Graphite
This tool, made of tightly rolled paper, is used to blend and smudge graphite, and is often called this.
What is a blending stump?
Red, yellow, and blue are called these colors because they can’t be mixed from any other colors.
What is primary colors?
This soft material, made from earth, is used to make ceramics.
What is clay?
Watercolor paint is mixed with this before putting it on paper.
What is water?
This element of art refers to how light or dark something appears.
What is value?
If you rub graphite with your finger, stump, or tissue, you’re doing this technique.
What is blending?
Layering one colored pencil over another is called this technique.
What is layering (blending)?
To make clay hard and permanent, artists heat it in this.
What is a kiln?
When you paint with watery color onto already wet paper, it’s called this technique.
What is wet on wet?
This setting controls how much light hits the camera sensor or film.
What is exposure?
Graphite pencils that are very soft (like 6B or 8B) make lines that look like this.
What is dark (soft)?
Colored pencil artists often use a “colorless blender” pencil to do this.
What is blend colors smoothly?
To attach two pieces of clay, artists first rough up the surface with lines, then add liquid clay. This process is called this.
What is slip and score?
When you use watery paint on dry paper, it’s called this technique.
What is wet on dry?
The area in focus in a photo is controlled by this, which can make the background blurry.
What is depth of field?
This type of eraser can be stretched, squished, and shaped like clay, and is often used with graphite drawings.
What is kneaded eraser?
Red and green sit opposite each other on the color wheel, so they are called this.
What are complementary colors?
A liquid glass coating brushed or dipped onto ceramics to add color and shine is called this.
What is glaze?
Rubbing a clean, damp brush or tissue over dried paint to remove pigment is called this.
What is lifting?
This element refers to the area taken up by an object or the empty area around it.
What is space?
On a pencil, “H” means hard, and “B” means this.
What is black (soft)?
Colors that sit next to each other on the color wheel, like blue and green, are called this.
What are analogous colors?
After the first firing, clay is called this, and is ready for glaze.
What is bisqueware?
This tool, sometimes made of rubber or masking fluid, helps block areas from getting painted.
What is a resist (or masking fluid/tape)?
Using lines, shapes, or colors to guide the viewer’s eye in a photo is called this.
What is composition?