Elements and Principles
Drawing
Painting
Other Media and History
Famous Artists
100

When you add shading to a drawing, you are utilizing which Element of Art?

Value

100

An object is always darker when it is farther from the...

Light source

100

When picking a paintbrush, choose a larger brush for __________ and a smaller brush for __________.

1. Covering large spaces

2. Details

100

What is the earliest form of human artwork that we have found?

Cave paintings

100

This Dutch artist is well known for painting sunflowers, the night sky, and himself.

Vincent van Gogh

200

This particular Principle is heavily featured in the sky of van Gogh's Starry Night.

Movement

200

This material is similar to graphite, but is darker and more blendable.

Charcoal

200

This is the kind of paint that we use most often in the art classroom.

Acrylic

200

This art process involves carving into a flat surface, covering it with ink, and pressing it into paper

Printmaking

200

This famous Italian painter was also a sculptor, inventor, scientist, architect, and engineer.

Leonardo da Vinci

300

A darker version of a color is called...

A shade

300

What do the H's and B's on drawing pencils indicate?

How light or dark it is

300

What kind of paint does not mix with water?

Oil Paint

300

An artwork that assembles a collection of different pieces or materials is called a...

Collage

300

This Renaissance artist is known for painting the Sistine Chapel.

Michelangelo

400

This Element can create the illusion of distance and perspective.

Space

400

This crayon-like drawing material deposits bold color, and leaves a surface waxy.

Oil pastel

400

What kind of brush is helpful for painting geometric shapes or straight lines?

Flat brush

400

This fancy artistic form of writing involves using a quill pen, and has been used for thousands of years.

Calligraphy

400

This action painter created the splatter paint technique.

Jackson Pollock

500

What kind of balance is used in Edward Hopper's Nighthawks?

Asymmetrical

500

This technique of shading involves using only small dots to create the illusion of values.

Stippling

500

How can you make a paint color less intense?

Mix in its complementary color

500

What culture made woodblock printing famous with detailed ukiyo-e prints?

Japan

500

This artist painted subjects from multiple angles at once, and is known to have several distinct artistic periods, such as the Blue Period and Rose Period.

Pablo Picasso

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