Colour Theory
What are the 3 primary colours?
Magenta (red), yellow and blue.
What is a value?
Degrees of lightness or darkness of a colour.
What art style does not reference any real images?
Abstract Expressionism
Which artist created prints of Campbell's soup cans, Marilyn Monroe, and various celebrities of the time?
What are the 3 secondary colours?
Purple, Orange and Green.
What is contour?
The outside line work of a drawing.
What type of art references POP culture?
Pop Art
Which famous artist is known for cutting off his own ear?
Vincent Van Gogh
How would you mix the colour brown?
Add all 3 primary colours (red, yellow, and blue).
What is composition?
The method of organizing objects in your drawing to create harmony between the elements on your page.
What type of art references figurative imagery with geometric shapes and shattered images?
Cubism
Which famous artist painted the Mona Lisa?
Leonardo DaVinci
What are complimentary colours? Give an example.
Colours that are opposite to each other on the colour wheel.
Examples:
(red and green)
(blue and orange)
(purple and yellow)
What is figurative vs. non-figurative art?
Figurative art references the real world (humans, plants, landscapes, etc.)
Non-figurative art has no reference. It is abstract.
What type of art features thick expressive brushstrokes?
Impressionism
Which famous Mexican artist has a well known self-portrait featuring monkeys, flowers and thick eyebrows?
Frida Khalo
How do you create lighter and darker values?
Add white to lighten and black to darken.
What is juxtaposition?
When you have two things that do not normally belong together in one image.
What type of art references dreamlike imagery and the subconscious mind?
Surrealism?
Which famous artist created the painting "The Persistence of Memory" which features melting clocks in a desert landscape.
Salvador Dali