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100

This painting technique requires the paint to drip off the canvas.

What is called dripping technique

100

What color scheme uses one color plus tints and shades

What is monochromatic color scheme

100

Impressionist artist Georges Seurat creatd this painting technique using dots 

What is pointillism

100

Mexican artist Frida Khalo endured many difficulties in her life including losing a child, a bus accident and Polio.   However, ccording to Frida, her biggest tragedy was with a very famous Mexican artist by the name of____________________.

Who is Diego Rivera

100

Where is the Eiffel Tower

What is Paris, France

200

This media you would use a palette, brush and Easle

What is painting

200

THis color scheme consists of these three secondary colors 

What are orange, green and purple

200

This technique is gradually transitioning from one hue to another, one color to another, or one shade to another.

What is gradation

200

Vincent VanGogh was not only known for his amazing Starry Night, but probably became most famous for cutting off what body part?

What is his ear

200

This American artist is best know for her Flowers & Cow skulls.  She was known to have turned her car into an art studio so she can be close to nature while she paints.

Who is Georgia O'Keefe

300

With this media, you are able to use a potter's wheel to create your artwork.

What is pottery

300

Violet, Red-violet & Red are considered to be what color scheme

What is Analogous color schemes

300

This painting technique was made popular by the Abstract artist Jackson Pollack

What is splattering

300

This holiday is celebrated in latin America, is celebrated for several days honoring loved ones who have passed away by creating an ALTAR with pictures, food, candles and personal objects of the deceased.  

WHat is Dia de Los Muertos or Day of the dead

300

This artist from Spain who is famously known for his melting clocks painting was devasted when he lost his mother.  He saw how when she passed, people began to quickly forget about her.  He vowed to "never be forgotten" and did some of the most outrageous things such as invited the circus to his artshow.

Who is Salvador Dali

400

This process yields a solid drawing stick that produces a black line when stroked across a sheet of paper.  This comes compressed or in a pencil form.  Can be very messy.

What is charcoal

400

These colors are attract attention, and have a sense of warmth.

What are red, orange and yellow.

400

This painting technique requires the use of a PALETTE KNIFE to create a thick layer or texture onto a canvas or other surface.

What is called  IMPASTO 

400

This indigenous or meso-american tribe originated in what is now Mexico city.  As part of a ritual to their many Gods, this tribe would sacrifice humans on the top of their pyramid.

Who are the Aztecs 

400

This Japanes artist has spent most of her time in a psychiatric facility.  She leaves daily to create her famous artwork.  She is obsessed with polka dots and infinity.

Who is Yayoi Kusama

500

This medium is formed into a stick which consists of pigment mixed with a binder mixture of non-drying oil and wax 

What is oil Pastels

500

These 3 pairs of colors are considered to complementary to eachother 

Orange & Blue

Red & Green

Yellow and Purple

500

This painting technique was used by the famous artist Jackson Pollak where paint is flung from a brush onto a canvas or surface creating an interesting texture

What is Splattering or Splatter

500

This famous architecture or wonder of the world was created in India by the Shah Jahan as a moseleum for his wife who passed away.  

What is the Taj Mahal

500

In Africa, Ndebele women are the artists.  They use cow dung create pigment or color to paint these on their homes.

What are murals