| Question |
Answer |
| When did art begin? |
stone age - Cave drawings (paleolithic period) |
| When were lead pencils discovered? |
1560 |
| When were pencils brought to this country? |
1690 |
| Who combined clay and graphite to make pencils and when? |
Nicholas Conte in 1792 |
| When and where was paper invented? |
China in 105 AD |
| How did paper come to US? |
Arab Traders |
| What was used before paper? |
Sheep Skins |
| Five basic skills of Drawing? |
Perception of edges
Perception of spaces
Perception of relationships
Perception of lights and shadows
Perception of the whole (or Gestalt) |
| Art Class is about? |
Drawing
Listening
Seeing |
| Four Basic Shapes? |
Sphere
Cone
Cylinder
Cube |
| Value is ? |
An index of light |
| Define Value Scale |
A way to calibrate and index a range grays from white to black |
| what is the best way to see value? |
Squint |
| Define Cone |
form that tapers to a point from a circular base |
| Define cylinder |
any size prop. |
| Define a cube |
a 6 sided rectanglar object whos adjacent sides or plains are @ 90 degrees to each other |
| Is value linked to distance? |
Yes |
| what are the 4 line styles? |
Bold
Broken
Pure
Lost and Found |
Melissa Roark Kuhn
on 2009-10-29
Spanish 3
