Mosaics
What small pieces are used to make a mosaic?
Tiles
Name the three primary colors.
Red, Blue, Yellow
What is a self-portrait?
A picture an artist makes of themselves
What is a still life?
A picture of objects that don’t move
Name one element of art.
Line, shape, color, texture, form, value, or space
What material were ancient mosaics often made from?
Stone or Glass
What colors do you mix to make orange?
Yellow and Red
What are masks often used for in different cultures? Name two.
Celebrations, Hide, protection, etc.
Give one example of an object in a still life.
Fruit, flowers, or bottles
What element of art describes how something feels or looks like it feels?
Texture
Where did mosaics first become popular?
Rome or Greece
What colors do you mix to make purple?
Red and Blue
What is symmetry?
When both sides of something are the same
What is overlapping?
When one object covers part of another
What is a geometric shape?
A shape with straight edges like squares or triangles
Are mosaics usually flat or 3-D?
Flat
What are the secondary colors?
Orange, green, purple
What are the colors of the rainbow in order?
Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet
When drawing a still life, what should you look at first?
The shapes of the objects
What is the difference between form and shape?
Form is 3-D, shape is flat
What is a modern material artists sometimes use for mosaics?
Paper, beads, buttons, or recycled materials
What are complementary colors?
Colors opposite each other on the color wheel (like red & green)
What is perspective used for in art?
To make things look far away or close up
What artist painted “Sunflowers”?
Vincent van Gogh
How many elements of art are there?
7