Art Test Practice

Which of the following statements is true about the purposes of drawing?

• Taking notes for projects can also serve as a means of practicing and developing skills, and can even be considered an artwork itself.

• Taking notes for projects is solely a utilitarian practice with no other value.

• Taking notes for projects can only be considered a form of practice, but not an artwork itself.

• Taking notes for projects is an activity that can only be used for leisure, but not for practical purposes.

What is considered as dry media?

• Watercolor, acrylic, and oil paints

• Sculpture, ceramics, and glass blowing

• Ink, markers, and spray paint

• Graphite, chalk, charcoal, and conté crayon

What is considered as wet media?

• Oil paints, gouache, and tempera

• Ink, ink wash, and colored inks

• Watercolor, ink wash, and markers

• Printmaking, lithography, and silkscreening

What materials are considered to be "Medium"

• Charcoal, pastels, markers, chalk, clay, paper, and fabric

• Ink, colored pencils, watercolor, gouache, spray paint, oil, and acrylic

• Watercolor, gouache, tempera, oil, acrylic, fresco, encaustic

• Wood, stone, metal, plastic, glass, textiles, and ceramics

What materials are considered to be "Binder"

• Clay, wood, stone, metal, glass, and plastic

• Gum Arabic, egg yolk, linseed oil, wax, honey, and gelatin

• Acrylic medium, gouache, watercolor, ink, spray paint, and oil pastel

• Gum Arabic, egg yolk, linseed oil, polymer emulsion, wet plaster, and wax

What materials are considered to be a "Solvent"

• Water, turpentine, and heat

• Clay, metal, and glass

• Watercolor, gouache, and ink

• Oil, acrylic, and tempera

What materials are considered to be "Support"?

• Canvas, paper, cardboard, wood, stone, metal, glass, and plastic

• Paper, rigid panel, gessoed surface, any ungreasy surface, wall, ceiling, and rigid panel

• Clay, fabric, yarn, thread, wax, plaster, and leather

• Acrylic paint, oil paint, watercolor, gouache, ink, pastel, and charcoal

What do medium, binder, solvent, and support mean?

• Medium: refers to the size of a painting, Binder: is the material used to mix the paint, Solvent: is the name for the paint brushes, Support: is the material that the artist uses to clean their tools.

• Medium: refers to the color intensity of a painting, Binder: is a type of paint, Solvent: is the tool used to mix the paint, Support: is the material that the artist sits on.

• Medium: means the name of a type of paint, Binder: means a glue to hold pigments in paint and a glue to adhere pigments onto a support, Solvent: thins the paint into a more liquid form, Support: is traditionally what a painting is done on such as paper, wood or wall

• Medium: refers to the weight of a painting, Binder: is a type of paper, Solvent: is the tool used to spread the paint, Support: is the material that the artist wears to protect their clothes.

What gives watercolor paintings a look that is often recognizable?

• The use of thick, impasto brushstrokes

• The application of a glossy varnish over the painting

• The incorporation of metallic or glitter accents

• The different colors wash and bleed into each other to create a staining effect

What is fresco paint?

• A type of paint made by mixing pigments with beeswax and melting them together

• A type of paint made by grinding pigments with oil and a powdered medium like marble dust

• A type of paint made by applying pigments onto a wet plaster surface, which bonds with the plaster as it dries

• A type of paint made by combining pigments with a polymer medium and applying them to a non-porous surface like acrylic sheet