Koi fish (or carp) symbolize being strong and hardworking in what country?
Japan
100
When you use clay, what is the first step to do before you start molding your shape?
"Wedge" the clay, or pound it to remove any air bubbles trapped inside.
100
Name one of the three primary colors.
Red, yellow, or blue
100
Name TWO shapes that have straight edges.
Square, rectangle, triangle, hexagon, etc.
200
Zigzag, straight, curly, or dotted are types of _________.
Line
200
In Australia, Aborigine people are known for making what type of paintings?
Dot paintings or X-ray paintings
200
What art material did you use in the fall to rub over construction paper and leaves to make leaf rubbings?
Crayons
200
When we made shaving cream color wheels earlier in the year, what color did red and yellow make?
Orange
200
The material called Model Magic was used to make which of your sculptures this year?
Penguin sculpures
300
What is a "self-portrait"?
A picture someone makes of himself or herself
300
You made a rainforest collage this year that included animals from which country that you studied?
Brazil
300
Which end of the paintbrush is best for making small, round repeating dots of the same size?
The hard end (backwards end--not the bristles).
300
When we made shaving cream color wheels earlier in the year, what two colors did you mix to make green?
yellow and blue
300
How do you make "secondary" colors?
Mix two primary colors together (for example, red & blue make purple).
400
What is it called when shapes, lines, or colors repeat over and over--like star, circle, star, circle, star, circle?
Pattern
400
Before Thanksgiving, we learned about Indian corn, a colorful type of corn that was grown by Native Americans. What object did we press down to make our printed Indian corn?
Thumbs or fingers
400
What tool did you use to help roll out the dough for your gingerbread friend ornaments before Christmas?
A rolling pin
400
When we made shaving cream color wheels earlier in the year, what color did you create by mixing ALL colors together (or by mixing all 3 primaries)?
Brown (or grayish-brown)
400
In the book Elmer, what happened once a year at the Elmer's Day Parade?
Elmer would wear gray and all the other elephants would wear colorful patterns.
500
How is a "collage" (such as our rainforest collage) made?
Cutting and gluing different pieces of paper into one artwork.
500
Though we did not have enough time to do this project, we learned about these items, created by the Makonde people in Kenya (in Africa) that could be worn or just looked at as art. They were most often made of natural materials.
Face masks
500
When we made our pinchpots, we added glaze, which turned glossy like glass after being in the kiln. On which part of the pot are you NOT supposed to add glaze?
The bottom
500
One of our earliest projects was a "warm color" and "cool color" outer space scene. The warm colors were used to draw planets and other objects with crayons, and the cool with painting the background. Name one WARM color.
Red, orange, or yellow (or pink/peach)
500
We learned that the Bible says, "God is the potter and we are the ___________." This means we can let our lives be shaped by God.