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  • What is this called?
    Art stand
    Easel
    Painter holder
    Paint stand
  • What does MONOCHROMATIC mean?
    Using different shades of ONE color
  • What is the COMPOSITION of an artwork?
    The way paint drips down a piece of paper
    The arrangement or placement of elements in a work of art
    Having a cirlce drawn in the middle of you paper
  • What are the 3 PRIMARY colors?
    Red, Yellow, Blue
  • Pronounce this word: Chiraroscuro
    Chiraroscuro refers to the strong constrasts between light and dark
  • What are COMPLEMENTARY colors?
    Colors next to each other on the color wheel
    Colors opposite of each other on the color wheel
    Colors that are super nice to other colors
    Colors that mix the best together
  • What does it mean to add TONE to a painting?
    To make people look more muscular
    To make the colors brighter by adding more paint
    To add lightness or darkness using highlights/shadows
  • What kind of painting is this referred to as?
    Expressionism
    Abstract
    Portrait
    Still Life
  • What dertermines how much art is worth?
    Whoever is purchasing it and how much they will spend
    The artist
    The government
    Museums
  • What genre of painting is this referred to as?
    Abstract
    Landscape
    Still Life
    Portrait
  • When painting, what does adding a TINT mean?
    Adding black to darken a color
    Adding white to lighten/soften a color
  • Name one TERTIARY color
    Blue/Green, Blue/Violet, Yellow/Orange, Red/Violet, Yellow/Green, Red/Orange
  • What is the HORIZON LINE in an artwork?
    2 parallel lines
    Any line made with a ruler
    Where the "ground" and the "sky" meet