Abstract painting involves removing details from the scene or subject, leaving only basic shapes and contours. For example a Pine tree would become a triangle in an abstract painting.

A type of balance in which the parts are unequal in size, shapes, etc., but still produce a balanced visual effect. For example, a red circle on the right of the screen may be balanced visually by a black triangle on the left.

An artwork is autobiographical when it tells details about the artist's life.

Automatic painting is a style of painting in which paint is applied directly to the canvas without any planning or preconceived ideas. Examples of this are: gestural brushstrokes, a controlled drip technique which involved squeezing paint from the tube directly onto the canvas, Palette knife paintings which involved spreading the paint with a palet [..]

The background is the top section of the painting or the part of the image that seems to be the furthest from the viewer. Objects are smaller, not as detailed, and are often obscured by things in the fore and middle grounds, making them seem far in the distance.

Balance is a feeling that results when the elements of design (parts of the image) are arranged to create the impression of equality in weight or importance.

Britain colonized (occupied and ruled over) many other countries throughout its history. In 1924 those countries were: Ireland, Australia, Canada, South Africa, Burma, Hong Kong, Palestine, Iraq and several African nations. These countries made up the British Empire.

A portrait or sculpture from the mid-torso/ shoulders up.

Colour is the particular hue that is seen when light is reflected off an object.

Colours that are directly opposite each other on the colour wheel. For example, red is the complement of green, yellow is the complement of purple and blue is the complement of orange. When these colours are placed beside each other they look like they are vibrating. This is because they are complementary colours.