NYSTCE Visual Arts (079) Exam
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-Mostly used as preparation for paintings
-done on animal skin, wood, wax, or slate
-some artists used drawings as a record instead of working from a live model
-some artists would complete finished drawings as illuminations for manuscripts -
✔✔drawing in the Middle Ages
-Used on cave walls as early as 10,000 BCE
-cave paintings used to express ideas and scenes
-Used by Egyptians 3,000 BCE on - ✔✔drawing during Pre-history
-Drawing became more widely used, due to the increase in the availability of paper
-Students were taught how to draw before painting or sculpting
-used to study nature, record anatomy (Da Vinci)
-Drawing materials used: pen and ink, black and red charcoal - ✔✔drawing during the
Renaissance
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,More expressive and less exact than Renaissance drawings - ✔✔drawing in Baroque
period
-first manufactured in the 1800's, became a widely used drawing tool
-range in hardness from 10H to 10B
-greater detail than charcoal - ✔✔pencils
-artists began creating drawings as works of art
-Albrecht Durer and Hans Holbein the Younger used drawings - ✔✔drawings in
Northern Europe (1500s)
-Rembrandt created detailed drawings
-Dutch artists used sketchbooks to draw scenes to paint later - ✔✔drawings in the
1600's
-Drawing material made from slowly burned wood
-used for cave drawings
-lightweight
-stick or pencil form
-often used for large gesture drawings or as underdrawing - ✔✔charcoal
-Drawing material made from iron oxide pigment and refined clay
-popular in the 16th and 17th century
-used by Da Vinci, in the Renaissance - ✔✔red chalk
-drawing material made of carbaceous shale
-softer than red chalk
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,used in 15th cent Italy for underdrawings for ink and metalpoint
-used by Durer and van Dyck - ✔✔black chalk
-made of calcium carbonate or soapstone
-used to make highlights - ✔✔white chalk
-developed in the 1800's
-made in red, black, and white
-harder than chalk, smoother lines - ✔✔conte crayons
-form of carbon
-first discovered in the 1500's
-later encased in wood to make pencils - ✔✔graphite
-liquid pigment
-used with pen or brush - ✔✔ink
-first made from bird feathers and reeds (quills)
-later created with metal tips - ✔✔pen
-a tightly rolled paper stump that is used for blending drawings, either charcoal or
pencil - ✔✔tortillon
a stick with a padded head used to rest hand while drawing or painting to keep steady -
✔✔maulstick (or mahlstick)
-kneaded eraser can be rolled into small size, will not leave crumbs
-gum eraser is yellowish, crumbles, best for large areas
-pink eraser is firmer and more precise, still leaves crumbs - ✔✔kinds of erasers
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, fabric bag of eraser bits used to clean up fingerprints, smudges, and dust from larger
areas on the paper - ✔✔Dry cleaning bag
-writing/drawing surface made from animal skin
-used in the Middle Ages - ✔✔parchment
-first created in China 105 AD
-wasn't widely used until the 1800's
-comes in hot pressed or cold pressed
-used for watercolor or acrylic but not oil - ✔✔paper
smoothest type of paper - ✔✔hot pressed paper
more textured paper - ✔✔cold pressed paper
thinner than drawing paper - ✔✔sketch paper
another paper also used for sketching - ✔✔newsprint
-thicker cardboard, with hot or cold pressed paper attached
-allows for great detail - ✔✔illustration board
-will be labeled as acid free, should not deteriorate over time
-should be used for finished drawings - ✔✔archival material
-a line drawing that defines the outer and inner shapes of forms
-does not include any shading - ✔✔contour drawing
drawing without looking at the paper - ✔✔blind contour
-The drawing of lines quickly and loosely to show movement in a subject.
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2025 Questions and Answers 100%
Pass
-Mostly used as preparation for paintings
-done on animal skin, wood, wax, or slate
-some artists used drawings as a record instead of working from a live model
-some artists would complete finished drawings as illuminations for manuscripts -
✔✔drawing in the Middle Ages
-Used on cave walls as early as 10,000 BCE
-cave paintings used to express ideas and scenes
-Used by Egyptians 3,000 BCE on - ✔✔drawing during Pre-history
-Drawing became more widely used, due to the increase in the availability of paper
-Students were taught how to draw before painting or sculpting
-used to study nature, record anatomy (Da Vinci)
-Drawing materials used: pen and ink, black and red charcoal - ✔✔drawing during the
Renaissance
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,More expressive and less exact than Renaissance drawings - ✔✔drawing in Baroque
period
-first manufactured in the 1800's, became a widely used drawing tool
-range in hardness from 10H to 10B
-greater detail than charcoal - ✔✔pencils
-artists began creating drawings as works of art
-Albrecht Durer and Hans Holbein the Younger used drawings - ✔✔drawings in
Northern Europe (1500s)
-Rembrandt created detailed drawings
-Dutch artists used sketchbooks to draw scenes to paint later - ✔✔drawings in the
1600's
-Drawing material made from slowly burned wood
-used for cave drawings
-lightweight
-stick or pencil form
-often used for large gesture drawings or as underdrawing - ✔✔charcoal
-Drawing material made from iron oxide pigment and refined clay
-popular in the 16th and 17th century
-used by Da Vinci, in the Renaissance - ✔✔red chalk
-drawing material made of carbaceous shale
-softer than red chalk
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,used in 15th cent Italy for underdrawings for ink and metalpoint
-used by Durer and van Dyck - ✔✔black chalk
-made of calcium carbonate or soapstone
-used to make highlights - ✔✔white chalk
-developed in the 1800's
-made in red, black, and white
-harder than chalk, smoother lines - ✔✔conte crayons
-form of carbon
-first discovered in the 1500's
-later encased in wood to make pencils - ✔✔graphite
-liquid pigment
-used with pen or brush - ✔✔ink
-first made from bird feathers and reeds (quills)
-later created with metal tips - ✔✔pen
-a tightly rolled paper stump that is used for blending drawings, either charcoal or
pencil - ✔✔tortillon
a stick with a padded head used to rest hand while drawing or painting to keep steady -
✔✔maulstick (or mahlstick)
-kneaded eraser can be rolled into small size, will not leave crumbs
-gum eraser is yellowish, crumbles, best for large areas
-pink eraser is firmer and more precise, still leaves crumbs - ✔✔kinds of erasers
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, fabric bag of eraser bits used to clean up fingerprints, smudges, and dust from larger
areas on the paper - ✔✔Dry cleaning bag
-writing/drawing surface made from animal skin
-used in the Middle Ages - ✔✔parchment
-first created in China 105 AD
-wasn't widely used until the 1800's
-comes in hot pressed or cold pressed
-used for watercolor or acrylic but not oil - ✔✔paper
smoothest type of paper - ✔✔hot pressed paper
more textured paper - ✔✔cold pressed paper
thinner than drawing paper - ✔✔sketch paper
another paper also used for sketching - ✔✔newsprint
-thicker cardboard, with hot or cold pressed paper attached
-allows for great detail - ✔✔illustration board
-will be labeled as acid free, should not deteriorate over time
-should be used for finished drawings - ✔✔archival material
-a line drawing that defines the outer and inner shapes of forms
-does not include any shading - ✔✔contour drawing
drawing without looking at the paper - ✔✔blind contour
-The drawing of lines quickly and loosely to show movement in a subject.
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