Elements and Principles of Art
Cardboard
Plaster
Clay
Miscellaneous
100
Which element of art is defined as a point moving through space?
Line
100
What is this knife called?
X-Acto knife
100
What part of the hand do you leave uncovered in order to remove the sculpture easily after it has hardened?
Bottom part of the thumb.
100
What is the name of the process used to connect two pieces of clay?
Slip and score
100
What month did I start working here?
February
200
Which element of art is defined as the lightness or darkness of a color?
Value
200
What was the first step in creating your cardboard project?
Sketching
200
True or false: After the plaster has hardened, you can smooth it out by adding more water to the areas you want to smooth.
False, plaster cannot be re-moisturized.
200
What are the two clay construction methods we learned?
Coiling and slab-building.
200
Whose classroom was this before I started?
Mr. Howard
300
Which principle of art is defined as creating a focal point in an artwork?
Emphasis
300
What is the easiest way to cut a perfectly straight line out of cardboard?
Slide your blade along the edge of a metal ruler.
300
What is the plaster coated fabric we used to construct the sculptures called?
Plaster gauze
300
What is this tool called?
Needle Tool
300
What are the three categories on the rubric for projects in this class?
Craft, Creativity, Effort
400
Which principle of art is used to compare size relationships of different objects in an artwork?
Proportion
400
What does it mean to "score" cardboard?
Cut halfway through the material in order to bend it along the cut line.
400
As plaster hardens it is undergoing a chemical process called _________.
Curing
400
Create the perfect slip.
Slip should have a glue-like consistency.
400
Who has the highest grade in this class right now?
Pd. 1: Frank, Pd. 2: Mason, Pd. 3: Berangelie
500
What was the icon that your created to use in each of your principles of art dice drawings called?
Motif
500
What was the height recommendation per "story" or "floor" of your building?
4.5 inches
500
Name one of the figure sculptors we researched and did presentations on.
Nick Cave, Vanessa German, Yoshitoshi Kanemaki, Rebecca Stevenson, George Segal, Dan Herschlein, Kiki Smith, Erwin Wurm
500
What do we add to the water in the spray bottles? Why is it added?
Vinegar is added because it improves the elasticity of the clay
500
Name one of the artists from the Daily Warm-Ups excluding this week.
Roberto Lugo, Cannupa Hanska Luger, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Martin Puryear, Jason deCaires Taylor, Maya Lin, Judy Chicago, XCOPY, Maurizio Cattelan, Chris Burden, El Anatsui, Karyn Olivier, Banksy