The Huntington Education Department Discovering Art — Vocabulary List   background the most distant part of a scene canvas a piece of cloth prepared as a surface to receive oil paint composition an artistic creation or organization cool colors colors that contain more blue tones diagonal lines lines that are at an angle foreground the nearest part of a scene horizon the line where earth and sky meet hue or tint common name of the color, such as red, green, blue intensity the degree of saturation of color landscape a view of a section of country masterpiece major work of any great artist middleground the area between the foreground and the most distant part of a scene oil paint a paint made by mixing ground (powdered) color pigment into oil original a prototype or initial work from which a copy or reproduction is made painting a picture created with paint portrait a painting or sculpture depicting a particular person sculpture a three dimensional work of art, ex., a statue texture the tactile (touchable) quality of the surface of an art object value or tone relative lightness or darkness of color vertical lines lines that are straight up and down warm colors colors that contain more red tones