Media
Dark black and chalky drawing substance, originally made from burnt sticks.
What is charcoal?
Malleable like clay but used for removing pencil marks from a paper.
What is a kneaded or gummy eraser?
French term for art (often public art) which creates the illusion of three-dimensional spaces on flat surfaces like walls and sidewalks.
What is Trompe L'oeil?
Mexican artist known for her self-portraits that feature her strong brow.
Who is Frida Kahlo?
When talking about light, all colors combine to make white. When talking about paint, all colors combine to make this.
What is black?
Sheets of paper coated in black India ink that is scraped away to create (usually) negative-space art.
What is scratchboard?
Usually made of wood or plastic, this round or rectangular item usually has several cup-like indentations for holding and mixing paint.
What is a palette?
Term for the technique of creating a gradual value shift from light to dark.
What is shading?
Inventor of perspective in art/architecture.
Who is Filippo Brunelleschi?
Colors such as greens and browns known as those that reflect those in the natural world.
What are earth tones?
Malleable substance taken from the earth that is used to create sculptures and pottery.
What is clay?
A hand tool used to apply ink to a printing block or plate.
What is an ink roller or brayer?
Word for a large, usually panoramic scene created on a wall or public space.
What is a mural?
British street artist whose true identity remains unknown.
Who is Banksy?
Colors that have been significantly lightened with gray or beige to create a thinner, less bold version of themselves.
What are pastel colors?
Word for water-based paint that dries relatively quickly and is partially composed of plastic polymers.
What is acrylic?
A template that has negative image or text shapes cut out of it to enable an artist to trace the outline of its shape. Used extensively by Banksy.
What is a stencil?
Term for the technique of creating images using hundreds (or thousands) of tiny dots.
What is stippling? (Or what is pointillism?)
Puerto Rican comic book artist known for his work on The Avengers, The New Teen Titans, and many other iconic titles.
Who is George Perez?
Colors that are directly opposite from each other on the color wheel.
What are complementary colrs?
Medium where images are created by rolling ink onto a plate and pressing them onto paper or other surfaces.
What is Printmaking?
Letters used to indicate a graphite pencil's degree of hardness, usually with an accompanying number like 2, 4, 6.
What are H (hard) and B (soft)?
Italian term for light that has high contrast, using bright lights and very dark darks.
What is chiaroscuro?
German artist known for creating illusions, tesellations, and renditions of "impossible" structures.
Who is M.C. Escher?
The main three colors of paint, red, blue, and yellow.
What are Primary Colors?