Watercolor Basics
What do you add to watercolor paints to make them lighter in color?
Water
What is the technique called where you first wet your paper, and then add wet paint on top?
Wet on Wet
How do you let your brushes dry?
What do you get when you mix red and yellow?
Orange
What color scheme uses colors that are across from each other on the color wheel?
Complementary color scheme
On what part of your watercolor palette should you mix your paints?
On the lid
Name the technique that involves "blotting."
(Hint: We used this technique to make clouds)
Lifting
Where do we leave our paintings to dry in the classroom?
Drying Rack
How do you make green?
Mix blue and yellow
What is the color scheme called that uses only one pure color plus tints and shades?
Monochromatic
Describe what happens when you add paint next to another color that is already wet.
The colors bleed into each other
This technique involved a straw to make trees. Explain what you did with the straw?
Used it to blow the watercolor paint in different directions to create organic tree-like lines
What happens to our paint brushes if we don't clean them out?
The paint dries in the bristles and ruins the brush
What kinds of colors does an analogous color scheme use?
Colors that are next to each other on the color wheel.
Describe what happens when you put watercolor paint on to color that has already dried on the paper.
You get crisp, sharp lines. The colors do not bleed together.
This technique involves putting wet paint directly on paper.
Wet on dry
Why is it important to clean up on time? (All answers receive points)
All answers receive points
Where are complementary colors located on the color wheel?
Across from each other
Why do we keep two separate water containers while painting?
One is for clean water and one is for dirty water
This technique involved using a white colored pencil to make marks on paper, and then putting watercolor paint over the top.
Colored pencil resist
Why don't we ever let brushes dry standing up with their bristles towards the sky?
The water loosens the glue at the base of the bristles and eventually they'll fall out.
Mix complementary pairs (R+G, B+O, Y+V)
Which types of colors create visual tension when placed right next to one another?
Complementary colors