Art Media and Techniques B22

To create a lighter shade of paint, an artist might dilute it with a ..............

• serpent

• resolution

• solvent

• resin

To create a ................... effect in a painting, an artist might pour different colors or textures on top of each other.

• layered

• level

• primed

• diluted

Pollock is famous as an artist because

• he liberated the way artist's could engage with the making of the work

• he avoided any representation of reality

• he was a millionaire when he died

Pollock first began pouring paint, either straight out of the can or with sticks and hardened brushes, directly onto a canvas placed on the floor.

• This allowed him to jump into the painting process without worrying about preparing painting materials

• 'the modern painter cannot express this age, the airplane, the atom bomb, the radio, in the old forms of the Renaissance or of any other past culture’.

• He was not skilled in painting realistically using traditional methods

• It started as an accident, when he kicked a paint can onto a canvas.

Abstract Expressionism is

• artists expressing their feelings

• using strong concepts in art

• a variation of German Expressionism

• gestural brush-strokes or mark-making, and the impression of spontaneity.

A flexible material is one that can be bent or twisted without breaking.

A b...... material, on the other hand, is one that is prone to cracking or breaking.

The m................... (środek przekazu) is the material or technique used to apply pigment to a surface, such as paint, pastels, or charcoal.

The ............................... of a paint or other material refer to its physical and chemical characteristics.

• landscapes

• solvents

• cracks

• properties

Jackson Pollock's artworks are often called ....................... paintings

• drip

• action

• pour

• wrinkled

• inflexible

A f...................... material is one that can be bent or twisted without breaking and cracking.