STUPID QUESTIONS
PLAYING WITH DIRT
NAME THAT COLOR SCHEME
TERMINOLOGY
THIS AND THAT
100
the number of colors in a triad
What is three?
100
clay that has not been fired but has no more moisture in it than the air around it; is extremely fragile
What is bone dry?
100
yellow, red and orange
What is a warm color scheme?
100
a color mixed with black
What is a shade?
100
how something feels to the touch or, in an artwork, how it LOOKS like it would feel
What is texture?
200
the name of the shadow that is cast on a surface when light hits it from the opposite side
What is a cast shadow?
200
what happens if you have a large, hollow air bubble in your clay and you haven't created a way for the air to escape in the kiln
What is explode?
200
black, white and gray
What is a neutral color scheme?
200
the texture of paper
What is tooth?
200
a difference between values; black and white is the strongest
What is contrast?
300
the area surrounded by the negative space
What is positive space?
300
one method of joining clay pieces together strongly
What is score and slip?
300
red, blue and yellow
What is a primary color scheme or a triad?
300
a brilliant, white, paint-like substance good for the ground (or base) for painting.
What is gesso?
300
are considered the secondary colors
What are orange, green and violet?
400
a portrait about yourself
What is a self-portrait?
400
the most fragile state of clay
What is bone dry?
400
red-orange and blue-green
What are complementary colors?
400
the darkest part of a shadow on a drawing of a sphere
What is the core shadow?
400
the care you take while making your artwork
What is craftsmanship?
500
used to thin acrylic paint and make it easier to spread around
What is water?
500
adds color to clay work but no strength or shininess
What is underglaze?
500
violet, yellow-orange and yellow-green
What is a split-compliment?
500
Term for combining a variety of art materials such as paint, ink and pencil in one artwork.
What is mixed-media?
500
a found object that may be slightly altered and called art
What is a ready-made?