Art Techniques
A series of lines drawn along the main line of your drawing to create shadow and depth. These lines shouldn’t touch.
What is hatching.
A piece of material (as a sheet of paper or plastic) that has lettering or a design cut out and is used as a guide (as in painting or drawing).
What is a stencil.
A water soluble paint with transparent properties.
What are watercolors.
A dot moving along on a continuous path.
What is a line.
A field in art that requires designing buildings and houses.
What is architecture.
The art of adding dots to create shading and depth. The closer the dots, the deeper the effect.
What is stippling.
A thin board or slab on which an artist lays and mixes colors.
What is a palette.
Paper that is thicker and more durable than normal writing and printing paper, but thinner and more flexible than other forms of paperboard.
What is card stock.
A line that runs from east to west.
What is a horizontal line.
A field in art that requires drawing and designing images that tell a story, either a written one, like a children's book or a concept in the artist's mind.
What is illustration.
This technique can help indicate where your light source is coming from and add extra detail, showing reflective surfaces.
What is a highlight.
A frame/apparatus for holding something while it dries.
What is a drying rack.
A medium formed into a stick which consists of pigment mixed with a binder mixture of non-drying oil and wax.
What is oil pastels.
These shapes are precise, and have names. They can be are mathmatical and can be measured.
What is geometric shapes.
This artist painted the "Mona Lisa".
Who is Leonardo Da Vinci.
A series of lines used in the same way as hatching, but where they intersect. The closer these lines, the darker the shading in your drawing will be.
What is cross hatching.
Let's you create an embossing effect to your paper easily by rubbing a crayon, marker, or pencil over it to bring out the pattern beneath.
What is a texture plate.
Deluxe-grade tissue that bleeds, making it easy to create artworks with a beautiful watercolor look.
What is bleeding art tissue.
This shape has curves and cannot easily be measured. It is often found in nature.
What is an organic shape.
Black and white are not colors, but…?
What is a shade.
An art form consisting of applying paint to a piece of glass or clear sheet and then viewing the image by turning the glass over and looking through the glass at the image.
What is reverse painting.
A tool used to roll ink onto a printing plate.
What is a brayer.
The sticky colored liquid used in printmaking.
What is ink.
How many basic art elements are there?
What is 7.
Your very favorite class of the day.
What is art class.