Scratch Art

Scratch Art is a graphic technique. It is used to create value drawings.

• True

• False

Scratch board is a paper (or foil) board that is covered with wax or gesso and coated over with black ink.

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• False

The _________ the stroke, the easier it is to control the scratching process.

• bigger

• smaller

• thinner

• thicker

You can “redo” a scratch in scratch art.

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• False

Don’t press too hard on the tool or it will rip the paper.

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• False

An element of art that is a mark with length and direction.

• line

• pattern

• symbol

Repetition of anything as a principle of design.

• postivie space

• pattern

• negative space

• line

A method of cutting or incising a design into a material with a sharp tool.

• Symbol

• Theme

• Engraving

• Scratch board

Illustration Board in which black ink-coating is scratched away to reveal a white clay-coated surface.

• Scratch board

• Abstract

• Symbol

• Line

Imagery departing from representational accuracy.

• Abstract

• Theme

• Engraving