Pottery Making
Art Elements
Art Techniques and Processes
Miscellaneous
Principles of Design
100
Type of pot made by flattening clay into sheets then using them to build with.
What is a slab pot?
100
"Snakes" of clay stacked on top of each other to build the walls of a pot
What is coiling?
100
The opposite of symmetrical.
What is asymmetrical?
100
A repeating shape, color, or design.
What is pattern?
200
Device used to fire clay.
What is a kiln?
200
The way the surface of something feels
What is texture?
200
A color produced by adding black
What is a shade?
200
Known as the father of Impressionism, and painter of water lillies
Who is Claude Monet?
200
One element placed next to or on top of another to show a difference
What is contrast?
300
A powered spinning device used to make pottery on.
What is a pottery wheel?
300
The trail left behind by a moving point
What is line?
300
Heating clay to a high temperature to harden it
What is firing?
300
Adding white to a color to make it lighter.
What is tinting?
300
Equalizes the visual weight of elements, adds a feeling of stability
What is balance?
400
Roughing up the surface of two pieces that are going to be attached together.
What is scoring?
400
Relates to shading, shadow, tints and shades
What is value?
400
Multiple pieces of a material (paper, wood, plastic, cloth, etc) that are put together to make a whole piece of artwork
What is collage?
400
The term for a piece of artwork that is not realistic.
What is abstract?
400
Creates a visual tempo, or beat
What is rhythm?
500
Another term for anything made out of clay.
What is ceramics?
500
Composition is the way an artist arranges and balances ________
What is space?
500
A loose, light drawing, frequently done quickly
What is sketching?
500
Colors that are opposite each other on the color wheel
What is complementary?
500
Object or element which first catches your eye, stands out purposefully, point of focus
What is emphasis?