Clay
The process for getting the air bubbles out of clay (think "butterfly hands")
Wedging
EVERYTHING we typically need before we can start painting
Painting paper, brush, sponge, paint tray, palette, water cup (with water)
_____ - like, or ideas that may be based on _____s.
(same word)
Dream
Name of the artist who painted The Starry Night
Vincent Van Gogh
Art medium that Mr. G typically uses at home
Paint
The three steps for attaching one piece of clay to another
Slipping, Scoring and Blending
Colors mixed to make Brown
EITHER some variation of blue, red and yellow, or a pair of complementary colors.
What makes a painting surreal
Things that may not normally go together in space and time, dreamlike.
Name of artist who is credited with starting Cubism
Pablo Picasso
Elementary, Middle & High School Mr. G attended (hint - all in Newton)
Countryside, Brown, South
The names of the techniques we used for adding and taking away clay from our slab
Additive & Reductive Techniques
Three pairs of complementary colors
Purple & Yellow, Green & Red, Blue & Orange
Arguably the most famous Surrealist painter of all time - we looked at one of his paintings that included melting clocks.
Salvador Dali
Name of artist who created "The Birth of Venus"
Sandro Botticelli
Where Mr. G can be found every weekend in the winter
Skiing
ALL the steps, in order, from receiving a block of clay to a finished (glazed) piece
Snowball -> Wedging -> Tap With Rolling Pin -> Roll Out into Slab -> (create shape) -> Let Dry -> Put in Kiln -> Glaze -> Put in Kiln 2nd Time
All three definitions for Tints, Shades & Tones
Tint - Adding white to a pure hue (color)
Shade - Adding black to a pure hue
Tone - Adding grey to a pure hue
A description of THREE or more paintings that we looked at before starting our Surrealism paintings
(many answers, as long as three are correct it counts!)
Name of Clay artist who made a donut series
The name of the teacher (at Brown) with whom Mr. G is going on a 100 mile canoe trip this summer
Mr. Carter
The temperature of kiln
1800 to 2400 degrees F
The name for the areas of light and dark within each painting (relative to each painting).
Value
The name of the Salvador Dali Painting with the famous melting clocks
The Persistence of Memory
Name of Surrealist Collage Artist / Painter from Burlington, VT - we watched two short videos of her cutting a 3D collage
Nikki Laxar
The name of Mr. G's favorite restaurant for Burritos
Filipes