Famous Artists
This artist painted the “Mona Lisa.”
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
This element refers to how light or dark something is.
What is value?
This tool is most commonly used to apply paint to a canvas.
What is a paintbrush?
This period of art focused on realism and began in Italy around the 1400s.
What is the Renaissance?
A person who creates art.
What is an Artist?
This artist is famous for cutting off part of his ear and painting “Starry Night.”
Who is Vincent van Gogh?
This element is created when a line connects back to itself.
What is shape?
This technique uses small dots to create an image.
What is pointillism?
This art style focused on light and quick brushstrokes, like Monet’s paintings.
What is Impressionism?
A rough draft or first drawing of an idea.
What is a sketch?
This Mexican artist is known for self-portraits and wearing flower crowns.
Who is Frida Kahlo?
This element describes how something feels or looks like it would feel.
What is texture?
This drawing technique uses light and dark to create depth.
What is shading?
Ancient Egyptians are known for using a form of writing that uses small pictures.
What are hieroglyphs?
Colors opposite each other on the color wheel?
What are complementary colors?
This artist helped create Cubism and painted “Guernica.”
Who is Pablo Picasso?
This element refers to the distance or area around, between, and within objects.
What is space?
This tool is used to erase pencil marks.
What is an eraser?
This art movement included dreamlike and strange images, like melting clocks.
What is Surrealism?
Colors that are next to each other on the color wheel.
What are analogous colors?
This artist is known for his awesome afro and Mr. Rosas always quotes him. (extra piece of candy if you can say this artist's favorite quote)
Who is Bob Ross?
There are no mistakes, only happy accidents.
This element is 3D and has height, width, and depth.
What is form?
This technique blends colors smoothly together, often using fingers or tools.
What is blending?
This ancient civilization created detailed pottery and sculptures of gods like Zeus.
What is Ancient Greece?
Uses a horizon line and set points to create a 3d space on a 2d surface.
What is perspective drawing?