PRAXIS 5134 ART CORE EXAMS MAIN QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔The degree of exposure to light, determines how much light can enter the camera.
(Defined by f/8 or f/11, etc) - ✔✔Aperture
✔✔A Megapixel is made up of how many pixels - ✔✔1 million
✔✔What lead is the softest and darkest? - ✔✔9B
✔✔The part of a paint brush that holds the hairs onto the handle. Typically metal but
sometimes plastic. - ✔✔Ferrule
✔✔A printmaking process that creates an image on paper, fabric or some other object
by pressing ink through a screen with areas blocked off by a stencil. The technique is
used both for making fine art prints and for commercial applications, such as printing a
company's logo on coffee mugs or t-shirts. - ✔✔Serigraphy (Silk Screen/Stencil)
✔✔Principle in oil painting of applying paint with a higher oil to pigment ratio over paint
with a lower oil to pigment ratio to ensure a stable paint film. - ✔✔Fat Over Lean
✔✔A relief printmaking process in which the artist cuts away parts of the face of the
wood. The raised areas will hold the ink, and what is cut away will be white. (Earliest
Printmaking Technique) - ✔✔Woodcut
✔✔Similar to a woodcut, but uses linoleum instead of wood. A relief printmaking
process. - ✔✔Linocut
✔✔A number typically displayed on a print that shows the total number of prints made
of that one image is called? - ✔✔An Edition
, ✔✔To print in color, a sequential number of plates need to be used in a process called?
- ✔✔Registration
✔✔A disk-like printmaking tool used to rub/press ink? - ✔✔Baren
✔✔A tempered steel rod, with a V-shaped point and a rounded handle, used for
engraving furrows in metal. - ✔✔Burin
✔✔A process in which a design is cut into the plate by driving furrows with a tool called
a burin. - ✔✔Engraving
✔✔A metal plate is coated with a material called a ground. The artist then draws his
design on the ground with a sharp needle, that cuts through the ground to the metal
below. When the plate is put in an acid bath, these exposed areas will be eaten away. -
✔✔Etching
✔✔A technique where the sunken lines in metal are produced directly by diamond-hard
tools pulled across a plate. The depth of line is controlled by the artist's muscle and
experience. - ✔✔Drypoint
✔✔An artist who often created engravings? - ✔✔William Hogarth
✔✔An artist who often created etchings? - ✔✔Rembrandt
✔✔A copper plate is protected by a powdered ground that is melted onto the surface of
the plate. It is acid resistant, but covers incompletely, resulting in a grainy surface
texture for printmaking. - ✔✔Aquatint
✔✔A printing process where the printing surface is flat - ✔✔Planographic
✔✔A printmaking technique in which the artist draws directly on a flat stone or specially
prepared metal plate (usually with a greasy crayon). The stone is dampened with water,
then inked. The ink clings to the greasy crayon marks, but not to the dampened areas.
When a piece of paper is pressed against the stone, the ink on the greasy parts is
transferred to it.
(Toulouse-Lautrec and Picasso use this) - ✔✔Lithograph
✔✔Eva Hesse uses what design principle in her work? - ✔✔Repitition
✔✔A method of metal casting in which a molten metal is poured into a mold that has
been created by means of a wax model. Once the mold is made, the wax model is
melted and drained away. - ✔✔Lost-Wax
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔The degree of exposure to light, determines how much light can enter the camera.
(Defined by f/8 or f/11, etc) - ✔✔Aperture
✔✔A Megapixel is made up of how many pixels - ✔✔1 million
✔✔What lead is the softest and darkest? - ✔✔9B
✔✔The part of a paint brush that holds the hairs onto the handle. Typically metal but
sometimes plastic. - ✔✔Ferrule
✔✔A printmaking process that creates an image on paper, fabric or some other object
by pressing ink through a screen with areas blocked off by a stencil. The technique is
used both for making fine art prints and for commercial applications, such as printing a
company's logo on coffee mugs or t-shirts. - ✔✔Serigraphy (Silk Screen/Stencil)
✔✔Principle in oil painting of applying paint with a higher oil to pigment ratio over paint
with a lower oil to pigment ratio to ensure a stable paint film. - ✔✔Fat Over Lean
✔✔A relief printmaking process in which the artist cuts away parts of the face of the
wood. The raised areas will hold the ink, and what is cut away will be white. (Earliest
Printmaking Technique) - ✔✔Woodcut
✔✔Similar to a woodcut, but uses linoleum instead of wood. A relief printmaking
process. - ✔✔Linocut
✔✔A number typically displayed on a print that shows the total number of prints made
of that one image is called? - ✔✔An Edition
, ✔✔To print in color, a sequential number of plates need to be used in a process called?
- ✔✔Registration
✔✔A disk-like printmaking tool used to rub/press ink? - ✔✔Baren
✔✔A tempered steel rod, with a V-shaped point and a rounded handle, used for
engraving furrows in metal. - ✔✔Burin
✔✔A process in which a design is cut into the plate by driving furrows with a tool called
a burin. - ✔✔Engraving
✔✔A metal plate is coated with a material called a ground. The artist then draws his
design on the ground with a sharp needle, that cuts through the ground to the metal
below. When the plate is put in an acid bath, these exposed areas will be eaten away. -
✔✔Etching
✔✔A technique where the sunken lines in metal are produced directly by diamond-hard
tools pulled across a plate. The depth of line is controlled by the artist's muscle and
experience. - ✔✔Drypoint
✔✔An artist who often created engravings? - ✔✔William Hogarth
✔✔An artist who often created etchings? - ✔✔Rembrandt
✔✔A copper plate is protected by a powdered ground that is melted onto the surface of
the plate. It is acid resistant, but covers incompletely, resulting in a grainy surface
texture for printmaking. - ✔✔Aquatint
✔✔A printing process where the printing surface is flat - ✔✔Planographic
✔✔A printmaking technique in which the artist draws directly on a flat stone or specially
prepared metal plate (usually with a greasy crayon). The stone is dampened with water,
then inked. The ink clings to the greasy crayon marks, but not to the dampened areas.
When a piece of paper is pressed against the stone, the ink on the greasy parts is
transferred to it.
(Toulouse-Lautrec and Picasso use this) - ✔✔Lithograph
✔✔Eva Hesse uses what design principle in her work? - ✔✔Repitition
✔✔A method of metal casting in which a molten metal is poured into a mold that has
been created by means of a wax model. Once the mold is made, the wax model is
melted and drained away. - ✔✔Lost-Wax
