Art Tools
This tool goes under your paper when painting to protect the tables.
What is a Messy Mat?
A square, circle, and triangle are examples of this.
What is Shape?
These are called the "Primary Colors"
What are Red, Yellow, and Blue?
This artist painted Starry Night and Sunflowers.
Who is Vincent Van Gogh?
A collection of artwork - often in a folder, binder, or envelope.
What is a Portfolio?
This type of paint will only work with water on your paintbrush.
What is watercolor paint?
This element of art can be thick, thin, zigzag, or curved.
What is Line?
These are called the "Warm Colors"
What are Red, Orange, and Yellow? (and Pink)
This artist and illustrator created colorful paper collage books like The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
Who is Eric Carle?
The 2026 Lunar New Year Zodiac animal
What is the Fire Horse?
This medium is softer than a crayon, feels smooth to color with, and blends easily.
What are oil pastels?
Artists use this element to show how something feels or might feel.
What is Texture?
These are called the "Secondary Colors"
What are Orange, Green, and Purple?
This artist is famous for water lilies and Impressionist paintings.
Who is Claude Monet?
The three parts of a landscape.
What are Foreground, Middle Ground, and Background?
This art tool works like a glue stick, but contains solid, vibrant color.
What are paint sticks?
The area around, between, above, below, or within objects in an artwork.
What is Space?
Mixing blue and yellow together makes this color.
What is Green?
This artist used bright colors, words, symbols, and graffiti-style art.
Who is Jean-Michel Basquiat?
2 Part Question. You must answer both in the correct order.
1. Shapes that you can name. Precise, consistent, and often symmetrical.
2. Shapes that are irregular, free-form, and blob-like.
1. What are Geometric Shapes?
2. What are Organic Shapes?
This art technique involves cutting and gluing different papers together.
What is collage?
Light colors and dark colors show this element of art.
What is Value?
This color is often used during Lunar New Year because it symbolizes luck.
What is Red?
This artist used Geometric and Organic shapes to create abstract paintings.
Who is Reggie Laurent?
The name of the painting in the back of Ms. Salisbury's classroom.
What is "The Girl with the Pearl Earring"?