Drawing
Fun Art Facts
Painting
Artist's Materials
Potpourri
100
When artists refer to "tooth" in drawing, they are referring to:
The grain of the paper
100
Zhang Daqian used this medium in Hidden Valley, After Guo Xi.
Ink
100
Name at least two advantages of oil paint.
Its versatile visual effects
Slow drying time
Flexibility when dry
100
The surface the artist paints on is called the
The support
100
The substance applied to both the canvas before applying oil paint is called:
Gesso
200
This contributes to the expressive impact of Nancy Spero's Peace?
Her spontaneous drawing style.
200
A mural is
A painting that is wall-sized
200
The function of linseed oil or walnut oil in oil paint is?
It is the binder
200
What advantages do most modern paints have over those used in the past?
In a tube (portable)
Colors are more stable
200
Graffiti artists like Banksy favor spray cans and airbrushes over traditional painting media because:
They can be used to apply paint quickly.
300
Pablo Picasso's studies for the painting Guernica show us that:He did not significantly change his initial concept.
300
This material gives gouache paint its distinctive opaque appearance.
Chalk
300
The direct method used to create oil paintings means using this process.
Wet on wet painting method.
300
Photographs were not used often during WWII to document scenes like this one by Henry Moore because:
Cameras did not function well in dimly lit spaces.
300
Comics have become a more serious art form in recents years because of:
Their use of unusual or important subjects.
400
Vija Celmins create the thin lines of the spider in this image by:
She lets the white paper show through.
400
The difference between fresco secco and fresco buon is:
Buon Fresco- Italian for true fresco, pigments are ground in water and applied to wet plaster
Fresco secco- paints are applied to dried plaster
400
The best traditional support bet suited for use with traditional tempera paint is:
Wood
400
The term sizing means
Sealing a support
400
This distinguishes Janusz Jaworski's work from other comics:
Any of these answers:
Abstract imagery
Lack of text
Ambiguous narrative
500
The origins of drawing comics can be traced back to this era:
Ancient Egypt
500
The highest praise in traditional Chinese art criticism is:
Conveying the spirit of an object.
500
The use of fresco secco contributes to a mural by:
Enhancing colors and details
500
The different binders in the following paints are:
oil
acylic
tempera
Linseed oil
Acrylic polymer
Egg/egg yolk
500
The criteria the Aztecs used to evaluate artistic quality was:
Whether it resembled art by a neighboring people.