Art Terms and Definitions - F

A listing of art terms and definitions that begin with the letter of the alphabet F.

Fan Art (or Fanart)

Fanart of a popular 1960's Goggle box sci-fi series graphic symbol known as "Spock" from Star Expedition. Artist unknown.

Artwork created past the fans of popular fictional books, Telly shows, movies, comics, etc. Such works are typical of favorite characters or scenes which are hand-drawn, painted, or digitally produced using a computer program. They are not deputed works of art nor endorsed by the creators of the fictional work the fan fine art depicts.

Ferrule

Refers to the metal or plastic device that aligns and anchors paintbrush bristles or hairs in an adhesive. The ferrule is attached to the handle by crimping or past binding wires. (Come across filbert brush illustration beneath.)

Figurative Fine art

Meet Representational Art.

Filbert

Brushes used to create soft edges, blend colors, and have the shape of a flower petal or leaf. (Run across illustration.)

Filigree

A technique used to produce delicate, intricate patterns in metallic such as metal chaplet, clasps, and dewdrop caps.

Fine art

Art created purely for aesthetic expression, communication, or contemplation. Painting and sculpture are the best known of the fine arts. For more than information, meet the blog "What is Fine Art?"

Fine Artist

A practitioner (such as a painter or sculptor) of the fine arts who makes a living from their creative works. An artist is considered a fine artist when their work is considered highly valuable, and they have mastered their technique.

Fixative

A liquid, similar to varnish that is sprayed over a finished slice of artwork to preserve it better and prevent smudging. Artwork media requiring fixative include drawings done in pencil, charcoal, and pastel.

Flat Brush

A brush with a flat-shaped end like a screwdriver. (Come across illustration.)

Foam Core

A potent, strong, resilient, and lightweight board of polystyrene laminated with paper on both sides used as backing for fine art prints before framing. Besides referred to as "foam board."

Focal Betoken

A specific area, element, or principle that dominates a work of fine art; the area in a work in which the middle is nearly compellingly fatigued. The viewer'southward middle is usually drawn in that location first.

Folk Fine art

Art created by individuals who take had no formal academic grooming in fine art but whose works office of an established tradition of style and craftsmanship. It is characterized by a naïve style, in which traditional rules of proportion and perspective are non employed.

Font

In typography, a complete set of characters in a particular size and style of blazon. This includes the letter set, the number set, and all of the special character and diacritical marks you go by pressing the shift, option, or command/control keys.

Fontography

The field of font pattern. A person who designs fonts is a "fontographer."

Form

The book and shape of a iii-dimensional work, possibly including unfilled areas integral to the work every bit a whole.

Foreshortening

A course of perspective used to create the illusion of an object receding strongly into the distance or background by shortening the lines with which that object is drawn. To shorten an object to make information technology expect as if it extends backward into space.

Fractal

A mathematically generated design that is reproducible at any magnification or reduction. A geometric pattern repeated at ever smaller scales to produce irregular shapes and surfaces that cannot be represented by classical geometry. (Meet illustration.)

Frame

Something made to enclose a picture show or a mirror; enclosed in a frame, as a picture.

Fresco

The technique of blending moisture plaster with water-based paint. Every bit the plaster dries, it becomes a lasting surface base of operations. The term applies to the technique every bit well as the painting itself.

Fugitive Colors

Short-lived pigments capable of fading or changing, particularly with exposure to light, to atmospheric pollution, or when mixed with certain substances.

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