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Painting Theory and Techniques

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

It is best to prepare a surface for painting with

a)

canvas

b)

watercolors

c)

gesso

d)

acrylic paint

2.

acrylics dry _______

a)

shiny

b)

lighter

c)

darker

d)

heavier

3.

always wash your brushes with _____

a)

cool water

b)

varathane

c)

hot water

d)

detergent

4.

paints are made of ________ and a medium

a)

egg white

b)

oils

c)

pigments

d)

chalk

5.

using this technique you apply paint in short thick strokes and can even blend your colours on the canvas

a)

score

b)

daub

c)

wash

d)

dry brush

6.

this tool can be used to scrape paint onto/across a surface

a)

palette knife

b)

wedge

c)

butter knife

d)

smudge stick

7.

watercolour paints dry quickly and can be _________

a)

re-wet with more paint

b)

painted over

c)

permanent

d)

re-wet with water

8.

Watercolour paintings are usually softer in appearance than acrylics and oils and appear more ______________

a)

opaque

b)

stippled

c)

transparent

d)

textured

9.

when using the wet into wet painting technique it causes this effect

a)

hard edge

b)

bleeding

c)

stippling

d)

impasto

10.

gouache is very similar to watercolour paint except it is

a)

opaque

b)

thicker

c)

water resistant

d)

permanent

11.

use _____ to thin acrylics, watercolours and gouache paint

a)

linseed oil

b)

grape seed oil

c)

gel medium

d)

water

12.

when starting a painting always work from the

a)

background to the foreground

b)

midground to the back ground

c)

foreground to the back ground

d)

midground to the underpainting

13.

to create value in a painting you add _____ to coloured paint to create a tint

a)

black

b)

grey

c)

white

d)

the complimentary colour

14.

a monochromatic colour scheme would include a colour plus its

a)

tints, browns and greys

b)

tints, shades and tones

c)

whites, colours and greys

d)

whites, shades and darks

15.

You can add texture to paintings with

a)

sand

b)

salt

c)

sponges

d)

all of the above

16.

Artists like Rembrandt used _________ to develop emphasis in their paintings

a)

stippling

b)

articolo

c)

chiaroscuro

d)

value

17.

Cubism was a movement in painting practiced by

a)

Picasso

b)

Banksy

c)

Botticelli

d)

Monet

18.

a Canadian painter well known for stylized, colourful, and symbolic painting is

a)

Jean-Michel Basquiat

b)

Auguste Rodin

c)

Cornelius Krieghoff

d)

Norval Morrisseau

19.

a Canadian painter well known for expressive brushwork and social/environmental critiques is

a)

Emily Carr

b)

Alex Colville

c)

Mary Pratt

d)

David Altmejd

20.

brushes should be stored

a)

flat

b)

bristles up

c)

bristles down

d)

in the sink