Deck 5: Drawing

Question 1

If you had discovered a new species of plant, drawing it might be a good way of beginning to study it because drawing allows for us to:

A) Take notes
B) See the creative process
C) See if the plant has symmetry
D) See the plant as a finished work

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Because drawings can let artists spontaneously put down on paper what is in their minds, it makes it possible for us to:

A) Understand the creative process
B) Take notes
C) Use all of our senses
D) Look intensely

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Even though drawings were not used this way previously, in recent centuries, artists have used drawings as:

A) A kind of diary
B) A finished work of art
C) A method of portraiture
D) A way to express emotion

Answer 3

B

Question 4

The appearance of a drawing will change based on the support's:

A) Color
B) Tooth
C) Absorbency
D) All of these

Question 5

What are some characteristics of all dry media?

A) They are abrasive and create friction on a wet surface
B) They are abrasive and create friction on a dry surface
C) They are mixed with a binder and are precise
D) They create sketchy lines and come in black or grey

Question 6

Both charcoal and graphite:

A) Are made from chalk
B) Can be smudged
C) Cannot make dark lines
D) Are liquid media

Question 7

If an artist wanted to use a lot of colors and create various tones, he or she might use:

A) Charcoal
B) Graphite
C) Pastels
D) None of these

Question 8

The biggest difference between chalks and crayons is:

A) The range of colors
B) The fatty binder
C) The liquid binder
D) The level of precision

Question 9

Which medium feels dry and crumbly, but has a slightly waxy binder?

A) Charcoal
B) Conté crayon
C) Crayon
D) Chalk

Question 10

All liquid media use:

A) A brush
B) A pen
C) Ink
D) Paint

Question 11

If you wanted to make a drawing using lots of hatching and cross-hatching, what might be the best medium to use?

A) Paint and wash
B) Brush and ink
C) Brush and wash
D) Pen and ink

Question 12

What is a wash?

A) A material that allows fluid media to be erased
B) A material that allows dry media to be erased
C) A thin layer of diluted ink
D) The binder in a liquid medium

Question 13

If an artist wants a lot of value variation in his or her drawing, but still wants to create precise lines, what might be the best liquid medium to use?

A) Pen and ink
B) Brush and wash
C) Brush and ink
D) Pen and wash

Question 14

If an artist wanted to work with mixed media that would offer precise marks and a variety of colors, he or she might use:

A) Graphite and charcoal
B) Chalk and charcoal
C) Brush and wash
D) Pen and pastel

Question 15

If an artist creates an image using a digital drawing program and then prints it out, how might it qualify as a drawing?

A) The ink in the printer is run over the paper to make marks
B) The program is called a drawing program
C) The printer uses liquid media to make the work
D) The work is on paper

Question 16

Drawings are closely linked to an artist's way of thinking.

Question 17

People have always appreciated drawings as finished works of art.

Question 18

Colored pencils are crayons.

Question 19

All dry media are easy to erase.

Question 20

Today, liquid media come in many colors.

Question 21

A drawing can be a way that an artist takes _______ .

Question 22

The surface of a drawing is called its _______ .

Question 23

An artist might choose a paper for a drawing based on its rough texture, which is referred to as its _______ .

Question 24

Graphite and charcoal are both made from forms of _______ .

Question 25

The diluted ink used with a brush to create tones is called a _______ .

Question 26

Katsushika Hokusai's A Maid Preparing to Dust (figure 5.26) and Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres's Portrait of Madame Hayard (figure 5.15) in terms of their use of line and values. How do the works show how artists see differently when they draw?

Question 27

What do you think a drawing needs in order to qualify as a finished, legitimate work of art? Give specific examples.

Question 28

How do you think the properties of different surfaces and tools affect the message and mood of a drawing? Give examples.

Question 29

When Yellow Nose created his drawing of The Battle of Little Big Horn (figure 5.21), he used colored pencils. Explain what other drawing media you think might also have worked for his depiction of the heat of battle, and why they would have been appropriate.

Question 30

Give one argument for and one argument against why we should consider digital drawings as part of the same category as traditional drawing media.