Classroom and Art Material Rules
The most important rule, number 1, relating to how you talk about art.
What is no insulting your own or others art.
The repetition of line, shape or any other element in an artwork.
What is pattern
This artist painted while living in a mental hospital and is well known for paintings of sunflowers.
Who is Vincent Van Gogh
Method of animating by taking multiple photos of a clay sculpture or a drawing on paper.
What is stop motion or traditional animation
This is used for mixing paints.
What is a palette knife or paint knife
Something to avoid when handling pencils as it can cause the pencil to not sharpen correctly.
What is dropping or throwing a pencil
This element consists of hue, saturation and value
What is color?
This Mexican female surrealist painter is famous for her self portraits.
Who is Frida Kahlo
The principle of applying a change of shape such as flattening a ball to give a feeling of fleshiness, flexibility, and life in animation.
What is Squash and Stretch
This is the standard type of pencil lead, the same type that yellow pencils and mechanical pencils use.
What is HB
How to clean your palette knife.
What is wiping it off with a paper towel.
This is achieved when opposite elements are arranged together, such as colors.
What is contrast
This Japanese artist was a part of the Ukiyo-e movement and is famous for his piece The Great Wave Over Kanagawa.
Who is Hokusai
Any action that results from the primary action, such as hair blowing in the wind.
What is Secondary Action
A type of paintbrush used for getting into corners and creating straight lines.
What is an angle brush
Never leave a paintbrush here.
What is in water
This principle provides stability and structure to a design based on the placement of your elements.
What is Balance?
The Dutch artist was a part of the Baroque period and is famous for the painting Girl With The Pearl Earring.
Who is Vermeer
All animations should move on a...
What is an arc
A type of colored pencil that has soft lead and is very good for blending.
What are Prismacolors
What is something commonly used when working with clay that is actually NOT supposed to be used in clay.
What is a toothpick
Principle of design that gives the artwork a sense of order and helps a work look complete.
What is Unity?
This famous artist known for dripping paint over canvas to create his art.
Who is Jackson Pollock
The preparation for an upcoming movement, such as squatting before a jump.
What is anticipation
Common techniques when using this material are pinch pot, slab, slip cast and coiling.
What is clay