Drawing And Painting

Question 1

When did drawing originate

Answer 1

Cave walls 10,000 bc

Question 2

Parchment

Answer 2

Commonly used drawing surface created from animal skin

Question 3

Paper

Answer 3

Created 105 ad in China. Can be hot pressed or cold pressed

Question 4

When did drawing become more popular

Answer 4

During the Renaissance when paper became more readily available

Question 5

Contour drawing

Answer 5

Define the outline of an object

Question 6

Blind contour

Answer 6

Artist does not look at their paper while they outline their subject

Question 7

Gesture drawing

Answer 7

Very quick sketch to capture action and form of object. 30-60 seconds

Question 8

Perspective drawing

Answer 8

Technique that shows spacing relationships and the illusion of space on a flat surface

Question 9

Shading

Answer 9

Adds depth and form

Question 10

Plein Air

Answer 10

Painting outdoors

Question 11

Alla prima

Answer 11

Painting wet oil paint onto wet layers of oil Paint

Question 12

Tromp-l’oeil

Answer 12

Painting trick that means to deceive the eye. Depicting objects in a realistic way to produce optical illusion so it looks like 3D

Question 13

Di sotto

Answer 13

Meaning from below or upward. Using foreshortening and realistic depictions to create the illusion of more space above the viewer. It was used during renaissance on ceiling paintings

Question 14

Sgraffito

Answer 14

Technique of scratching through a layer of paint to reveal layer underneath

Question 15

When was acrylic paint first used

Answer 15

1940’’s

Question 16

What artist helped acrylics gain recognition as an artistic medium

Answer 16

Andy warhol

Question 17

Impasto

Answer 17

Technique where Paint is laid on thick with brush or palette knife

Question 18

Who is credited with inventing geometric perspective

Answer 18

Filippo Brunelleschi (renaissance) 1413

Question 19

Leon Battista Alberti

Answer 19

Wrote description of how to properly use perspective

Question 20

Apprentice

Answer 20

Someone who learned to be artist by working under a master artist

Question 21

Intaglio

Answer 21

Printmaking technique where image is carved into a surface and ink is held in those lines for printing