Final-test 2 Flashcards
Cross-hatching
Used to build up figure’s mass and gesture in a forceful manner
Cartoon
Full sized drawing made as a guide for a large work in another medium, particularly a fresco painting, mosaic, and tapestry
What is advantage and disadvantage of charcoal?
adv: dark passages can be drawn quickly; hard to soft grades provide a flexible medium for both beginning and advanced artists
Dis: easy to smudge, blur, or erase
Edgar Degas
Used different fixative than everyone else; layers colors
Pastel
Similar to natural chalk; comprised mostly of pigment with little binding material; no drying needed and no change in color; doesn’t allow much detail
Pigment, binder, vehicle
Pigment: provides color, usually powder
Binder: holds pigment particles together and attaches pigment to surface
Vehicle: makes paint a liquid; can be added for thinning
Watercolor
Pigments mixed with water as vehicle and gum Arabic for binder
Egg tempera
Has luminous, slightly matte finish; can’t be mixed after its applied; add in thin layers to build up desired shades of color
Impasto
Oil applied thickly
Buon fresco/fresco secco
Pigments suspended in water are applied to plaster; pigments dry and become part of plaster
Printmaking
Multiple works of art, nearly all identical series, printed on paper
Matrix
Make prints; metal, wood, or stone
Artists proof
Prints made for artist’s record or personal use
Relief printmaking
Cuts away all parts of printing surface not meant to carry ink
Registration
Adding color to printing process
