Deck 12: Drawing

Question 1

This contemporary version of carbon ink is a favorite of comic book artists.

A) india ink
B) soot ink
C) gall ink
D) bistre
E) sepia

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Quills are a common tool for ink drawing. They were originally made from ________.

A) rocks
B) tree branches
C) bird feathers
D) metal tubes
E) plastic

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Artists' crayon is made by mixing pigment with ________.

A) glue
B) gum arabic
C) oil
D) wax
E) egg

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Robert Rauschenberg made his own artwork by erasing parts of another artist's creation. Do you think that the eraser is a valid artistic medium when used in this way? Which of the two artists do you think deserves more credit for this work? What factors affect your decision?

Question 5

Sticks of chalk, pastel, and crayon are all made by combining pigment with ________.

A) turpentine
B) water
C) chalk
D) sawdust
E) binder

Question 6

This red chalk was used by Renaissance artists, including Michelangelo in his Studies for the Libyan Sibyl.

A) sanguine
B) arriccio
C) intonaco
D) sgraffito
E) cinnabar

Question 7

Artists draw for many reasons, including:

A) to define their ideas
B) to plan for larger projects
C) to resolve design issues in preparatory sketches
D) to record their visual observations
E) all of the other answers

Question 8

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

A) oil
B) wax
C) gum arabic
D) glue
E) egg

Question 9

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

Question 10

The French Impressionist Edgar Degas used this dry drawing medium when he created The Tub in 1886.

A) Conté crayon
B) pastel
C) charcoal
D) sanguine
E) silverpoint

Question 11

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

A) sanguine
B) pencil
C) bistre
D) silverpoint
E) gum arabic

Question 12

Samples of this drawing medium have been dated back to 30,000 bce.

A) silverpoint
B) charcoal
C) pencil
D) color pencil
E) pastel

Question 13

To transfer the design of The School of Athens to the wall, Raphael ________ a large drawing, then used powdered charcoal dust to leave an impression of the original image.

A) framed
B) perforated
C) added color to The Materials of Drawing: Dry Media
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D) cut out
E) glued

Question 14

In Leonardo da Vinci's design for a flying machine he used a ________ as his inspiration.

A) leaf
B) flying squirrel
C) balloon
D) flying fish
E) bird's wing

Question 15

The French artist Georges Seurat created a study for his huge painting La Grande Jatte using this waxy medium.

A) Conté crayon
B) charcoal
C) pencil Erasers and Fixatives
D) silverpoint
E) ink

Question 16

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

A) chalk
B) lead
C) zinc
D) oil
E) wax

Question 17

What does Birgit Megerle's light touch with the colored pencil communicate to the viewer in her drawing Untitled?

A) a sense of stillness
B) a feeling of doom
C) an atmosphere of chaos
D) that it is a night scene
E) that it is set in the future

Question 18

Erasers can be used by artists as drawing tools. In 1953 Robert Rauschenberg created a work by erasing a drawing by this famous Abstract Expressionist painter.

A) Michelangelo
B) Georges Seurat
C) Vincent van Gogh
D) Willem de Kooning
E) Edgar Degas

Question 19

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

A) hatching
B) arriccio
C) intonaco Charcoal
D) scratching
E) sgraffito

Question 20

When creating his silverpoint drawing Heads of the Virgin and Child, Raphael employed ________, a process in which the artist uses closely arranged parallel lines to create value.

A) hatching
B) arriccio
C) intonaco
D) scratching
E) sgraffito

Question 21

In the drawing Woman Seated in an Armchair the artist uses only contour lines because it is impossible to create areas of value using the medium pen and ink.

Question 22

This is the practice of drawing from a live model or other actual objects.

A) fantasy drawing
B) gesture drawing
C) contour drawing
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D) genre drawing
E) life drawing

Question 23

Which of the following fibers is not used to make paper?

A) flax
B) hemp
C) abaca
D) wool
E) cotton

Question 24

Before the invention of paper, drawings were done on ________.

A) animal hide
B) papyrus
C) cloth
D) wood
E) all of the other answers

Question 25

The techniques of hatching and cross-hatching can be used only in dry media.

Question 26

East Asian artists have traditionally applied ink using a ________.

A) quill
B) stick
C) trowel
D) cloth
E) brush

Question 27

Matisse called these works "drawing with scissors" because in them he concentrated on the contours of shapes.

A) scherenschnitte
B) contours
C) punchouts Gesture Drawing
D) cutouts
E) readymades

Question 28

In addition to its fiber content and weight, paper is also classified by its surface texture. What is the type of paper that is created on a screen with a grid-like structure?

A) wove
B) laid
C) ridge The Drawing Process
D) graph
E) carbon

Question 29

This French artist created a sense of depth in the work The Tiber from Monte Mario Looking South using thoughtful brushstrokes and ink wash.

A) Claude Lorrain
B) Mary Cassatt
C) Georges Seurat Paper
D) Vincent van Gogh
E) Edgar Degas

Question 30

This type of drawing involves the use of long continuous lines to capture the changing surface and outline of an object.

A) contour
B) gesture
C) life
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D) genre
E) fantasy

Question 31

Match the artwork with its drawing medium:

Question 32

This French artist focused on the contours of the woman's body and clothing in his drawing Woman Seated in an Armchair.

A) Henri Matisse
B) Claude Lorrain
C) Edgar Degas
D) Georges Seurat
E) Mary Cassatt

Question 33

Artists, such as Vincent van Gogh, vary the width of a reed pen stroke by ________.

A) dipping the pen more often
B) using the other end of the pen
C) pressing harder
D) lightly touching the paper
E) adding water

Question 34

The album of ink brush paintings of bamboo by the Chinese artist Wu Zhen was created as an instructional model to help this person learn the art of brushwork.

A) his student
B) the Emperor
C) Confucius
D) his son
E) his wife