Art One…what to study for your semester exam !

Perspective Quiz #21. What do we call the type of perspective drawing technique needed to portray someone who

is lying down in front of us or who has their feet or hand extended out toward us? foreshortening1. What do we call a viewpoint as seen from low on the ground?

Worm’s eye view1. What do we call a viewpoint as seen from up in the sky? Bird’s eye view1. What is “anamorphic art”? stretched art…art that is intentionally deformed and only correctly viewed from a certain angle1. What is a common or practical use of this type of artwork in the world today?

road signs

1. What do we call the imaginary line formed where the sky and land meet?Horizon line

1. What else do we sometimes refer to this as? Eye level1. What do we call the point at which most diagonal lines meet in perspective

drawing? Vanishing point1. If an opaque cube is held right in front of your face, what sides are visible to

you? One, the front1. What must an artist include to add depth and interest in a graphite (pencil)

drawing? values

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barren an instrument used to burnish (or rub) the back of the paper when printing from an inked relief plate

bench hook

a device used to hold a relief plate while carving into it; it hooks over the edge of the table

brayer a rubber, gelatin, felt, or leather covered roller used to ink linoleum plates or wood blocks

charge to load a brush or brayer with paint or ink

composite print

a print made from a number of different stencils, plates, or blocks when doing multicolor printing

edition a special issue of prints made; represented as a fraction…the top number represents the sequence number (was it printed first, second, third, etc) and the bottom number represents the total number of prints made

ink slab a large piece of glass, marble, plexiglass, or some other nonabsorbent surface upon which ink may be prepared

plate a wood block, stone, linoleum, metal or other material upon which an image has been carved or etched into for the purpose of printing

proof a trial print obtained for the purpose of being studied and corrected before further printing

pull the act of peeling a print from a block, plate, or stone

register the exact correspondence of separate plates or screens in multicolor printing in order to ensure proper alignment

relief a type of print typically made from a wood block or linoleum; what will print will be what’s left of the surface; areas carved out will not print, except for possibly a few ridge lines left after the carving process; this is not necessarily a bad thing, though…a little of it can add texture and character to a print

Art OneReduction Relief Printmaking

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