Hi Artists!
Here is your RESEARCH study guide.
1. Go through ALL EDLIO posts! Review. That is where much of the academic material for this course
lives ladies! re watch videos click on links in the post RE READ the links! study the links! You are
responsible for all of the material that has been presented to you.
2. Go through your sketchbook! Read your notes.
3.Study from midterm study guide.
You will see almost all of that material in some form on the final.
4. Have your Edlio up on iPAD, Glossary content standards and ALL hand-outs/packets ready for your
study session with the guide, you will need these tools to fill in the answers.
STUFF YOU NEED FOR EXAM:
Don't forget to bring a scantron #2 pencils and your SKETCHBOOK drawing pencils sharpened and an
/iPAD!! to the exam.
Vocabulary ALERT: in Glossary hand-out ALWAYS use art vocabulary when you are discussing art! In
your short answer portion you must use the proper art vocabulary in order to receive full credit!
Principles of Design
Elements of Art
aesthetics
line
sighting
value
contour line
line direction
mass/volume
Linear Perspective (use packet!)
One-point perspective
Two-point perspective
perspective
overlap
size and space variation
modeling
details and edges
color and value change
converging lines
vanishing point
horizon line
eye level
materials
pastel
charcoal
graphite/pencil
conte crayon
pen and ink
acrylics, acrylic tips
mediums for acrylics
mass and gestural line drawing
contour line drawing
cross-hatching and stippling
wet and dry mediums –
collage
COLOR know/review this: http://colortheorywebquest.weebly.com/task.html
you need to review color theory
MediumsKnow the qualities/limitations for each medium how they function as drawing
tools
pastels
charcoal
graphite
ink
acrylic paint
mediums for acrylic paint:
gel medium
modeling paste
acrylic gloss medium
matte medium
matte varnish
acrylic retarder
TECHNIQUES and their purposes:
Why do we limit our palette sometimes in painting?
Uses and purposes of keeping a sketchbook why is this tool so important? I want details go back to EDLIO
and review websites for this. Why make preliminary studies/thumbnails thoughts doodles..... WHY? What
does the sketchbook do for the artist? Be able to discuss and explain based on the facts presented to you.
acrylic painting
Transfer
Mediums
Scumbling
Line direction of paint
Canvas
Gesso
Watercolor painting:
Taping to a board
Purpose of using Friskit/masking fluid
* wet into wet
* dry brush
* lifting color out
* blotting
* line and wash (with waterproof ink)
Pastel painting
Pen and ink
Collage:
Preparation for collage
Importance of studying a master's work (like Degas' pastel we copied)? Why do this?
Viewfinder? why use it? for what purpose is a viewfinder handy for? What does a viewfinder mimick?
Why is this particular tool so helpful?
How do you create depth and visual interest in a painting
ACRYLIC painting tips from Edlio
Painting techniques to review:
Why is using flat blocks of acrylic color in a painting sometimes a bad idea?
CRITIQUES
Purpose of a critique of painting half-way through?
Why is this critique process so important when you are learning to paint? What does an artist get from
stopping and analyzing their work, or having another artist analyze it before it is finished?
ARTISTS!
Hannah Hoch
Anslem Kiefer
Robert Raushenberg
Dada
Pop art
William Turner
Hudson River School
Leonardo da Vinci
Van Gogh webquest review your webquest! Why is he an important painter?
Masaccio-know the name of the painting and the facts about this painting
Brunelleschi-know his major contribution to the idea of using perspective the name of the dome and place
the dome is.
Italian Renaissance how they used value/linear perspective/atmospheric
review the self reflection on your linear perspective painting
Lisa Adams video
FIELD TRIP:
Purpose of Americana Field trip