Techniques
A gradual fade from one color or value to another.
What is Gradient
A type of paint which contains plastic making it water resistant when it dries.
What is acrylic
A watered down version of clay that acts like a glue for clay pieces
What is slip
The element of art which describes the lightness or darkness of a color or shade.
What is value
The movement that occurred in France when artists stopped aiming for realism and instead wanted to capture fleeting moments
What is the Impressionist Movement
When paint is applied in thin, transparent layers to change the color of an under painting.
What is glazing
The technique of combining colors on your drawing surface
What is blending
Scratching the surface of clay to increase surface area
What is Scoring
A color scheme in which similar colors next to each other on the color wheel are used.
What is analogous
The artist known for his paintings of water-lilies
Who is Claude Monet
A technique in which tiny dots are layered to achieve value and detail in a drawing.
What is stippling
An art method in which photographs, fabric, magazines and diverse materials are glued down to create a new composition.
What is collage
The machine needed to fuse the glaze to the clay body?
What is a kiln
A design that is based in repetition.
What is a pattern
An art movement where artists included dreamlike or bizarre imagery in their work.
What is surrealism
A technique which combines images and photos to create a new image.
What is photomontage
The colors opposite of each other on the color wheel that tone the other down when combined
What are complimentary colors
The two handbuilding techniques besides coil-building
What are slab-building and pinching
The area of an artwork where your eye goes to first.
What is a focal point
The abstract artist most famous for his non-objective paintings.
Who is Kandinsky
A shading technique in which small parallel lines are layered to develop value in a drawing.
What is hatching
The brand of high quality colored pencils we used for the implied texture drawing.
What is Prismacolor
The term used for clay pieces that have been fired in the kiln one time
What is bisqueware
When all parts of the art work together harmoniously.
What is Unity
An art movement which began in Berlin, Germany- "anti-art" movement in protest against the horrors of WW1. They focused on absurdity rather than beauty.
What is Dada