Deck 4: Drawing

Question 1

The word used to refer to the material with which the artist works is __________.

A) the mark
B) technique
C) faculty
D) medium

Answer 1

D

Question 2

In drawings made with brush and ink,as in Rembrandt's Sleeping Girl ,the brushstrokes are __________.

A) clearly evident and, where the ink was spent, the paper shows through
B) non-existent
C) messy because of the water required
D) thick and light reflective

Answer 2

A

Question 3

During its history in China,brush and ink painting was __________.

A) a commercial enterprise, painting on commission
B) considered spiritually expressive
C) hidden from the emperor
D) none of the above

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Leonardo da Vinci's The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and John the Baptist is a full-sized chalk drawing done as a model for a painting.This work is,thus,called a __________.

A) presentation drawing
B) sketch
C) cartoon
D) illustration

Question 5

Of the tools for drawing that are classified as "dry" the most commonly used is __________.

A) graphite pencil
B) pen and ink
C) pastel
D) charcoal

Question 6

Unlike the other dry media discussed in this chapter,silverpoint __________.

A) can be erased and started over
B) needs a fixative to keep the image on the paper
C) requires that the paper be prepared with pigment or glue
D) uses paint to create the image

Question 7

Because __________,the use of silverpoint for drawing diminished.

A) artists began using graphite pencils
B) the silver holder hurt the hands of the artist
C) the silver turned dark when exposed to air
D) it couldn't be used to show shadows and textures

Question 8

Due to the fact that __________,pen and ink drawings like Picasso's Three Female Nudes Dancing are difficult to execute.

A) the point of the pen may catch in the paper and splatter ink
B) it is difficult to control the pen
C) the width of the lines the pen produces are unpredictable
D) there is no variation to the pen points, so the lines are all the same

Question 9

Georges Seurat was able to get a range of values from conté crayon by __________.

A) bearing down very hard
B) smudging it with his fingers
C) mixing it with water
D) working on textured paper

Question 10

Käthe Kollwitz's Self-portrait with a Pencil shows that charcoal is often used because __________.

A) it can be used for fine, delicate lines
B) the fact that it smudges easily allows artists to exploit effects in toning the image
C) artists like the broad range of colors it comes in
D) it never comes off the paper

Question 11

Corot's Cività Castellana illustrates how the use of graphite pencils __________.

A) can result in many value gradations
B) are good for drawing small precise lines like hatching
C) can create many variations of grays and blacks
D) all of the above

Question 12

Pastel,a kind of chalky stick,will only stay on the paper if __________.

A) it is treated with a fixative
B) the paper is very smooth
C) the artist doesn't mix colors
D) it is always kept flat on a table

Question 13

Ink that is thinned with water or spirit and brushed on to suggest tone is called a __________.

A) wash
B) solvent
C) binder
D) coating

Question 14

The word "pastel" is usually associated with __________ tones.

A) dark and smoky
B) pale
C) brilliant jewel-like
D) primary color

Question 15

Artists often use graphite pencils for drawing __________.

A) when they run out of pen and ink
B) if they are working in the outdoors
C) because they have lead in them
D) because they can get different effects due to the many grades of hardness of the medium

Question 16

Monochromatic painting in China was based upon __________.

A) a shortage of pigment
B) calligraphy
C) using paper that would not hold color
D) the single-mindedness of the artist

Question 17

Conté crayon is __________.

A) greasy and gives a shine to the work
B) versatile and can be used for softness or sharp lines
C) produced in a range of pastel colors
D) difficult to sharpen

Question 18

The subtle value gradations Leonardo da Vinci created with chalk in The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and John the Baptist are called __________.

A) local color
B) chiaroscuro
C) sfumato
D) hatching

Question 19

Pen and ink is essentially a __________ medium.

A) color
B) tone
C) line
D) shade

Question 20

In his drawing Fish Skeletons Hyman Bloom reverses the usual technique for pen and ink by __________.

A) showing only the contour lines
B) using a lot of hatching to create shading
C) using white ink on dark paper
D) creating spatial values

Question 21

Paper,the most frequently used drawing surface,has been readily available since ancient Egypt.

Question 22

The best artist's papers are made with rags.

Question 23

Charcoal can only be used in a quick,sketchy manner.

Question 24

Drawing pens are sometimes made of bird feathers called quills.

Question 25

There are special crayons made of grease for use in lithographic printing.