Art Media
What is a fresco?
A fresco is a painting on plaster
True or False: Also, unlike oil paint, acrylic is slow drying and requires special preparation on certain surfaces
False
Define What a Glaze is in Painting?
The Glaze is a finishing coat for a painting.
What is tempera?
The traditional composition of tempera was ground pigments mixed with a vehicle of egg yolk or whole eggs thinned with water.
Today, tempera consists of pigment combined with an emulsion of milk, different types of glues or gums, or the juices and saps of plants and trees.
Acrylic paint is a mixture of what?
Acrylic paint is a mixture of pigment and a plastic vehicle that can be thinned with water.
True or False Encaustic is a mixture of ground pigments and a hot, molten wax vehicle applied to a prepared surface.
True
Define Impasto
The thick application of paint is impasto.
What is a vehicle in painting?
Pigment in its powdered form must be compounded with a binding agent, or vehicle, to adhere to a surface.
What are contemporary watercolors made of?
Contemporary watercolors are composed of pigments and a gum arabic vehicle, diluted with a medium of water.
Tempera like encaustic, was popular for centuries and dates back to the ancient Greeks and Romans. It was the exclusive technique of artists during the medieval era.
True
What is aquarelle?
Today, watercolor refers to a specific technique called aquarelle, in which transparent films of paint are applied to a white, absorbent surface
What is a medium in painting?
The pliability or fluency of a paint is a result of its medium, which is a liquid material such as water, turpentine, or other spirits used to dilute the paint.
What is oil paint?
Oil paint consists of powdered pigment combined with a linseed oil vehicle and turpentine medium.
True or False: The Romans applied encaustic to walls, using hot irons, and to wood panels covered with cloth
True
What is the difference between buon fresco and fresco secco?
Buon fresco, or true fresco, is executed on damp lime plaster.
Fresco secco is painting on dry plaster, with the pigments combined with a vehicle of glue that affixes the color to the dry wall.
What is Gesso
Gesso is a mixture of powdered chalk or plaster and animal glue.
What is Gouache?
•Gouache is watercolor mixed with a high concentration of vehicle and an opaque ingredient such as chalk.
Tempera dries slowly and colors can be easily blended to produce subtle gradations of tone.
False
Define Mixed Media
Mixed media combines traditional painting techniques with other materials