COLOR THEORY
USED BY AN ARTIST
ART MOVEMENTS
ARTISTS MEDIUMS and TECHNIQUES
The Elements of Art
100

What is an AFTERIMAGE?

Lingering visual impression after you look at something bright. 
100
What is a MEDIUM?

The materials used by an artist.

100

What is the art movement associated with the use of small dots of bright colors?

Pointillism

100

What Medium did the Artist HELEN HOCH famously use?

Collage

100

What are the two types of SHAPE?

Geometric and Organic

200

What is SIMULTANEOUS CONTRAST?

When a color looks different when surrounded by different colors. 

200

What is a technique or method?

The way the artist uses the medium (materials).

200

What art movement gives the illusion of movement and dimension.

OP ART

200

What medium did Keith Haring use in his early works?

Chalk on Paper in the subway.

200

What dimensions are used the Element FORM?

Height, Width and Length

300

What is INTENSITY / CHROMA / SATURATION?

The brightness or dullness of a color.

300

What is a substrate?

The material an artist works ON (the paper, the canvas etc...)

300

What art movement was Robert Indiana a part of?

POP Art

300

What is a Diptych?

Artwork consisting of 2 (or more) panels to make up a single art piece.

300

What are Complementary Colors?

Colors that are across from each other on the color wheel.

400

Who created the first COLOR WHEEL?

Isaac Newton

400

What does an artist use for sketching and creative practice?

sketchbook

400

What is POP ART?

Art focused on mass produced objects and popular culture.

400

"Painting with Scissors" was a technique used by what Artist?

Henri Matisse

400

What does Monochromatic mean?

Multiple colors that are based on the same hue, but different values (tints, shades, tones)

500

What afterimage will you see if you stare at a red block?

A green block of the same size.

500
What is the name of the flat case used to protect an artists work?

portfolio

500

How did Pointillism work?

Use of small dots of pure color rather than blending the color on a palette. For example Blue and Yellow dots make green.

500

What technique uses torn or cut paper pieces and images glued to a backing?

Collage

500

Name 3 types of line.

Contour, Gesture, Implied,