Art Techniques Trivia

1. Sandra Fabara, known as the "first lady of graffiti", uses which pseudonym as her artistic name?

From Quiz The Writing's On The Wall

Answer: Lady Pink

Lady Pink began her graffiti career in 1979 and by 1980 had formed the all female crew, LOTA (Ladies of the Arts) with whom she spent five years painting New York City subway trains, before moving on to working on freight trains. Her works have been exhibited at Whitney Museum of American Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Brooklyn Museum in New York City, and she was one of the 21 graffiti artists awarded $6.7 million in damages when the 5 Pointz mural space in New York City was whitewashed over in 2013.

From Quiz Art Fundamentals: Painting

Answer: Gum arabic

Linseed oil is used for oil paints, egg yolk for tempera, wax for encaustic and gum arabic for watercolors and pastels.

From Quiz Random Art

Answer: Yellow, Blue, Red

These three colors can be combined to form all the other colors except white.

From Quiz Painting 2: Painting Surfaces

Answer: Linen

High-quality linen is better than high-quality cotton and slightly better than synthetic fibers. However, avoid low-quality linen, as cotton and synthetic fibers are better. Silk is typically used in traditional Asian arts.

From Quiz Painting 1: Paints

Answer: Oil

Oil paints have been used for centuries, and most museum paintings were done using oil paints. Contemporary artists use a wide variety of media. Before 1500, tempera paints were the primary medium used by most European artists.

From Quiz Art Fundamentals

Answer: stippling

The distance between dots determines how dark the shading will be -the more densely clustered the dots, the darker the shading.

From Quiz Arts and Crafts

Answer: awl

From Quiz Artist Pigments

Answer: Because it was made from ground-up mummies

The original method of making this color was discontinued in the 20th century. It is now made from kaolin, quartz, goethite and hematite. But if an 18th century pigment supplier ran out of mummies, there was another method of making it. In her book "Colors", Victoria Finlay describes the process: "Take the carcase of a young man not dying of a disease, but killed; let it lie 24 hours in clear water in the air: cut the flesh in pieces to which add Powder of Myrrh and a little Aloes, imbibe it 24 hours in the Spirit of Wine and Turpentine . . ." I don't think that would be legal today.

From Quiz Random Art

Answer: Yellow-green, Blue-green, Blue-violet, Red-Violet, Red-orange, Yellow-orange

You form these colors by mixing one primary color and one secondary color together. The secondary color must be one that was made using the same primary color. Orange and yellow gives yellow-orange, orange and red gives red-orange, orange and green gives brown (as you have effectively mixed all three primary colors together).

From Quiz Painting 3: Paintbrushes

Answer: Head

The head transfers the paint onto the paper. It is usually pointed for a round brush or wide for a flat brush.

From Quiz Painting 1: Paints

Answer: Watercolor

This is a good starting paint, and comes in pans of dry paint or tubes of paint with a little bit of water added.

From Quiz Art Fundamentals

Answer: hatching

Like stippling, hatching is a type of shading.

From Quiz Arts and Crafts

Answer: macrame

From Quiz The Writing's On The Wall

Answer: Toy

Toys are often accused of "biting" or copying an established artist and their tags in order to gain fame within the graffiti world. Biting is a practice that is frowned upon within the community and it is common for established artists to write the word "toy" over a toy tag.

From Quiz Art Fundamentals: Painting

Answer: Diego Rivera

Diego Rivera, a Mexican muralist, is known all over the world for his frescoes.

From Quiz Random Art

Answer: Orange, Violet, Green

These are the colors formed by mixing the primary colors.

From Quiz Painting 3: Paintbrushes

Answer: Belly

The size of the belly determines the amount of paint a brush holds. Only soft-haired brushes have a belly.

From Quiz Art Fundamentals

Answer: gouache

Gouache has more body and dries more slowly than watercolor paint. It is a good medium for creating bright colors and meticulous details and is often used for design and fine artwork.

From Quiz Arts and Crafts

Answer: decoupage

From Quiz The Writing's On The Wall

Answer: Banksy

"The Son of a Migrant from Syria" was painted in the migrant camp in Calais, France, known as the Calais Jungle, and depicted Steve Jobs, who was the son of a Syrian migrant to USA, carrying his belongings in a sack in one hand and an early Macintosh computer in the other. "Kissing Coppers" first appeared on the wall of The Prince Albert pub in Brighton in 2004 and features two British policemen kissing whilst in a passionate embrace. Banksy keeps his real identity a closely guarded secret and his works have appeared in cities such as London, Bristol and Nottingham in UK, Los Angeles, New York and New Orleans in the USA and Paris, France, among others.

From Quiz Artist Pigments

Answer: Ochre

Most prehistoric paints were made from minerals like iron oxides mixed with charcoal or burned bones and a binding agent like animal fat or clay. Besides being used for cave paintings it was used for coloring pottery and tools. It was also used for burial and religious purposes.

From Quiz Paint a Picture?

Answer: easel

Easels come in many shapes and sizes. There are lightweight ones that can be easily transportable for plein air painting (outdoors), or larger ones to hold smaller supplies such as pencils, charcoal or paints.

From Quiz Random Art

Answer: Mix black and white

In art, black is used to darken any color mostly. White is used to lighten any color. When you mix them, you get various shades of grey.

From Quiz Painting 3: Paintbrushes

Answer: Ferrule

It is often made of nickel, a metal that does not rust.

From Quiz Painting 2: Painting Surfaces

Answer: Have been primed

Primer gets the canvasses ready for use.

From Quiz Painting 1: Paints

Answer: Acrylic

From Quiz Art Fundamentals

Answer: lithography

Lithography can be a complex and demanding process, but in contrast to woodcut and engraving, does not require special professional training. Anyone who can draw can make a lithograph.

From Quiz Arts and Crafts

Answer: paraffin wax

From Quiz The Writing's On The Wall

Answer: Hip Hop

Graffiti has been associated with rock music due to "Clapton is God" appearing on walls in the 60s and punk after the names of bands such as Black Flag and Crass were used as tags in the 70s, but the big graffiti explosion came with hip hop music. Fab 5 Freddy, a respected graffiti artist, contributed the rap section to Blondie's 1981 hit "Rapture", while the videos for tracks such as "Planet Rock" (1982) by Afrika Bambaataa and the Soul Sonic Force featured graffiti art. Within the hip hop genre, the four main elements were quickly established as emceeing and deejaying to provide the music, b-boying proving the dance and graffiti as the visual medium.

From Quiz Art Fundamentals: Painting

Answer: Damar varnish

The Damar varnish is traditionally used as the final protective coat. While the amber varnish is a tougher and longer-lasting finish, it is still not used as widely as the other. The ruby and diamond varnishes are just made up.

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