Perfect Projects
Vocab Variety
Teacher Trivia
Material Madness
Color Crazy
100
One artist we learned about was Vincent van Gogh. He liked to paint self-portraits, landscapes, and still lifes. What is the plant he liked to paint the most?
Sunflowers!
100
What do you call a drawing or painting an artist makes of their own face? (Hint: think of a selfie!)
Self portrait!
100
What is Ms. Emma's favorite animal?
Cows!
100
What is this called?
A canvas!
100
These three colors are called primary colors because you cannot make them by mixing other colors. What are they?
Red, blue, yellow!
200
Name THREE things we painted with for our project on Jackson Pollock, where we had to paint without a paint brush.
1) Cotton balls 2) Forks 3) Popsicle sticks 4) Q-tips 5) Yarn
200
This is the name for when you see light and dark colors next to each other, and they really stand out. It can also mean having a big thing next to a small thing. What is it? (Hint: remember when we talked about Sonic and Tails?)
Contrast!
200
What is one of Ms. Emma's favorite colors? (Hint: I have two... one of them I wear every day!)
Blue and black!
200
What is this called?
A palette!
200
When you mix red and yellow, you get this bright, warm color. It may remind you of the sun, or a delicious fruit with the same name!
Orange!
300
Who was the artist we learned about in the first week of class, where we painted surreal self-portraits? (Hint: You guys say his name every week!!)
Marc Chagall!
300
Before making a movie, video game, or cartoon, artists draw this to show what things will look like. They then pass it to an animator, who makes things move! What is this kind of art called?
Concept art!
300
What would Ms. Emma have everyone in class say when I held up some of your paintings to show the class?
Oooooh!!! Aaaaaah!!!
300
What did we use this for in class?
To clean your brushes!
300
To make a color darker, what color should you add to it?
Black!
400
What was one of the movies our class created for the week where we learned about Mary Blair, a concept artist that worked for Disney?
1) A movie about a dragon destroying a city 2) A movie about a Squishmallow cat who gets superpowers and saves the world
400
This kind of art uses shapes and colors to show feelings, not real things like people or places. It does NOT have a subject. What is it called?
Abstract art!
400
Some of you guys have checked out Ms. Emma's water bottle, which is covered in stickers. What characters are on it? (Hint: You can name the company, or any of the characters!)
Sanrio! Hello Kitty, Cinnamaroll, MyMelody, Kuromi, Pompompurin....
400
How many colors was EACH person allowed to use at a time?
Two!
400
Name every color in the rainbow. (Hint: The colors of ROYGBIV)
Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet!
500
One week, we all painted desserts, but we could only use two colors that were a part of a complementary pair. There were three options. One was blue and orange, and another was yellow and purple. What was the third? (Hint: Do you remember when we talked about Mario and Luigi?)
Red and green!
500
What technique did artist Jackson Pollock use on his paintings, where he dripped, splashed, and flung paint on a canvas?
Drip technique!
500
One class, we had a special visitor: Ms. Emma's baby brother! Some of you have seen him in Kids Care, or said hi to him after class. What is his name?
Miles!
500
Before painting, an artist has to pick these: they can be thick or thin, soft or rough, wet or dry! What are they? (Hint: What is the name of this category?)
Materials!
500
This is the name for colors that are OPPOSITE each other on the color wheel. They look great together! (Hint: they complement each other!)
Complementary colors!