aesthetic - concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty: "the pictures give great aesthetic pleasure"

Understanding aesthetic from Mr. Bonnell - Another way to understand the essence of aesthetic is in using a formal manner to describe an emotion such as the tattoo that I saw on Jane’s neck had a certain vibe that denotes a rhythmic pattern.

Example: Mr. Bonnell sat on his stool in the hallway of Islands High School monitoring students as they walked down the hall. He was amazed at the personal aesthetic that students found important in how they chose to wear their hair, especially those who chose neon colors to depict a form of aesthetical expression.

scale = the size or visual weight of an object as compared to another object. usage: The scale of the Lincoln Monument is 55 times larger than the average height of a man.

Understanding scale from Mr. Bonnell - Scale usually pertains to proportions in drawing. If you are drawing a portrait the scale of the head should should match the scale of the body.

Example: The scale of the size of the hamburger in the magazine add was ten times the size of a real hamburger in real life.

texture = the visual surface of an object that shows the skin or outer dimension as appealing to the sense of touch. usage: The texture of the drawing of the tree showed the detail of the bark in a very real manner.

Understanding texture from Mr. Bonnell - It is important to seek to draw how an object feels in order to depict texture. For instance if you drew a piece of broken glass you would seek to draw it with the edges reflecting sharpness though using gradations and shadows.

Example: The texture of the desert floor was dry and parched. To just look at it made one thirsty.

vanishing point = a single point on the horizon of an image that all lines lead to. usage: the railroad tracks all lead to one distant point.

Understanding a vanishing point from Mr. Bonnell - A drawing that depicts correct perspective is balanced out by having one, two, three or even four vanishing points. All of the shapes or objects in a drawing should be able to align to one or more of the 4 points.

Example: The sun served as the best vanishing point on the horizon as I tried to drive my car in a west bound direction.

analogous = similar or comparable to something else ex: An airplane’s joystick is somewhat analogous to the reins on a horse. The emotional impact of a painting by Jackson Pollock is analogous to watching fireworks on the fourth of July.

Understanding analogous from Mr. Bonnell - Use analogous instead of the word similar as a word of deeper meaning when comparing a nouns or objects, people, places, or things.

Example: The African language group of the Hanga decorate their faces by carving designs in them when each new born is just 8 months old. It is analogous to other language groups in Africa who choose to stretch out their necks using forms of neck braces that are made up of thousands of beads.

symmetry = balanced proportions ex: The human face holds symmetry on each side.

Understanding symmetry from Mr. Bonnell - In drawing symmetry is important in measurement, an example would be that when drawing a face the width of the space between ones eyes is always the width of a single eye allowing for the best symmetry.

asymmetry = the lack or absence of symmetry ex: As Mercury orbits the Sun, it experiences a small torque due to its slight asymmetry in the plane of its orbit.

Understanding asymmetry from Mr. Bonnell - Asymmetry should be understood in turns of viewing negative space as having a form of visual weight within a drawing, photo or painting. One side of an image may contain a tree that takes up most of one half of an image. The opposite side of the composition could be balanced out with a simple rectangle or building that holds the same visual weight as the tree.

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