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This 37-word drawing techniques word search covers fundamental concepts for middle and early high school students. Hidden terms include crosshatching, perspective, composition, foreground, and contrast, spanning line work, shading, and spatial techniques. Use it in an art class during a drawing unit, as a vocabulary review before instruction, or as a substitute-lesson activity.

Subject:
Art
Topic:
Drawing
Grade Level:
7th – 9th Grades
Updated February 2023

Word List

  • DIAGRAM
  • CROSSHATCHING
  • SHADOW
  • GRAPHIC
  • LINE
  • STYLIZED
  • THICK
  • HATCHING
  • COTOUR
  • LINEWEIGHT
  • DETAILED
  • ZIGZAGGED
  • TONES
  • BACKGROUND
  • AUTODIDACT
  • LIGHT
  • REALISTIC
  • STRAIGHT
  • HIGHLIGHTS
  • OUTLINE
  • VERTICAL
  • REPEATING
  • LINE
  • FINE
  • MIDDLEGROUND
  • DIAGONAL
  • FOREGROUND
  • OBSERVATION
  • PATTERN
  • PLANE
  • CONTRAST
  • CURVED
  • DEPTH
  • SIMPLIFY
  • THIN
  • SKETCHY
  • JUXTAPOSE

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