Vocabulary Words:

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.


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.


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.

Vocabulary Assignment:

Using the three vocabulary words above write a critique of the painting called

The Siesta by the Dutch painter, Vincent Van Gogh using the form below.

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