Clay
Painting
Fun Facts
Artists
Mr. G
100

The process for getting the air bubbles out of clay (think "butterfly hands")

Wedging

100

EVERYTHING we typically need before we can start painting

Painting paper, brush, sponge, paint tray, palette, water cup (with water)

100

Artist who cut off his own ear

Vincent van Gogh

100

The artist who painted The Starry Night

Vincent Van Gogh

100

Art medium that Mr. G typically uses at home

Paint

200

The three steps for attaching one piece of clay to another

Slipping, Scoring and Blending

200

Colors mixed to make Brown

EITHER some variation of blue, red and yellow, or a pair of complementary colors.  

200

Artist known for street art pieces, the subject of Exit Through the Gift Shop.  Identity still unknown

Banksy

200

Name of artist who is credited with starting Cubism

Pablo Picasso

200

Elementary, Middle & High School Mr. G attended (hint - all in Newton)

Countryside, Brown, South

300

The names of the techniques we used for adding and taking away clay from our slab

Additive & Reductive Techniques

300

Three pairs of complementary colors

Purple & Yellow, Green & Red, Blue & Orange

300

Art piece that sold for 120,000 at Art Basel in 2019 that caused an uproar in the Art world, made many headlines

Banana taped to wall

300

Artist arrested for graffiti in a NYC subway

Keith Haring

300

Where Mr. G can be found every weekend in the winter

Skiing

400

ALL the steps, in order, from receiving a block of clay to a finished (glazed) piece

Snowball -> Wedging -> Tap With Rolling Pin -> Roll Out into Slab -> (create shape) -> Let Dry -> Put in Kiln -> Glaze -> Put in Kiln 2nd Time

400

All three definitions for Tints, Shades & Tones

Tint - Adding white to a pure hue (color)

Shade - Adding black to a pure hue 

Tone - Adding grey to a pure hue

400

"Person" who has their own mailbox in the Louvre due to the large amount of love letters she receives

Mona Lisa

400

Artist that made a donut series out of clay

Jae Yong Kim

400

The name of the teacher (at Brown) with whom Mr. G is going on a 100 mile canoe trip this summer

Mr. Carter

500

The temperature of the kiln while pieces are being fired

1800 to 2400 degrees F

500

The name for the areas of light and dark within each painting (relative to each painting).

Value

500

Person who invented the color wheel in 1706

Sir Isaac Newton

500

Artist famous for black & white cut silhouettes, often in reference to the history of slavery in the US 

Kara Walker

500

The name of Mr. G's favorite restaurant for Burritos

Filipes