Traditional Chinese artists used _________, the oldest painting medium in continuous use
A. watercolor
B. encaustic paint
C. gouache
D. acrylic
E. ink sticks
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. 450–221 B.C.E.).
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