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Every Artist Has Their Own Style

Arts & Music · Visual Art · ages 7-11
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  1. Look at this pattern of dots. Which artist is famous for covering her artwork in patterns like this?

    • Vincent van Gogh
    • Yayoi Kusama
    • Pablo Picasso

  2. Which artist is famous for painting with thick, swirling brushstrokes, as if the sky is spinning?

    • Vincent van Gogh
    • Yayoi Kusama
    • Pablo Picasso

  3. Every artist paints or builds in exactly the same way as every other artist.

    Circle one:   True   False

  4. One building is glass with straight edges. Another is stone with curvy, rounded windows. What can you say about them?

    • They have different styles and materials
    • They must have been designed by the same person
    • Only paintings can have a style, not buildings

  5. You are comparing two paintings. Which is a good thing to look at?

    • Which painting costs more money
    • Which painting is newer
    • The colors, shapes and materials used

  6. If you borrow an idea from an artist for your own drawing, you should never say where you got it.

    Circle one:   True   False

  7. Ben copies an artist's swirl pattern into his own drawing, then tells his class he invented it all by himself. What did Ben forget to do?

    • Draw in black and white only
    • Use a bigger paintbrush
    • Say where the idea came from

  8. Two paintings both use bright red paint. Does that alone mean they were made by the same artist?

    • Yes, using the same color always means the same artist
    • No, style is more than one color
    • It is impossible to tell without seeing a signature
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  1. Yayoi Kusama · Yayoi Kusama is known around the world for covering rooms, pumpkins and canvases in dots.
  2. Vincent van Gogh · Van Gogh's Starry Night has thick, swirling brushstrokes that make the sky look like it is spinning.
  3. False · Each artist has their own style. That is usually how you can tell whose work it is.
  4. They have different styles and materials · Architects have styles too, just like painters. These two buildings show very different ones.
  5. The colors, shapes and materials used · Style is about how something looks and is made, not its price or age.
  6. False · It is good to say where an idea came from. That is different from copying without saying so.
  7. Say where the idea came from · It is fine to borrow an idea from an artist, but you should say where it came from.
  8. No, style is more than one color · Look at brushstrokes, shapes and subject too. One shared color is not enough to prove it is the same artist.
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