Elements of Art
Color Theory
Artists
Materials
Professional
100
A mark made by a pointed tool such as a brush, pen, or stick; a moving point.
Can be curvy, zig zagged, straight, etc
What is Line?
100
Red, Yellow, and Blue are all colors from this category, which are considered the building blocks of color.
What are the primary colors?
100
This artist is know for his appropriated comic art.
Who is Roy Lichtenstein?
100
This type of white paint is used to prime canvasses before use.
What is Gesso?
100
This short paragraph describes the artists intentions for making his or work.
What is an artist statement?
200
This describes the feel of a surface. It can be real or implied.
What is texture?
200
Orange is made by combining these two primary colors.
What are red and yellow?
200
This artist is known for his impressionistic style, and created the famous painting entitled "Starry Night." He even cut off part of his own ear due to his struggles with mental illness.
Who is Vincent Van Gogh?
200
Name this tool:
What is an easel?
200
This is a collection of images of an artists work that can be shown to a potential buyer, or put on a website.
What is an artist portfolio?
300
This is a flat, enclosed area that has two dimensions, length and width. Artists use both geometric and organic shapes.
What is shape?
300
You can make this by adding white to any color.
What is a tint?
300
This artist was know for his thick impasto paintings of delicious cakes and treats.
Who is Wayne Theibauld?
300
This is the name of the clear medium that is applied to a finished painting to add shine and protect it from the elements.
What is varnish?
300
This is the term for the materials a painting or work of art was made with.
Hint: It starts with the letter "M"
What is medium?
400
The degrees of lightness or darkness of a color.
What is value?
400
Yellow-green, red-orange, and blue-violet are all colors belonging to this category.
What are tertiary colors?
400
This artist famously painted many self portraits featuring her Mexican heritage and thick eyebrow.
Who is Frida Kahlo?
400
Water-soluble means that a paint or material can be dissolved using this.
What is water?
400
This type of art exhibition is made up of art selected by a committee of judges or single juror.
What is a juried exhibition?
500
This is used to create the illusion of depth in a piece of art.
What is Space?
500
This painting contains colors mostly belonging to this group of colors (hint Warm vs Cool)
Warm colors
500
This museum is located in Paris, France and is known for holding the famous painting "Mona Lisa"
What is the Louvre?
500
This painting technique is the process of blending in which you use wet paint on a brush to create a fade with the wet paint on your canvas.
What is wet-on-wet blending?
500
This is a formal announcement inviting artists to apply to participate in an exhibition or competition.
What is a Call-for Enty?