Fauvism
What does 'Fauves' translate to in English?
Wild Beasts/Animals
A layer of watercolour is painted evenly onto the canvas.
Flat Wash.
his element describes the surface quality or feel of an object, such as rough or smooth.
Texture
This is the plastic sheet used for etching and printing.
Acetate
That one artist who cut his ear off.
Vincent Van Gogh
Name one characteristic of Fauvism art style.
- Bold, vivid, unrealistic colour
- Simplified form, shape, depth
- Expressive brushwork
Flicking the brush while it is loading with paint.
Splatter.
This element is created when a line connects back to itself and can be geometric or organic.
Shape
The pointy stabby thing used to scratch the printing plate.
Etching Needle
The artist that painted the Mona Lisa and shares his first name with a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle.
Leonardo Da Vinci
Name one of the key artists of the Fauvism art movement.
Andre Derain, Henri Matisse, Maurice de Vlaminck.
The name given to the technique that is like a 'flat wash' but the saturation or hue gradually changes.
Gradient Wash.
This element of art refers to the lightness or darkness of a colour.
Value
The two art elements that are effective for drypoint etcing.
Tone and Texture
The tool artists use to mix and hold their paint.
In what year did Fauvism emerge?
1905
Using tape or another material to block paint from a particular area of the canvas. Protecting whatever is underneath.
Masking.
This element refers to the continuous mark made on a surface by a moving point.
Line.
That rag used to wipe away ink from the plate.
Tarlatan
The type of painting that is of random objects, such as candles, books, skulls, flowers and fruit.
Still Life
Fauvism is a style of this type of artform.
Painting.
Scratching indents into wet paint to create line or pattern.
Sgraffito
This element refers to the area within or around shapes and forms in a work of art.
Space
Sounds like a movie, but its the plate used for printing.
Matrix
The name for a wall painting. Typically large and outside.
Mural