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Saturation - the intensity or vividness of a color.
 
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Autumn Canadian Maple Shore of Fire

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Helsinki Aero Sailboat

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Scale - the proportion or ratio of a painted object's size to the original object being depicted.
 
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Lettuce in bed of miniature truck

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School - a group of artists who have a common style which may come from geographic, movement, period or other attribute.
 
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Frightened Horse

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Seascape - a painting or work of pictorial art that depicts the sea or a scene that includes the sea.
 
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HMS Surpise - On the Far Side of the World

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Secondary color - one of three colors created by mixing equal parts of two primary colors (red, blue and yellow); secondary colors include violet, orange, and green.
 
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Subtle light and shade reveal Impression

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Shade - a color which when compared to another has a clear difference in color whether lighter, darker, greener, etc.; also indicates an area of darkness due to an absence of light in an area of a painting or picture.
 
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Pastel Shades II

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Reflections-Sketch

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Silhouette - an outline of a single solid color that is usually a portrait and is placed on a strongly contrasting background, usually black on white.
 
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Silhouette of a Joshua Tree Against a Sunset

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Silhouette of Giraffe Walking at Sunrise

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Silk screen - the process of making a print during which an image is imposed on a screen of silk and blank areas have been blocked out. Ink is then forced through the mesh onto the paper surface.
 
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Andy Warhol - Lenin

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Sketch - a quick outline or drawing used to capture the basic elements and structure of a situation often used as the basis for a more detailed work.
 
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Black Sketch

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Pencil Sketch Floral I

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Still life - usually set indoors, a grouping of inanimate objects that are positioned and then painted by artist, often including fruit, bowls, flowers and books.
 
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A Present for Lindsey

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Style - the usual technique or expression of an artist or group of artists.
 
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A Present for Lindsey

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Surrealism - a successor to Dadaism, the style or movement starting in the 1920's which was influenced by Freud's focus on dreams. Works in the Surrealist style often appear dreamlike, irrational and fantastical in their presentation. Some contributors include André Breton, Salvador Dali, and Joan Míro.
 
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Landscape with Butterflies

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Femme III

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