Clay Terms
Color Theory
Drawing
Watercolor Techniques (Without Tools)
Watercolor Techniques (With Tools)
100
The appliance clay goes through 2 times - the first is to finish the drying process. The second is after applying glaze.
What is a kiln?
100
2 colors across from each other on the color wheel.
What is complementary color scheme?
100

The type of pencil used for drawing

What is an ebony pencil?

100
One solid color of watercolor paint that is smoothed out no paint brush marks are visible. This is the most simple of all of the watercolor techniques.
What is wash?
100
Crumpling up a paper towel and dabbing it onto your paper to pick up extra water. Creates texture.
What is blotting?
200
A coil placed along 2 clay slabs to help them attach together. Created using a "snake."
What is seal?
200
2 or 3 colors that are right next to each other on the color wheel?
What is an analogous color scheme?
200

What you should start with when creating the missing half of your drawing

What is outline?

200
When you add another color of watercolor paint to another color while the paint is still wet?
What is wet-on-wet?
200
Creates dotted textures. Added to your paper when the paint is wet and scraped off after it is dry.
What is salt?
300
Getting all of the air bubbles out of your clay.
What is wedging?
300
3 colors that form a perfect triangle on the color wheel.
What is a color triad?
300

what tool you use to make sure that the drawing you are doing is in proportion and correct scale.

What is a ruler?

300
2 layers of watercolor paint spread evenly on top of each other to create a new color?
What is glaze?
300
This is applied to your paper. Your paint is watered down a LOT and then goes over it. Your paint will not stick to what is applied to your paper.
What is crayon or wax resist?
400

clay glue that is put on your scoring so 2 pieces of clay can stick together?

What is slip?

400
One color, plus its tints and shades.
What is a monochromatic color scheme?
400

the tool used to blend your drawing pencil out softly.

What is a blending stump?
400
Wiping the end of your paintbrush with a paper towel. Taking your paintbrush and picking up a little bit of color. Used for adding details.
What is dry brush?
400
Used to create straight lines with watercolor.
What is tape resist?
500
Creating x's along the edges of clay that you want to attach to each other.
What is scoring?
500
One color on the color wheel, plus the color across from it and the two colors closest to the color across from it.
What is a split complementary color scheme?
500
What is a tool used for figuring out how dark or light to make something? The one we made in class had 11 boxes (0 for white all the way up to 10 for black).
What is a value scale?
500
When you start with a solid color, then continually add stripes of water to it, so it gradually fades from darker on one side to lighter on the other?
What is gradient?
500
When you use a wooden tool to create pictures, lines, etc. into your paper, which you then paint over with watercolor paint.
What is scoring?
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