Ceramics
Painting
Printmaking
Art Processes
Random Questions
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What is ceramics?
The art of making objects from clay and hardening them with fire.
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What do we use a palette for?
For holding and mixing paint colors.
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What is a physical surface that can be manipulated, or carved into, to hold ink, which is then transferred onto a surface?
MATRIX
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What is a still life, and what is it mostly composed of?
A work of art depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which are either natural (food, flowers, dead animals, plants, rocks, shells, etc.) or human-made (drinking glasses, books, vases, jewelry, coins, pipes, etc.).
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What do we call the "glue" that we use to bind clay pieces together??
Slip
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What is the MOST IMPORTANT step in making sure the air bubbles inside the clay are taken out?
Wedging
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When we studied landscapes and seascapes, which fast-drying paint containing pigment suspension in polymer emulsion did we use?? These paints are water-soluble, but become water-resistant when dry.
Acrylic!
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Printmaking is...
an artistic process based on the principle of transferring images from a matrix onto another surface, most often paper or fabric.
200
Name a watercolor painting technique...
Wet on wet, wet on dry, dry on dry, salt technique, etc.
200
In printmaking, the number of prints made by the print maker are called a _______?
Series
300
In ceramics, what is the term for dry, unfired clay artwork called?
Greenware
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A painting method in which the paints are made of pigments suspended in a water-soluble vehicle. You usually have to "wake up your palette" in order to start using these paints.
Watercolor!
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What is a small hand roller used to roll ink and paint onto printing matrices called?
Brayer
300
WHO is the founder or father of Optical Kinetic Art who created Agamograph artworks??
Yaacov Agam
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What is a portrait?
A work of art created to show a person, animal, or group of people, usually focusing on the face.
400
What is the method artists use to connect pieces of clay to each other by scratching the surfaces and using slip to glue it together?
Scoring
400
What is a wash used in painting?
A technique resulting in a semi-transparent layer of color, which uses more water than pigment.
400
What do we call an image that can only be printed ONCE in its original state, unlike other forms of printmaking??
A Monotype or Monoprint
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WHO is the "Father of Impressionism" paintings known for his Waterlily paintings and landscape Impressionist paintings??
Claude Monet
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What does opaque mean?
Light cannot pass through the pigment or material being used.
500
What kind of clay building method is this called??
Pinch Pot
500
Name the parts of a painting...
Background, middle ground, foreground
500
Which type of print did we create this year?
Intaglio, Relief, Lithography, or Screen?
Relief Print
500
When painting with acrylic paints, what do we call the technique where paint is applied in thick, textured layers, creating a three-dimensional appearance on the canvas using a palette knife?
Impasto
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Which Pop Artist is known for his photographic silkscreen printing process??
Andy Warhol