composition or the manipulation of the visual vocabulary in the art work ...more info
Digital Art - Digital art can be broadly defined as art created by a computer and stored in a digital format ...more info
Distortion - Distortion presupposes a norm or order from which to depart and in representation it must have a recognisable reference to the norm which is distorted for example a distorted circle ...more info
Drawing - The word 'drawing' is defined as the act of making marks on a surface to create an image, form or shape ...more info