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Printmaking

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the pigment you use in printmaking called?

a)

Paint

b)

Ink

c)

Gesso

d)

Glue

2.

What is a print?

a)

An artwork like a hand made poster.

b)

A work of art made by pressing a plate with ink on it to paper.

c)

A sculpture made out of ink and pressed onto paper.

3.

What is the machine pictured called?

a)

A Smoosher

b)

A Robot

c)

A Press

d)

A Slab Roller

4.

What is a brayer?

a)

A device like a rolling pin, that carves the linoleum block.

b)

A rolling pin made out of steel wool.

c)

A device made out of rubber used to evenly spread ink.

5.

The 4 methods of printmaking are ...

a)

Relief, Intaglio, Lithography and Seriography

b)

Relief, Press, Edition and Screen printing

c)

Relief, Acid, Crayon and Wood Block

6.

What is an edition?

a)

The total number of impressions made by a printmaking using different colored inks.

b)

The total number of impressions made from one plate.

c)

The total number of impressions made from painting.

d)

The total number of impressions made by a printmaking using different plates.

7.

Who made this print?

a)

Mary Cassatt

b)

Elizabeth Catlett

c)

Frida Kahlo

d)

Hokusai

8.

What is an impression?

a)

The inked plate

b)

Fancy Ink

c)

A brayer

d)

A printed copy of your plate.

9.

Before the invention of the printing press, how were books made?

a)

Monks were paid to make the paper.

b)

Paid copyists called scribes hand wrote the pages.

c)

Gutenberg used movable type to made the words.

10.

Why do you need registration marks in printmaking?

a)

So the different half tones blend in the intended manner.

b)

So the different colors align properly

c)

So the black outlines are always present

d)

To inspire the revolution

11.

Because the printing press was invented it sparked a revolution of ____________.

a)

art appreciation

b)

math

c)

geography

d)

learning

12.

True of False - Paint dries faster than ink?

a)

True

b)

False

13.

The Tom Petty poster pictured is printed using which printmaking technique?

a)

Split Fountain or Rainbow Blend

b)

Ink Splatter

c)

Easter Gradient Effect

d)

Collage maker

14.

What is screenprinting?

a)

Prints the relief block

b)

Prints what is on the surface of the stencil.

c)

Prints the open areas of a stencil. How you print T-shirts.

15.

What is Lithography?

a)

Prints the stenciled area using printing ink.

b)

Prints what is drawn on the surface of a plate. You use a greasy crayon.

c)

Prints what is incised below the surface of the plate.

16.

What is Intaglio?

a)

Also known as etching. Prints what is below the surface of the plate.

b)

Also known as relief. Prints what is above the surface of the plate.

c)

Also known as etching. Plates are dipped in acid until they dissolve.

17.

Who invented the printing press?

a)

Lorenzo D'Medici

b)

Anton Von Levanhook

c)

Johannes Gutenburg

18.

This famous print was created by ...

a)

Faith Ringold

b)

Elizabeth Catlett

c)

Kara Walker

d)

Chloe Alexander

19.

If you create an edition of five prints, you should number the first print ________?

a)

AP

b)

1/2

c)

1/5

d)

1/3

20.

Who made this print?

a)

Hashiguchi Goyo

b)

Hokusai

c)

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

d)

Yoshitoshi