Draw/Paint Terms part II

A surface preparation or primer made of chalk or gypsum for acrylic paintings or mixed media that is painted onto the picture surface.

• green
• gesso
• fixative

A rule in perspective to create the illusion of objects or subject matter coming forward or receding into space.  

• foreshortening
• charcoal drawing
• gesture drawing

What is India Ink?

• oil based paint
• Has an immulsion binder.
• A waterproof ink, comes in black and various colors.

What is a watercolor paint?

• Pigment with a water soluble binder. Available in semi-moist cakes or tubes.
• powdered pigment
• oil based with linseed oil binder

What medium ranging in hardness from 6H to 8B, the softest, and encased in wood.A good assortment for freehand drawing includes: HB, 2b, 4b, 6b, 8b.  

• soft pastels
• graphite
• acrylic

Which pencil would provide the darkest value in a pencil drawing?

• 6B
• 2H
• 4B

refers to a visual art form that combines a variety of media in a single artwork.

• acrylic paints
• printmaking
• mixed media

a ring or cap, typically a metal one, that strengthens the end of a paintbrush. 

• handle
• bristles
• ferrule

A transparent spray used to help bind particles of charcoal or pastel to a surface or to prevent smearing of graphite or colored pencil.

• polyurathane
• fixative
• gesso

concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty.

• aesthetics
• composition
• picture place