Acrylic Painting Quiz

There are many different type of brushes used for painting.

• True

• False

What happens to brushes with acrylic paint on them that are not thoroughly cleaned?

• The brush is ruined and must be thrown in the trash.

• The brushes disappear into thin air

• They are soft and ready to use

What facts about acrylic paint are correct?

• fast drying

• water resistant when dry

• water base

• all correct

Acrylic paint dries darker than when wet.

• true

• false

Parts of a paintbrush: Part #3 is called the:

• Handle

• Crimp

• Ferrule

• Toe

Matte and Gloss Mediums help create a shiny or satin (dull) finish to the painting.

• True

• False

In painting, anything that you mix in with the paint to change it's consistency is called a:

• Medium

• Materials

• Supplies

• Additive

A substance used to slow the drying time of paints, giving more time for blending or layering highlights.

• retarder

• slow dry

• dry medium

• wet paint medium

When you are first establishing the basics of a painting, you _____________ _______the general colours or tones – the paint is often watery at this stage so you can easily paint on top of it.

• wet-on-wet

• tone

• paint in

• block in

  (underpainting)

What tool would an artist use to scrape up a bit of paint and apply like butter on bread?

• partially mix colors

• palette knife

• color mixing

• layering