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The main purpose of artists studying the human body is to ________________
a. understand its parts and functions, so they can more accurately portray it.
b. create images for medical journals and textbooks.
c. improve the movement and rhythm of art scenes in which people are moving or performing an
activity, creating more life-like images.
d. accomplish all of the above, depending on the purpose of a drawing. - d. accomplish all of the above,
depending on the purpose of a drawing.
Silverpoint is _____________
a. a technique using the blackish residue of impure carbon obtained by removing water from animal and
vegetation substances.
b. a technique involving the use of a metal point, and a thin silver wire, popular in the 14th and 15th
Centuries.
c. a printmaking technique born from crayon manner that imitates the appearance of chalk lines.
d. a technique used since the 16th century involving a stick filled with either colored or black graphite, a
heated mixture of carbon and clay. - b. a technique involving the use of a metal point, and a thin silver
wire, popular in the 14th and 15th Centuries.
Which of the following is true about charcoal?
a. It is made by mixing carbon and clay.
b. It has been a main medium used by Japanese artists throughout history.
c. Charcoal is difficult to work with and expensive.
d. There are two forms of charcoal that are popularly used. - b. It has been a main medium used by
Japanese artists throughout history.
If a pencil's H# is decreased, then ______________
a. the level of clay used increases.
b. the texture of the graphite becomes harder.
c. the lines produced will be lighter.
, d. the cost of the pencil increases. - a. the level of clay used increases.
Which of the following is not true?
a. Drawing is a two dimensional form of art.
b. Drawing media include silverpoint, pencil, charcoal, pastel, crayon, and chalk;.
c. Drawings can be works of art in their own right, or preparatory sketches.
d. Drawing is expensive and takes a long time to produce. - d. Drawing is expensive and takes a long time
to produce.
This artwork by Don Turner, entitled, Skull III, was creating using ___________________
a. charcoal
b. silverpoint
c. chalk
d. pencil - b. silverpoint
All of the following are useful blending tools when creating pencil drawings, except which?
a. gum
b. eraser
c. shammy
d. tortillians - a. gum
___________ is a media that consists of natural or synthetic mineral or plant substances that deposit
crystalline or splinter-like fragments in the paper fibers.
a. Dry media
b. Ink painting
c. Silverpoint
d. Liquid media - a. Dry media
Liquid media is ________________
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