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What is drawing?

Making a mark by dragging a tool across a surface.

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What is the support in drawing?

The surface that you’re working on.

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What are the two types of drawings?

Linear drawings and tonal drawings.

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What are the three categories of reasons for making drawings?

Sketches to record ideas or sights
Plans or studies
Self-sufficient works of art

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What is metalpoint?

Drawing with metal, e.g., lead or silver.

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What is a ground in drawing?

The coating applied before you begin work.

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What is a pigment?

Coloring agent in an art material.

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What is cross-hatching?

Adding value by hatching over yourself.

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What is graphite?

Soft form of carbon mined from the earth, used for tonal drawings.

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What is charcoal?

Burnt wood; bad for detail.

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What is a binder in art materials?

A material that holds pigment together.

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What is crayon?

A pigment held together by wax.

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What is chalk?

Limestone/calcium-carbonate, mined from the earth, white.

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What is pastel?

Pigment held together by gum arabic and made into stick form.

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What is conte crayon?

Graphite and clay to make it softer.

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What is pen and ink?

A pen applies ink.

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What is a wash in ink application?

Dilute ink with water to get different values and apply with a brush.

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What are the two components of paint?

Pigment
Vehicle (binder)

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What is fresco?

Painting on a plaster surface.

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What is buon fresco?

Mixing pigment in with the red plaster.

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What is encaustic paint?

Pigment mixed with wax and heated.

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What is tempera paint?

Egg yolk mixed with pigment.

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What is gesso?

Ground used to protect canvas from acid.

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What is oil paint known for?

High color saturation, slow drying, flexible on canvases, semitransparent glazing.

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What is glazing in painting?

Semitransparent coat of paint.

What is impasto?

Building up thick paint.

What is acrylic paint?

Most recent type of paint, bound by plastic.

What is watercolor?

Mix the paint with water to make it very fluid.

What is gouache?

Watercolor paint with chalk and extra pigment added to make it opaque.

What is printmaking?

An art medium where a master image is transferred from one surface to another.

What is an edition in printmaking?

Collection of prints from the same master image.

What is a matrix in printmaking?

The master image itself.

What are the four categories of print?

* Relief * Intaglio * Lithography * Serigraphy

What is woodcut in relief printing?

Matrix is a block of wood; good for bold texture.

What is linocut?

Matrix is linoleum; no issue of wood grain.

What is intaglio printing?

Design carved into metal; ink goes into grooves.

What is engraving?

Carving metal with a sharp tool.

What is drypoint?

Scratch right into metal using etching needles.

What is etching?

Using acid to create grooves in metal after coating with wax.

What is lithography?

Master image on a block of stone, relies on oil and water not mixing.

What is serigraphy?

Screen printing; it’s a stencil.

What is a monotype?

Paint on a piece of metal and then affix it to paper, resulting in only one print.

What is photography derived from?

Greek roots meaning 'to write with light.'

What does photosensitive mean?

Reacts to light chemically.

What is a lens in photography?

A device for focusing light.

What is a camera?

Adding photosensitive material to a camera obscura.

What is aperture?

Size of opening letting light in.

What is shutter speed?

Speed at which you shut light out.

What is a telephoto lens?

Makes distant objects appear closest.

What is a wide-angle lens?

Captures the broadest view.

What is a camera obscura?

Capturing an inverted external image through a hole in a dark room.

Who is associated with the daguerreotype?

Daguerre.

What did Talbot contribute to photography?

Photogenic drawing and calotype, the first to use a negative.

What is craft defined as?

Something with a potential practical function.

What is the Old English origin of the word craft?

Craeft, meaning 'strength.'

What is the pinch method in crafting?

Pinching the clay.

What is the coil method in crafting?

Rolling out and coiling clay.

What is throwing in ceramics?

Using a potter's wheel.

What is terracotta?

Reddish brown earthenware.

What is glaze in ceramics?

Coating put on before kiln to make it glass-like.

What is a kiln?

Oven for clay.

What is intarsia in woodworking?

Inlaying thin pieces of different colored wood.

What is the definition of sculpture?

The art of carving, casting, modeling, or assembling materials into three-dimensional forms.

What is relief sculpture?

Projects from a background.

What is bas-relief?

Projects slightly from the background.

What is haut-relief?

Projects a great deal from the background.

What is the difference between subtractive and additive sculptural processes?

* Subtractive: Removing material * Additive: Adding material

What is bust in sculpture?

Portrait of a person from the chest up.

What is the lost-wax technique?

Makes sculptures that are cheaper and lighter.

What is assemblage in sculpture?

Combining found objects.

What are earthworks in sculpture?

Large scale sculptures that manipulate the landscape.

What is architecture?

Art and science of designing buildings and structures.

What are the factors that influence architectural design?

* Topography * Technology * Economy * Aesthetics * Convention * Function

What is post-and-lintel construction?

Vertical posts with a horizontal lintel.

What is a voussoir?

Wedge shaped block in an arch.

What is a keystone?

Top voussoir in an arch.

What is a barrel vault?

An arch stretched out to make a barrel-like roof.

What are buttresses in architecture?

Supports to the side of an arch.

What is a flying buttress?

An arch built on the exterior of a building to transfer some weight.

What is tensile strength?

Strength of material when trying to pull it apart.

What are the three orders of Greek architecture?

* Doric * Ionic * Corinthian

What is a narthex in a medieval church?

Main entrance.

What is a nave in a medieval church?

Central aisle.

What is an apse in a medieval church?

Altar end of the church.

What is a transept in a medieval church?

Crossing arm.

What is a truss?

A structure made up of linear elements arranged into triangles.

What is cast iron?

Pouring molten iron into a mold.

What is reinforced concrete?

Concrete with steel inside of it.

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