Elements
What is a tertiary colour?
The mixture of a primary and secondary colour. Example mixing red and orange gives you red-orange
Contrast, location and converging lines are ways to show what principle?
Emphasis
What did the paleolithic people use instead of paint brushes?
Fingers, sticks or moss/ fur
What style of art was Van Gogh known for?
Impressionism
Why do we press lightly when beginning to draw?
It is easier to erase and to prevent ghost lines
What is an example of complimentary colours?
Red & Green
Blue & Orange
Purple & Yellow
What does balance mean?
Having an equal weighting of positive to positive space OR positive to negative space?
What God or Goddess was featured in the stone age art?
Venus
What style of art is Picasso known for?
Cubism/ Abstract
Why might a person use the grid method?
To use as a guide when placing outlines for an accurate recreation.
How do we turn a 2D shape into a 3D form?
We add depth.
How can you create contrast in an image?
Place 2 opposite things side by side. Dark & light, big & small, happy & sad etc.
What were 2 materials that paint was made from in the stone age?
Crushed bone meal, minerals and charcoal mixed with tree sap, water, blood or animal fats.
What artist's style comprised of short brush strokes to show movement?
Picasso (Starry Night)
What technique of shading using dots?
Pointillism/ stippling
What is a line called that is not actually there? (Our eye connects things to make a line)
Implied line
How can we create a dynamic composition?
Variety, overlap, diagonal lines, items go off the page.
What is the major difference between paleolithic and neolithic artists?
Paleolithic were nomads (traveled and did cave paintings).
Neolithic settled and creates farms for a sense of security. Their art features pots.
What are some characteristics of cubism art?
Flat (no value or depth), geometric shapes, disproportionate.
What is the name of the tool we use to smudge graphite pencil to make it look smooth?
A blending stump
What are 2 ways we can show things going further into space?
Smaller, lighter, less detailed, overlapping or higher on the page.
What is the rule of thirds and how is it used?
A 3x3 grid is places, and focal points are positioned on the grid lines OR intersecting points.
In Neolithic homes, they used a technique called “wattle and daub". What were some materials used in this woven design?
woven lattice of wooden strips called wattle is daubed(smeared) with a sticky material usually made of some combination of wet soil, clay, sand, animal dung and straw.
What was the name of our tattoo artist guest speaker?
Jordan Jolicoeur
How do we mix 2 coloured pencil colours together?
Overlap with a light pressure, switching back and forth gradually adding pressure.