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Artists draw to… |
define their ideas plan for larger projects resolve design issues in preparatory sketches record their visual observations |
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fresco; cartoon |
When Raphael was preparing to paint his ______ The School of Athens he did a large drawing called a ________ to help place the design on the wall. |
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9B |
Pencils have a range of values from very light to very dark. If you wanted a dark value, which of these pencil number would be the darkest? |
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pressure |
In her self-portrait, the artist Ilka Gedo used pencil and varied the _________ in order to suggest texture, create emphasis, and to produce darker values. |
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wax |
Color pencil is much like graphite pencil, but the lead is made from pigment and _______. |
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silverpoint |
This drawing medium utilized a piece of silver wire set in a holder. |
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hatching |
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. |
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charcoal |
Samples of this drawing medium have been dated back to 30, 000 BCE. |
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binder |
Sticks of chalk, pastel, and crayon are all made by combining pigment with ________. |
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gum arabic |
Artists’ chalk is powered calcium carbonate combined with this binder. |
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wax |
Artists’ crayon is made by mixing pigment with _______ |
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sanguine ("blood red") |
This red chalk was used by Renaissance artists, including Michelangelo in his Studies for the Libyan Sibyl. |
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pastel |
The French Impressionist Edgar Degas used this dry drawing medium when he created The Tub in 1886. |
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Conte crayon |
The French artist Georges Seurat created a study for his huge painting La Grande Jatte using this waxy medium |
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Willem de Kooning |
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. |
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india ink |
This contemporary version of carbon ink is a favorite of comic book artists (Vincent van Gogh used it in Sower with Setting Sun) |
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bird feathers |
Quills are a common tool for ink drawing. They were originally made from _________. |
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brush |
East Asian artists have traditionally applied ink using a _______. |
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diluting with water |
An artist who is using brush and ink will often control the value of the ink by ________. |
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Taoism |
In the ink brush painting of bamboo by Wu Zhen, the work is created in a way that expresses the central beliefs of balanced opposites from this religion. |
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his son |
The album of brush paintings by the Chinese artist Wu Zhen was created as an instructional model to help this person learn the art of brushwork. |
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wove |
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? |
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life drawing |
This is the practice of drawing from a live model or other actual objects. |
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the human body |
In the gestural drawing Muscular Dynamism by Umberto Boccioni, the artist used chalk and charcoal to depict the undulating surface of ________. |
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contour |
This type of drawing involves the use of long continuous lines to capture the changing surface and outline of an object. |
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Shape |
the two-dimensional area the boundaries of which are defined by lines or suggested by changes in color or value |
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Form |
an object that can be defined in three dimensions (height, width, depth) |
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Line |
a mark, or implied mark, between two endpoints |
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Sketch |
a rough preliminary version of a work or part of a work |
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Fresco |
a technique where the artist paints onto freshly applied plaster |
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Medium (plural media) |
the material on or from which an artist chooses to make a work of art |
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Texture |
the surface quality of a work, for example fine/coarse, detailed/lacking in detail |
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Emphasis |
the principle of drawing attention to particular content in a work |
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Value |
the lightness or darkness of a plane or area |
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Background |
the part of a work depicted as behind the main figures |
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Pigment |
the colorant in art materials; often made from finely ground materials |
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Color |
the optical effect caused when white light of the spectrum is divided into a separate wavelength |
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Style |
a characteristic way in which an artist uses visual language to give a work an identifiable form of visual expression |
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Renaissance |
a period of cultural and artistic change in Europe from the fourteenth century to the seventeenth century |
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Ground |
the surface or background onto which an artists paints or draws |
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Expressive |
capable of stirring the emotions of the viewer |
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Subject |
the person, object, or space depicted in a work of art |
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Contrast |
a drastic difference between such elements as color or value |
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Highlight |
an area of lightest value in a work |
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Binder |
a substance that makes pigments adhere to a surface |
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Cross-hatching |
the use of overlapping parallel lines to convey darkness or lightness |
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Foreground |
the part of a work depicted as nearest to the viewer |
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Composition |
the overall design or organization of a work |
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Focal point |
the center of interest or activity in a work of art, often drawing the viewer’s attention to the most important element |
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Conceptual art |
a work in which the ideas are often important as how it is made |
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Cast |
a sculpture or artwork made by pouring a liquid into a mold |
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Rhythm |
the regular or ordered repetition of elements in a work |
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Three-dimensional |
having height, width, and depth |
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Outline |
the outermost line of an object or figure by which it is defined or bounded |
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