Free Printable Watercolor Extra Credit Quiz

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Watercolor Extra Credit Quiz

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name

Class

Date

What is watercolor?

is a painting method in which the paints are made of pigments suspended in a water-based solution. Watercolor refers to both the medium and the resulting artwork.

like acrylic paint

watery paint

paint that doesn't need water

What is a watercolor wash?

A light wash of color; for backgrounds

dark colors

lots of pigment

hardly any water

Leaving an area blank or adding masking fluid is a good way to create ________?

white

a painting

black

gray

This technique is created when you add wet paint to a dry area.

wet on dry

wet on wet

paint on paint

red on red

This technique requires wet paint to be applied to wet paint for a blending effect.

wet on wet

wet on dry

paint on paper

paper on paint

It is important to map lightly because...

Watercolor is transparent and pencil lines will show through

So we can see them

you can erase them later

they will be covered

How many layers will you need in your painiting?

depends on the area of the painting and the effect the artist is going for.

This is what occurs if you paint next to a wet area before allowing it to dry?

Backrun

Wash

Wet on dry

Nothing

_____________ is when you work and work and work on an area and it the paper starts to deteriorate.

Overworking

Backrun

Underrun

Splash

10.

Premixing watercolors can be done on the watercolor paper or...

On the empty white part of your palatte

on a paper towel

on a separate sheet

you cant

11.

When you use too much water so the paper bends

Bleed

Buckle

Tooth

Layer

12.

Put on top of, paint over

Layer

gradation

Opaque

Bleed

13.

Translucent

Able to see through

Unable to see through

the texture of paper

an even and light layer of color

14.

The surface on which watercolors are mixed before applying to surface.

wells

mixing board

dry board

Paint palette

15.

Another name for color.

Wash

Color

Hue

16.

What you hold and put paint on to create your artwork

Handle

Buckle

Palette

Brush

17.

The texture of the paper

buckle

tooth

grain

cold press

18.

Contains your set of paints in their original form

Palette

Compact

Paint Case

Dry Brush

19.

A color value that goes from light to dark

Ombre

Blending

Ombre

Gradation

20.

The use of salt sprinkled into a wet wash of watercolor or ink to produce textures and effects.

salt technique

sodium wash technique

salt wash technique

salt texture technique

21.

The use of plastic wrap placed onto a wet wash or watercolor to produce textures and effects.

masking out technique

plastic wrap technique

plastic texture technique

masking texture technique

22.

Watercolor applied onto dry paper.

wet-on-dry

wet-in-wet

dry-on-wet

dry-on-dry

23.

Watercolor applied over or into each other while they are wet, leaving them partially mixed on the paper.