Tools Materials & Mediums Application Flashcards
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What is the purpose of gesso in decorative painting surface preparation?
Answer: To create a primed, slightly textured ground that helps paint adhere
Gesso is a primer that seals the surface and creates a slightly textured ground that improves paint adhesion on canvas, wood, and other supports.
A decorative painter wants to create a faux marble effect. Which tools are typically used together for this technique?
Answer: Feather or fine liner brush with a sea sponge
Faux marble typically uses a sea sponge for the mottled base and a feather or fine liner brush to paint the irregular veining.
Which type of medium is added to acrylic paint to create a transparent, jewel-like glaze layer?
Answer: Glazing medium
Glazing medium increases transparency and flow while slowing drying time, allowing paint to be applied in luminous, see-through layers.
In decorative painting on fabric, which product must be used to permanently set acrylic paint and prevent washing out?
Answer: Fabric medium mixed into the paint, then heat-set with an iron
Fabric medium makes acrylic paint flexible and washable when heat-set with an iron or clothes dryer, permanently bonding it to fabric fibers.
What is the function of a 'blending medium' or 'open medium' in oil-based decorative painting?
Answer: It keeps oil paint wet and workable longer for wet-on-wet blending
Blending or open mediums slow oil paint drying, extending the wet-on-wet working window for smooth color transitions and blending.
When using transfer paper to apply a pattern onto a dark surface for decorative painting, which color of transfer paper should be used?
Answer: White or light-colored transfer paper
Light-colored (white or yellow) transfer paper creates visible lines on dark backgrounds where dark graphite paper would be invisible.
Which technique describes building up paint layers from dark values to light values in decorative painting?
Answer: Underpainting with a dark foundation
Starting with a dark underpainting and layering progressively lighter colors over it is a classical approach that establishes depth and shadow naturally.