Art vocabulary
what do you call a painting of a person?
portrait
which color is made by mixing all the primary colors together?
brown
which element of art refers to the way things feel, or look as though they might feel if they were touched?
texture.
what shape has three sides?
triangle
what does one use to apply paint?
paintbrush
what is the term for the purity and brightness of color?
intensity
Which color out of the colors red, blue, green, yellow is not a primary color?
green
what is a common subject in a still life painting?
flowers, bowls of fruit, or anything that doesnt move
a square can be a rectangle but not every rectangle can be a .....
square
what material is the beginning material for most sculptures?
clay
What is a genre?
a category used to classify literature, music, or films based on similar characteristics
of red, blue, orange and yellow, which one is not a warm color?
blue
what is the technique called when you mix two or more colors together?
blending
what is another name for a 90-degree angle?
a right angle
a rough drawing made to plan out an artwork
sketch
The term "medium" in art refers to:
the material used to create the artwork
What do you call white, black and gray?
neutral colors
What technique is used to make an object appear closer or farther away?
perspective
which three dimensional shape is round with no edges?
sphere
what do you use to mix colors on before painting?
palette
In perspective drawing, parallel lines appear to converge at a point called...?
the vanishing point
Name three primary colors
red, blue and yellow
Which is the technique is used to create the illusion of light and shadow on a two dimensional surface?
shading (chiaroscuro)
out of a cube, a square, a circle and a triangle which one is three-dimensional?
cube
What do you call the thing artists use to hold their paper or canvas while they work?
easel