NYSTCE Visual Arts (079) Exam 650
Questions and Correct Verified Answers:
Drawing, Painting, and Art Techniques
This is a comprehensive overview of various art techniques and
historical periods, focusing on drawing, painting, and related materials.
It includes definitions, explanations, and examples of different drawing
tools, painting mediums, and artistic techniques. Particularly useful for
students preparing for the nystce visual arts (079) exam, offering
insights into key concepts and historical contexts.
drawing without looking at the paper - ANSWER ✔✔- blind contour
-The drawing of lines quickly and loosely to show movement in a
subject.
-done in 30-60 seconds - ANSWER ✔✔- gesture drawing
-a drawing technique that show spatial relationships and gives an
illusion of space
-two point perspective - ANSWER ✔✔- perspective drawing
the use of non-overlapping parallel lines to convey darkness or lightness
- ANSWER ✔✔- hatching
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,lines are used perpendicularly to convey darkness, creates heavier
shades than hatching - ANSWER ✔✔- cross-hatching
-a fine art medium first used in the 15th century in N. Europe
-Van Eyck used oil on wood panels first
-later people started to use canvas at the end of the 15th cent.
-allows for longer working time (longer drying) than acrylic
-stays workable on the palette for 4-6 hours
-can take a full 6 months for an oil painting to dry fully
-more blending possible on the canvas than acrylic
-"fat over lean" - increased oil content in paint on the outer layers -
ANSWER ✔✔- oil painting
-water soluble
-dries more quickly than oil
-less blending possible
-turns into a kind of plastic when it dries
-dried acrylic cannot be removed from a paint brush easily
-can be used as a base for oil paintings (but not the other way around)
-has only been used since the 1940's
-more media can be layered on top of it than oils, makes it good for
collage
-15-20 mins drying time for each layer
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,-first developed for housepainting but got recognition as an art material
after Warhol used it - ANSWER ✔✔- acrylic paint
-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 - ANSWER ✔✔- 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 - ANSWER ✔✔- 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 -
ANSWER ✔✔- drawing during the Renaissance
More expressive and less exact than Renaissance drawings - ANSWER
✔✔- drawing in Baroque period
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, -first manufactured in the 1800's, became a widely used drawing tool
-range in hardness from 10H to 10B
-greater detail than charcoal - ANSWER ✔✔- pencils
-artists began creating drawings as works of art
-Albrecht Durer and Hans Holbein the Younger used drawings -
ANSWER ✔✔- drawings in Northern Europe (1500s)
-Rembrandt created detailed drawings
-Dutch artists used sketchbooks to draw scenes to paint later - ANSWER
✔✔- 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 - ANSWER
✔✔- 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 - ANSWER ✔✔- red chalk
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Questions and Correct Verified Answers:
Drawing, Painting, and Art Techniques
This is a comprehensive overview of various art techniques and
historical periods, focusing on drawing, painting, and related materials.
It includes definitions, explanations, and examples of different drawing
tools, painting mediums, and artistic techniques. Particularly useful for
students preparing for the nystce visual arts (079) exam, offering
insights into key concepts and historical contexts.
drawing without looking at the paper - ANSWER ✔✔- blind contour
-The drawing of lines quickly and loosely to show movement in a
subject.
-done in 30-60 seconds - ANSWER ✔✔- gesture drawing
-a drawing technique that show spatial relationships and gives an
illusion of space
-two point perspective - ANSWER ✔✔- perspective drawing
the use of non-overlapping parallel lines to convey darkness or lightness
- ANSWER ✔✔- hatching
1|Page
,lines are used perpendicularly to convey darkness, creates heavier
shades than hatching - ANSWER ✔✔- cross-hatching
-a fine art medium first used in the 15th century in N. Europe
-Van Eyck used oil on wood panels first
-later people started to use canvas at the end of the 15th cent.
-allows for longer working time (longer drying) than acrylic
-stays workable on the palette for 4-6 hours
-can take a full 6 months for an oil painting to dry fully
-more blending possible on the canvas than acrylic
-"fat over lean" - increased oil content in paint on the outer layers -
ANSWER ✔✔- oil painting
-water soluble
-dries more quickly than oil
-less blending possible
-turns into a kind of plastic when it dries
-dried acrylic cannot be removed from a paint brush easily
-can be used as a base for oil paintings (but not the other way around)
-has only been used since the 1940's
-more media can be layered on top of it than oils, makes it good for
collage
-15-20 mins drying time for each layer
2|Page
,-first developed for housepainting but got recognition as an art material
after Warhol used it - ANSWER ✔✔- acrylic paint
-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 - ANSWER ✔✔- 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 - ANSWER ✔✔- 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 -
ANSWER ✔✔- drawing during the Renaissance
More expressive and less exact than Renaissance drawings - ANSWER
✔✔- drawing in Baroque period
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, -first manufactured in the 1800's, became a widely used drawing tool
-range in hardness from 10H to 10B
-greater detail than charcoal - ANSWER ✔✔- pencils
-artists began creating drawings as works of art
-Albrecht Durer and Hans Holbein the Younger used drawings -
ANSWER ✔✔- drawings in Northern Europe (1500s)
-Rembrandt created detailed drawings
-Dutch artists used sketchbooks to draw scenes to paint later - ANSWER
✔✔- 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 - ANSWER
✔✔- 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 - ANSWER ✔✔- red chalk
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