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Earthenware
This type of clay needs to be glazed, it is porous and not waterproof. Earthenware is a low-fire clay.


Easel
An easel is used to support your canvas while painting. Can be a collapsible tripod, studio types and as a combination sketch box unit. Some sketch boxes contain lids that serve as easels.


Edition
A group of identical prints that can be numbered and signed by the artist. Open Edition: An unlimited number of prints. Limited Edition: Prints that have a known number of impressions, and are usually signed and numbered by the artist.


Egg Tempra
A water-base paint made with an egg yoke binder.


Elements of Art
Elements of art are the basic visual symbols found in the work such as lines, shape, form, space, point, light, motion, direction, scale, dimension, texture and color.


Encaustic
This ancient art uses colored wax for painting. This technique involves painting images onto walls with pigments that are blended with wax. When used with heat, such as an iron, the permanent color is burned into the wall, for good.


Etching
The technique of reproducing a design by coating a metal plate with wax and drawing with a sharp instrument called a stylus through the wax down down to the metal. The plate is put in an acid bath, which eats away the incised lines; it is then heated to dissolve the wax and finally inked and printed on paper. The resulting print is called the etching.