Short Essay Questions on Painting Media and Processes
Art 1030
Unit 3 Assignment
Short Answer Each question = 4 points
1. dry and liquid media
2. pigment
3. medium
4. glaze
5. an edition
6.prints are made using an indirect process resulting in multiples of the same image.
7. logos and trademarks
8. posed with the weight of the body on 1 foot
9. in the round
10. low relief
Short Essay Questions
Each question = 15 points
1. Discuss how certain drawing materials lend themselves to certain subject matter or concepts. (100 word min)
I think that it depends firstly on what the artist is trying to depict. Pencils or graphite materials could be used for artwork with grey shadings or anything needing some sort of shading or shadowing in the art work. Pens give the artist a material that can be used for stronger lines that wont be damaged by other pieces overlapping it. Water coolers offer a full color scale and also the ability to mix these colors to get a full range of the color wheel, as well as different size brushes to allow the artist to adjust to the stroke size wanted on the artwork.
2. Analyze the characteristics of different painting media (3 minimum)- the advantages and disadvantages and discuss in examples. (100 word min)
Oil painting lets the artist create luminous hardwearing colors that blend well with surrounding paints and are slower drying than water colors, but that can also be a disadvantage because it makes it hard to move into the next stage of painting. But oils and acrylics can contain toxins in some cases. But the acrylics do dry more rapidly, usually within a day or so. With oil paints that do dry a little slower though, it allows them to be blended easier than the acrylics. With water colors you again have a short drying time. Also an easier clean up and mixing pigment. Some say in the U.S. though that water color paintings do not get as much respect as oil paintings.
3. Briefly describe each of the following printmaking processes.
Relief- any work in which the figures project from a
Unit 3 Assignment
Short Answer Each question = 4 points
1. dry and liquid media
2. pigment
3. medium
4. glaze
5. an edition
6.prints are made using an indirect process resulting in multiples of the same image.
7. logos and trademarks
8. posed with the weight of the body on 1 foot
9. in the round
10. low relief
Short Essay Questions
Each question = 15 points
1. Discuss how certain drawing materials lend themselves to certain subject matter or concepts. (100 word min)
I think that it depends firstly on what the artist is trying to depict. Pencils or graphite materials could be used for artwork with grey shadings or anything needing some sort of shading or shadowing in the art work. Pens give the artist a material that can be used for stronger lines that wont be damaged by other pieces overlapping it. Water coolers offer a full color scale and also the ability to mix these colors to get a full range of the color wheel, as well as different size brushes to allow the artist to adjust to the stroke size wanted on the artwork.
2. Analyze the characteristics of different painting media (3 minimum)- the advantages and disadvantages and discuss in examples. (100 word min)
Oil painting lets the artist create luminous hardwearing colors that blend well with surrounding paints and are slower drying than water colors, but that can also be a disadvantage because it makes it hard to move into the next stage of painting. But oils and acrylics can contain toxins in some cases. But the acrylics do dry more rapidly, usually within a day or so. With oil paints that do dry a little slower though, it allows them to be blended easier than the acrylics. With water colors you again have a short drying time. Also an easier clean up and mixing pigment. Some say in the U.S. though that water color paintings do not get as much respect as oil paintings.
3. Briefly describe each of the following printmaking processes.
Relief- any work in which the figures project from a