Art 111 Quiz 4 - Ch. 2.1 and 2.2

diluting with water

An artist who is using brush and ink will often control the value of the ink by ________.

false

Artists used oil paint on cave walls thousands of years ago (true/false)

gum arabic

Artists' chalk is powdered calcium carbonate combined with this binder.

wax

Artists' crayon is made by mixing pigment with ________.

hatching

If an artist wanted to create an area of darkness using the medium of silverpoint, he or she would use the technique of ________.

false

If an artist wanted to create an artwork that they could easily alter, and in which they could quickly fix any mistakes, buon fresco would be a good method to use. (true/false)

true

If an artist wanted to paint a very detailed miniature forest scene, egg tempera would be a good medium to use.

false

If an artist wanted to work on a painting over a number of days, blending and making changes, egg tempera paint would be a good medium to use.

false

If you wanted to create a colorful drawing that could be easily erased or altered, gall ink would be a good medium to use.

surface texture

In addition to its fiber content and weight, paper is also classified by its _____________.

China

In which country was paper invented by Cai Lun, who made it out of macerated plant fibers suspended in water?

oil paint

Italian Baroque artist Artemisia Gentileschi used this medium for her Allegory of Painting, a self-portrait of the artist with a paintbrush in hand.

water

One of the advantages of acrylic paint is that it can be cleaned up using this liquid.

pigment

Paint in its most basic form is composed of ________ and a liquid binder.

ink

This medium is made of pigment suspended in water so that it adheres to the fibers of paper to which it is commonly applied. Usually there is a small amount of gum arabic in this medium, and it most often uses only black pigment.

silverpoint

This drawing medium utilizes a piece of silver wire set in a holder.

lye

This is not a traditional paint binder.

acrylic

This contemporary painting medium uses a polymer resin as a binder.

e

Before the invention of paper, drawings were done on ________. a. animal hyde b. papyrus c. cloth d. wood e. all of the other answers

wax

Color pencil is much like graphite pencil, but the lead is made from pigment and ________.

brush

East Asian artists have traditionally applied ink using a ________.

9B

Pencils have a range of values from very light to very dark. If you wanted a dark value, which of these pencil numbers would be the darkest?

buon fresco

Taking four years to complete, the Sistine Chapel ceiling was painted by this artist in sections using the ___________ method.

detail

Tempera lends itself to high ________ because it is usually applied with a brush in short, thin strokes.

egg

The binding agent for tempera paint is ________.

beeswax

The binding agent in encaustic painting is ________.

glazing

The transparency of oil paint allows a painter to use a process called ___________ in order to add a high degree of luminosity to a painting.

buon

There are two types of fresco. Fresco secco, which means dry fresco, and this kind, which means good fresco.

vine, compressed

These two types of charcoal are the most commonly used as drawing materials:

pigment

This component of paint has traditionally been extracted from minerals, soils, vegetable matter, and animal by-products.