elements of art
color families
famous artists
mediums and tools
100
A mark made by a pointed tool such as a brush pen or stick; a moving point.
What is a line
100
Red, blue and yellow. Used to create all other colors.
What are the primary colors
100
An artist that works mainly with primary colors, squares and rectangles.
Who is Mondrian
100
An art medium constructed of a narrow, pigmented core encased in a wooden cylindrical case
What is a colored pencil.
200
A flat enclosed area that has two dimensions, length and width.
What is a shape
200
Opposite colors on the color wheel.
What are complementary colors
200
Famous for his brushstrokes, this artist painted the starry night.
Who is Van Gogh
200
A painting method in which the paints are made of pigments suspended in a water-based solution
What is watercolor
300
The most dominant of the elements and is created by light. There are three properties to this element, hue, value and intensity.
What is color
300
Three colors that are next to one another on the color wheel are called...
What are analogous colors
300
This artist was part of the surrealism movement in art. Surrealism was based on dream like subject matter. He created the famous painting "Son of Man." Here a man was painted in a suit with a bowler hat and an apple over his face.
Who is Rene Magritte.
300
A fine-grained natural rock or soil material typically used to sculpt.
What is clay
400
Objects that are three dimensional having length, width and height.
What is form
400
Colors that are not found on the color wheel but can be created by mixing multiple colors. Colors that may be found in nature.
What are neutral colors.
400
This artist is famous for his paper cut outs as well as his paintings. His paintings usually included patterns and plant life.
Who is Henri Matisse
400
A thermally insulated chamber, a type of oven, that produces temperatures sufficient to complete some process, such as hardening and drying clay
What is a kiln
500
This is used to create the illusion of depth. It can be two dimensional, three dimensional, positive and or negative.
What is space.
500
The colors you would find in between the primary and secondary colors are called?
What are the tertiary or intermediate colors.
500
This grafitti artist is famous for his gender neutral people. Typically they had no faces and were brightly colored. Often they were surrounded by action lines.
Who is Keith Haring.
500
A thin material produced by pressing together moist fibres of cellulose pulp derived from wood, rags or grasses, and drying them into flexible sheets. It is a versatile material with many uses, including writing, printing, packaging, cleaning, and a number of industrial and construction processes.
What is paper
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