ARTIST: BEN  SHAHN
TITLE: ãAMBASSADOR  SATCHMOä
DATES: b.  1898    -    d.  1969
INFO: GRAPHIC  ARTIST
COUNTRY: BORN: Lithuania (to USA 1906)

MON - GRAPHIC:
  Vivid or strong image as used in printmaking. 

TUE - LINE  QUALITY:
 How ãgoodä a line is for the purpose used.

WED - APPRENTICE::
 One who is learning a trade under a skilled   craftsman.

THUR - CARICATURE:
 A drawing that captures the distinctive    features of a person.

FRI - COMPASSION:
 Showing deep felt caring and understanding.
 

ARTIST:  GEORGE  CATLIN
TITLE: ãBUFFALO BULLâS BACK FATä
DATES: b.  1796    -     d.  1872
INFO: Painter of Native America
COUNTRY: U.S.A. (Pennsylvania)

MON - PORTRAIT:
 Creating a likeness of someone,
 usually the face.

TUE - DIGNITY:
 To bring honor or to show nobility.

WED - EARTH  TONES:
 Rich brownish tones that remind you
 of soil, hills and rocks.

THUR - SYMMETRY:
 The same on both sides of a center line
 but reversed (reflected images)

FRI - ASYMMETRY:
 ãNot symmetricalä - might be balanced but
  not the same on both sides.
 
 

ARTIST:  M. C.  ESCHER
TITLE: ãPERIODIC  SPACE  FILLINGä
DATES: b.  1898    -    d.  1971
INFO: ARTIST  OF  ILLUSION
COUNTRY: DUTCH (Netherlands)

MON - PATTERN:
 Repeating a design over & over
 in a regular fashion creates a pattern.

TUE - TESSELATION:
 Covering a surface with a pattern that 
 can be ãmapped ontoä itself as it repeats. 

WED - REFLECTION:
 A reverse tracing creates a mirror image
 or reflection of the original image. 

THUR - EQUILATERAL:
 A shape that has all sides or all faces equal.

FRI - POLYGON:
 A simple closed shape
 
 
 
 
 

ARTIST:  ELIZABETH ãGRANDMAä LAYTON
TITLE: ãSELF  PORTRAIT  WITH  GLENä
DATES: b.  19O9    -    d.  1993
INFO: BEGAN DRAWING AT AGE 68
COUNTRY: U.S.A. (Kansas)

MON - CONTOUR  DRAWING:
 Simple line drawing of the ãedgesä 
 seen in a form.

TUE - SPONTANEITY:
 The look of having been done quickly
 without being overworked (FRESH)

WED - SATIRE:
 To satirize is to poke fun at the
 human condition, to make a point.

THUR - PATRON:
 Someone who supports the arts & artists
 by buying their work.

FRI - FEMINIST  ART:
 The idea that art created by women
 will reflect a womanâs viewpoint. 

ARTIST:  LEE  KRASNER
TITLE: ãSELF-PORTRAITä
DATES: b.  19O8    -    d.  1984
INFO: ABSTRACT  PAINTER
COUNTRY: U.S.A. (New York)

MON -  SELF-PORTRAIT:
 When an artist creates
  an image of themselves 

TUE - REALISTIC:
 When an artist attempts to create
 an image that looks like themselves

WED - PALETTE:
 Material or surface an artist mixes 
 color on.

THUR - TRANSPARENT:
 When you ãcanä see through something, 
 it is considered transparent.
 (Watercolors are transparent)

FRI - OPAQUE:
 When you ãcan notä  see through
 something, it is opaque.
 (Tempera and acrylics are opaque)

ARTIST:  MIGUEL  MARTINEZ
TITLE: ãISABELLAä
DATES: b.  1952    - 
INFO: Hispanic-American Portrait Artist
COUNTRY: U.S.A. (Taos, New Mexico)

MON -  MOTIF:
 A favorite subject, used by an artist
 time and again is called a motif 

TUE - CONQUISTADORS:
 Refers to the spanish conquerors of
 Mexico and the American southwest

WED - CLASSICAL  STYLE:
 According to a set of standards
 (like the ancient Greeks and Romans)

THUR - HISPANIC:
 Descended from Spanish ancestors
 (Mexican, Columbian, Puerto Rician
 Cuban, Ect.)

FRI - CULTURE:
 Ideas and behavior transmitted down
  through time by a group

ARTIST:  ELIZABETH  CATLETT
TITLE: ãSHARECROPPERä
DATES: b.  1919    - 
INFO: African-American Expatriate Artist
COUNTRY: U.S.A. (Living in Mexico)

MON -  EXPATRIATE:
 Citizen of one country who decides to
 live in another 

TUE - PULL  A  PRINT:
 Describes the act of pulling the paper
 off an inked plate

WED - RELIEF  PRINT:
 Printing process where the area that is inked
 and prints is raised aboved the other areas

THUR - PRINTMAKER:
 Any artist who creates on surfaces 
 intended to be printed

FRI - EDITION:
 Total number of copies made from one
 printing plate makes up an edition