Art Vocab
Art Mediums
Color
Clay and Pottery
100

What are the primary colors?

Red, yellow, and blue

100

What was 1 art medium we used this year?

Watercolor, pastels, paint, clay, etc. 

100

What do you get when you mix red and yellow?

Orange

100

What happens when you leave clay out of a bag?

It dries and hardens

200

What are complimentary colors?

Colors that are opposite on the color wheel

200

List 2 types of paint

Watercolor, Tempera, Acrylic

200

How do you make purple?

Mix red and blue

200

What is the "paint" we use on pottery called?

Glaze

300

What is an organic shape?

A shape with no straight sides or perfect curves (a random, natural shape)

300
What is one type of material that repels (pushes away) watercolor paint?
Oil Pastels, Crayons, Wax
300

List 3 warm colors

Red, orange, yellow, pink, etc.

300

What was the method we used to attach clay pieces together?

Score and Slip

400

What is a shade?

Adding black to a color to make it darker

400

What is it called when you make a big picture out of smaller items/pictures?

A mosaic or collage

400

What color is made when you mix 2 complimentary colors together?

Brown

400

What is the oven we bake the clay in called?

A kiln

500
What is a reference image or reference page?

An image or page that you use to help you draw your own picture.

500

What type of art medium is Mrs. Easdale's favorite?

Clay

500

What do we call colors that are made by mixing a primary color and a secondary color? (Ex. blue green, yellow orange)

Tertiary Colors

500

List 3 tools we used for our pottery unit (they must be the correct names!)

Sculpting tool, needle tool, rolling pin, ribs, loop tools, etc.