Art Vocabulary

A strong, heavy cloth used to paint on it is called...

• a watercolour

• a picture

• a screen

• a canvas

A flat piece of wood that an artist uses to mix paintings is called...

• a palet

• a palette

• a shovel

• an easel

What is his job?

• He's an artist.

• He's a painter.

• He's a teacher.

• He's a shop assistant.

A brush used to paint is called....

• a paintingbrush

• a paintbrush

• a brushpainting

• a brushpaint

Which vocabulary word means the basic parts in a work of art? Examples: line, color, shape/form, texture, space.

• essential

• elements of art

• distill

• focusing question

The term abstract is used to refer to paintings and other art. Which of the following is the best definition of abstract as it applies to art?

• using shapes and colors to depict something real

• using shapes and colors that do not represent things

• using shapes and colors to express sad emotions

• using shapes and colors that are hard to understand

size and arrangement of figures and objects in a piece of visual art

• focal point

• composition

• figure

• object

A picture that someone paints is called...

• a picture

• a painting

• a gallery

• an exhibition

The wooden, metal, or plastic bars between which a painting or picture is fitted...

• a mask

• a frame

• an easel

• a canvas

What is this person's job?

• a painter

• a sculptor

• a photographer

• a director