FTCE ART k12 EXAM PREP Q&A 2024/2025

FTCE ART k12 EXAM PREP Q&A 2024/2025 fresco - CORRECT ANSWER-a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid, or wet lime plaster. Water is used as the vehicle for the pigment to merge with the plaster, and with the setting of the plaster, the painting becomes an integral part of the wall. The word fresco (Italian: affresco) is derived from the Italian adjective fresco meaning "fresh", and may thus be contrasted with fresco-secco or secco mural painting techniques, which are applied to dried plaster, to supplement painting in fresco. The fresco technique has been employed since antiquity and is closely associated with Italian Renaissance painting wash - CORRECT ANSWER-visual arts technique resulting in a semi-transparent layer of color. A wash of diluted ink or watercolor paint applied in combination with drawing is called pen and wash, wash drawing, or ink and wash.[4] Normally only one or two colours of wash are used; if more colours are used the result is likely to be classified as a full watercolor painting. impasto - CORRECT ANSWER-a technique used in painting, where paint is laid on an area of the surface in very thick layers,[1] usually thick enough that the brush or painting-knife strokes are visible. Paint can also be mixed right on the canvas. When dry, impasto provides texture; the paint appears to be coming out of the canvas. dry brush - CORRECT ANSWER-a painting technique in which a paint brush that is relatively dry, but still holds paint, is used. Load is applied to a dry support such as paper or primed canvas. The resulting brush strokes have a characteristic scratchy look that lacks the smooth appearance that washes or blended paint commonly have. Lost-wax casting - CORRECT ANSWER-is the process by which a duplicate metal sculpture (often silver, gold, brass or bronze) is cast from an original sculpture. incising - CORRECT ANSWER-to engrave a design by cutting or scraping into the clay surface at any stage of drying, from soft to bone dry. With hard bone-dry clay you will obtain more precise lines, but you have to be very careful that it does not break. lithography - CORRECT ANSWER-is a method of printing originally based on the immiscibility of oil and water. intaglio - CORRECT ANSWER-a desig