Paint Quiz

1. Paint Quiz Top 20 True or False Multiple Choice Matching Short Answer

2. Paint Quiz Top 20 True or False Multiple Choice Matching Short Answer

3. True or False - 100 All paints are non-toxic. True False

4. True or False - 200 Tempera paint is made with egg yolk True False

5. True or False - 300 Acrylic paints were created in the 1950s True False

6. True or False - 400 The Mona Lisa is painted with acrylic paint True False

7. True or False - 500 Gouache is a form of oil paint True False

8. Multiple Choice - 100 This paint has the slowest drying time Watercolour Acrylic Oil Tempera

9. Multiple Choice - 200 Sold in bottles, jars and tubes Watercolour Acrylic Oil Tempera

10. Multiple Choice - 300 This medium often included gold leaf guilding Watercolour Acrylic Oil Tempera

11. Multiple Choice - 400 This medium needs soft, absorbent brushes Watercolour Acrylic Oil Tempera

12. Multiple Choice - 500 This is the oldest paint medium Watercolour Acrylic Oil Tempera

13. Matching - 100 Watercolour Acrylic The Starry Night, 1889 Vincent van Gogh 73 cm × 92 cm Oil Tempera

14. Matching - 200 Watercolour Acrylic Christina's World, 1948 Andrew Wyeth 81.9 x 121.3 cm Oil Tempera

15. Matching - 300 Watercolour Acrylic I and The Village , 1911 Marc Chagall 192.1 x 151.4 cm Oil Tempera

16. Matching - 400 Watercolour Acrylic Young Hare, 1502 Albrecht Durer 25 x 23 cm Oil Tempera

17. Matching - 500 Watercolour Creation of Adam, 1511 Michelangelo 480 cm × 230 cm fresco Acrylic Oil Tempera

18. Short Answer - 100 Which painting medium doesn’t need white? Watercolour

19. Short Answer - 200 Impressionism was create with which paint? Oil

20. Short Answer - 300 Which paint has been around since 1 AD? Tempera

21. Short Answer - 400 Which paint dries quickly and is non-resoluble? Acrylic

22. Short Answer - 500 What is a kolinski sable? A paint brush for oils

23. Top20 Watercolour Acrylic Oil Tempera

24. Transparent medium • Allow paper to shine through • Thinned and lightened with water • Dries quickly • Can be rehydrated • Concentrated in tubes and pans • Cleans up with soap and water • Portable and light weight to transport • Work from light to dark • Paints graded with stars for permanance (fade-proof or non-fugitive); light-fast • Grades of 1-5 or A-E go from $ to $$$ • Paints may have staining qualities • Use soft, natural hair brushes (sable) • Should not need white paint • Gouche is an opaque watercolour • Use 100% cotton rag paper; acid-free • Use 140 lb. (per ream – 500 sheets) paper • Cold pressed paper has a medium tooth • Pigment binding agent is gum arabic • Artists: Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528), • Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788), • John Constable (1776-1837), • Toni Onley (1928 - 2004) Watercolour Acrylic Top20 Oil Tempera

25. Fast drying paint Water resistent when dry Can be diluted with water Can be modified with gels, mediums or pastes First made commercially in the 1950s as house paint Artist quality available in the 1960s – Liquitex May be varnished Canvas should be primed with gesso Ability to bond to many different surfaces Considered to be a water-based paint Acrylic retarders can slow down drying time More permanent and stable than oil paints Sold in bottles, jars or tubes Called a glaze when thinned to a transparency Use masking tape when painting a hard edge May be used as glue in a collage Once dry is not resoluble Student grade acrylic are called “academy” Pigment suspended in an acrylic polymer emulsion Artists:Marc Chagall (1887 - 1985), Henri Matisse (1869-1954), Andy Warhol (1928-1987) Robert Bateman (1930- ) Watercolour Acrylic Top20 Oil Tempera

26. Slow drying paint; long “open time” • Drying time can be several weeks • Pigment suspended in linseed oil • First used in the 13th century in England • Considered an artistic medium in 15th century • Tube paints invented in 1841 • Portability allowed for “plein air” painting • Impressionism • Oil paints have natural sheen • Translucency, ideal for portraits (skin) • Paint dries by oxidizing, not evaporating • Modern additives give UV protection • Historic oil paints were toxic – lead, arsenic, etc. • Thinners (turpentine) are flammable • Finest quality brushes are called kolinsky sable made from Siberian mink • Paint may be applied by brush or palette knife • Painting is done in layers; “fat over lean” • Thin, transparent layer (glaze) seals the painting • World famous oil painting: Mona Lisa (da Vinci) • Artists: Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), • Rembrandt (1606-1669), • Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), • Emily Carr (1871-1945) Watercolour Acrylic Top20 Oil Tempera

27. Also known as egg tempera • Oldest, most versatile, and most durable methods of painting • Artists made their own paints, brushes, tools • Pigment mixed with water-soluble binding agent (i.e. egg yolk) and distilled water • Hand-ground paint cannot be stored; spoilage • Long lasting; since 1st century AD • Primary painting method until 1500s • Tempera paintings were burnished with gold leaf • Gold leaf halos on Byzantine tempera panels • Frescos are tempera on plaster • Modern version is called poster paint • Panel painting medium of Early Renaissance • Avoid breathing pigment powders; toxic • Dries to a smooth, matte finish • Can be varnished or burnished • Applied with cross-hatching strokes • Historically painted on wood panels • Modern technique is to paint on masonite board • Binding agents include honey, glue, milk (casein) • Artists: Michelangelo (1577-1640) • William Blake (1757-1827) • Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009) • David Blackwood (1941- ) Watercolour Acrylic Top20 Oil Tempera