Canvas Painting For Beginners 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What is the term for the lightness or darkness of a color?
- Value (Correct answer)
- Hue
- Saturation
- Temperature
Correct answer: Value
Value describes how light or dark a color is on a scale.
Question 2: Which medium can be added to acrylics to slow their drying time?
- Retarder (Correct answer)
- Gesso
- Varnish
- Gloss gel
Correct answer: Retarder
A retarder medium keeps acrylics workable longer by slowing evaporation.
Question 3: What is 'blocking in' during the early stage of a painting?
- Laying down large areas of basic color and shape (Correct answer)
- Outlining with pencil
- Adding fine highlights
- Sealing the finished work
Correct answer: Laying down large areas of basic color and shape
Blocking in establishes the major shapes and colors before refining details.
Question 4: Complementary colors are pairs that sit where on the color wheel?
- Directly opposite each other (Correct answer)
- Right next to each other
- Three apart
- In the center
Correct answer: Directly opposite each other
Complementary colors are opposite on the wheel, like red and green.
Question 5: Which technique uses a nearly dry brush to create a broken, textured stroke?
- Dry brushing (Correct answer)
- Glazing
- Wet-on-wet
- Impasto
Correct answer: Dry brushing
Dry brushing drags a low-paint brush to leave a scratchy, textured mark.
Question 6: What is impasto?
- Thick paint applied so brush or knife marks are visible (Correct answer)
- A thin transparent wash
- A type of canvas
- A drying additive
Correct answer: Thick paint applied so brush or knife marks are visible
Impasto is thickly applied paint that shows texture and tool marks.
Question 7: Why should beginners clean acrylic brushes immediately after use?
- Dried acrylic hardens permanently in the bristles (Correct answer)
- It changes the brush color
- Water damages the handle
- It improves drying time
Correct answer: Dried acrylic hardens permanently in the bristles
Acrylic dries to a plastic that ruins bristles if not washed out promptly.
Canvas Painting For Beginners 3
What is the term for the lightness or darkness of a color?