Check the answer(s) you think are correct. Hint: There may be more than one right answer to a question. Do the best you can.

1. Why do people make art?

to tell a story
to express how they feel
to explore new ways of looking at things

2. Where did the earliest artists make their pictures?

on the ground
on the walls of caves
on clay pots

3. Why would an artist paint an image over and over again?

because it looks different at different times of day
because there are many ways of looking at the same thing
because he's always trying to get it right

4. When artists fool around with their art they:

do the same thing in many different ways
exaggerate some part of what they are making
turn their subject upside-down or inside-out

5. Why did some artists not like to sign their work?

they didn't like to say it was finished
they realized that other painters, studio helpers, had done a lot of the work
they weren't satisfied with their work.

6. When Picasso was so poor he couldn't afford to buy furniture he:

built his own
painted beautiful furniture on the walls of his apartment
hung paintings of furniture on his walls

7. How could you paint without a brush?

Use something else to apply the paint: your nose, a spoon, a twig ...
Splash the paint
Drip the paint

Note: All answers are correct except for question number #6, the second answer is right – Picasso painted furniture on his walls.

• Take a careful look at your friend's face.

• Draw the face without worrying whether it looks like him - that's not important

• Look at his face while you're drawing and try to notice as much detail as you can.

• Now, draw the face again without looking at your friend, but this time give it a huge nose.

• Try it one more time but with a gigantic mouth.

What else could you think of to draw where you could exaggerate a feature?

If you're a student at the school and would like to share your ideas, please send them into the office at the school (460 Avenue Road, Toronto, Ontario, M4V 2J1) and we'll do our best to publish them in the next Splash Puddles.

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Liana Del Mastro Vicente