Color
Artist
Painting
Use of materials
Extras
100

It is the color you get when you mix red and blue together.

What is purple?

100

This artist painted many self portraits because he did not have money to pay models.

Who is Vincent van Gogh?

100

This painting has Venus as a star in it - and an incorrect representation of the moon.

What is Starry Night?

100

It is a cylindrical drawing tool, tapered at the end and usually made of rolled paper, used by artists to smudge or blend marks made with charcoal, pencil or other drawing utensils.

What is a tortillon?

100

Vincent van Gogh was considered a "sloppy painter" because he layered paint very thickly on his canvas. It is the name for this painting technique.

What is impasto?

200

They are colors that are natural and are not made by mixinf colors.

What are primary colors?

200

This female artist often painted to show the pain she endured due to a bus accident when she was younger. She is from Mexico.

Who is Frida Kahlo?

200

This painting, by Johannes Vermeer, shows a woman with a type of jewelry.

What is Girl with a Pearl Earring?

200

A paintbrush is made of these 4 main parts.


  • bristles - also known as hairs. can be natural, synthetic, or combination of both.
  • ferrule - the silvery bit that connects the bristles with the handle.
  • crimp - the part of the ferrule that secures it to the handle.
  • handle - usually made of wood or acrylic.



200

It is used at the sink to clean a paintbrush.

What is a bar of soap?

300

They are primary colors.

What are red, blue, and yellow?

300

This painting shows a person that felt very overwhelmed and would not be an example of following classroom rules.This painter painted the painting.

What is The Scream?


Who is Edvard Munch?

300

This painting is of a woman that is smiling/smirking, and demonstrates the correct way to follow classroom rules.

Bonus: He painted this very famous painting.

What is The Mona Lisa?

Who is Leonardo di Vinci?

300

It is the way we paint - and the type of dancer we refer to the brush as being.

What are long brush strokes and a ballerina?

400

They are orange, purple, and green.

What are secondary colors?

400

This Italian painter showed his appreciation to the Emporer for the Emporer's treatment to everyone that lived in the kingdom. The was known for creating portraits of people he admired using objects that represented that person. An example is a the painting Vertumnus.

Who is Giuiseppe Arcimboldo?

400

It is a painting of oneself.

What is a self portrait?

400

It is the name for lightly drawing on paper so that initial ideas can be drawn, and lines can be easily erased before the final drawing is completed. 

Bonus: you want to be able to use this technique on a certain object without it being ruined.


What is sketching?

What is a balloon?

500

These three colors are used to create a warm picture and are considered to be warm colors.

What are red, yellow, and orange?

500

This artist drew characters with exaggerated features such as oversized eyes, small nose and mouth, helmet hair, and long thin neck, body and arms.

Bonus poing: It is the name of this artist's drawing technique.

Who is Tim Buron?


What is Burtonesque?

500

It prepares (or "primes") the surface for painting, making the surface slightly textured and ready to accept acrylic paint. Without it, the paint would soak into the weave of the canvas.

What is gesso?

500

This type of paint dries quickly, is very flexible and waterproof once dry. The paints are water-based, so there's no odor and you can easily clean your hands and painting tools using just soap and water, no need for turpentine or white spirit. They're also incredibly versatile since they adhere to virtually any surface. 

This type of paint will stain your clothes.

What is acrylic paint?