Drawing
Most common used tool used for Drawing
What is a Graphite Pencil
A color plus white
What is a Tint
An artistic composition made by gluing various materials—such as paper, photographs, and fabric—onto a surface
What is a Collage
A pot made by pinching the clay with fingers.
What is Pinch Pot
Art that aims to represent subject matter truthfully, as it appears in real life.
What is Realistic/Realism
A powdered and compressed medium mixed with a wax binder, creating intense blacks.
What is Charcoal
A color plus Black
What is a Shade
Natural or man-made items (tickets, buttons, leaves) used in art.
What is Found-Objects
The process of scratching the surface of clay before joining with a mixture of clay and water is used as glue.
What is the Score and Slip technique
The area of a picture that appears closest to the viewer or furthest away
What is Foreground and Background
What are the three main methods used for shading?
What is Smudging, Hatching, and Cross-hatching
The lightness or darkness of a color.
What is Value
A white primer is used to prepare a surface, making it easier for paint to stick.
What is Gesso
A furnace or oven for firing clay at high temperatures.
What is A Kiln
Art from early civilizations, such as Greece and Rome, often focused on balance and realism.
What is Ancient Art
A technique used to represent three-dimensional images on a two-dimensional surface.
What is Perspective
The arrangement of elements within a work of art.
What is Composition
The perceived surface quality of an artwork, which can be felt (tactile) or seen (visual).
What is Texture
Four stages of clay from wet to dry (additional points if you give descriptions)
Plastic: Moist, pliable clay that is easily shaped.
Leather-hard: Clay that has dried slightly, becoming firm but still able to be carved or attached.
Bone-dry: Unfired clay that is completely dry, very fragile, and ready for the kiln.
Greenware: Any unfired clay object.
Art from roughly the late 19th century through the 1960s often experimenting with new techniques and perspectives.
What is Modern Art
The line where the sky meets the ground
What is Horizon Line
Art that does not try to represent external reality, focusing instead on color and shape.
What is Abstract
A substance used to stick items down, such as glue sticks or Mod Podge
What is Adhesive
Clay that has been fired once, making it hard but still porous to accept glaze.
What is Bisqueware
Art produced from the late 20th century to the present.
What is Contemporary Art