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mmm · **on:** Jun 23, 2018

Traditional Chinese artists used _________, the oldest painting medium in continuous use.

A. watercolor
B. encaustic paint
C. gouache
D. acrylic
E. ink sticks

Question 2

A nonaqueous paint is one that:

A. is less expensive than most.
B. produces the most brilliant colors.
C. dissolves in water.
D. dissolves in something other than water.
E. is very fast-drying.

DHRUVSHAH · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 23, 2018

Answer to Question 1

E
Ink sticks are black ink mixed with soot and animal fat and hardened into a block. The earliest known ink sticks date from the period in Chinese history known as the Warring states (c. 450221 B.C.E.).

Answer to Question 2

D
Nonaqueous paints, such as oil paints, contain no water and use oil (linseed, poppy seed, or walnut) as a binder instead.