Art is a way to express yourself. Artists use different materials. Learn about some artists and the tools they use.
Some artists use paint.
Painters use brushes and paint to make pictures. Some paintings are of people or places or things. Others are abstract. That means they don’t look like anything specific.
Photographers use cameras.
They capture what they see. Photographers pay attention to light. They focus
focus
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to put your attention (on something)
(verb)
The teacher told her students to focus on their classwork.
on certain objects. They freeze them in time.
Ceramic artists use clay.
Artists that use clay are called ceramic artists. They make sculptures
sculpture
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a piece of art that is three-dimensional
(noun)
I enjoy looking at sculptures in art museums.
and pottery. Clay art is three-dimensional
three-dimensional
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having length, width, and depth
(adjective)
There are special glasses that can make a movie seem three-dimensional.
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Glassblowers work with glass.
Melted glass can be used to make art. Glassblowers heat and melt pieces of glass. They blow through a pipe to form a shape.
Did You Know?
Robots can make art too. This tiny robot was programmed by an artist. It can paint like she does. The robot and the artist paint together.
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