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NCTC Art 120
| 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 |
| Setting ground | Medium tone, Less intimidating, ease to remove errors |
| Picture Plan | An imaginary construct of a transparent plane, like a famed window. |
| grid | evenly spaced lines running horizontal & vertical. Often used to enlarge a drawing or to see spatial relationships |
| 4 aspects of light logic | highlights, cast shadows, reflective light, crested shadows |
| 3 portrait methods | full face 3/4 profile |
| Postive to doing full face | credibility aid to bypass symbol system strength ability to perceive proportions |
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