Lesson 3 Painting

• Painting

  • the process of applying color on a flat surface.
  • is considered two-dimensional.
• Material

  • water color
  • acrylic
  • ink
  • oil
  • pastel
  • charcoal
• Forms of Painting

  • easel painting
  • murals
  • telon painting
  • jeepney and calesa painting
  • collage.
• Easel Painting - involves applying color to a board or canvas that is fixed on an upright support called an easel.
• Murals - huge wall-sized painting.
• Portable Mural - uses bold strokes in applying bright colors on pieces of cheesecloth or canvas.
• Telon Painting

  • is a backdrop or background for the stage.
  • used for komedya, sarswela, sinakulo.
  • is still used in presentation during carnivals, fiestas, and religious celebrations.
  • was later reduced as a backdrop in a photography studio.
• Calesa Painting

  • painted using one color
  • the borders of the calesa are decorated with geometric patterns, repetitive patterns, and/or thin lines.
• Jeepney Painting

  • evolves from calesa painting.
  • typical subject matter ranges from landscapes to scenes from comic books.
• Collage

  • involves combined images in a single artwork.
  • entails cutting and pasting materials such as paper, fabric, tin foil, etc. onto a board or canvas.
• Genre Painting - portrays people in daily activities

  • planting & harvesting rice
  • a young woman singing in front of guests
  • barong-barong
  • vendors
  • fiestas
• Historical Painting

  • depicts a scene from the past.
  • often has a lesson concerning national values.
• Interiors

  • painting of the space inside of a part of a house or a building
  • usually reveals the social class of the family living in that particular house, as well as the traits of the living in it.
• Landscapes

  • portray natural scenery or urban scenes.
  • closely related to seascapes which focus on large bodies of water (ocean & sea).
• Portraits

  • painting portraying one or more specific individuals.
  • usually portrays the physical characteristics of the subject and seeks to show an understanding of that person's character.
• Nudes - paintings that portray the unclothed human figure.
• Religious Painting - common subjects include:

  • a lone religious image.
  • lives of the saints.
  • scenes based from scriptures (nativity scene & stations of the cross).
• Still Life - painting that depicts natural or man-made objects that form a composition in a natural setting.
• Themes of Painting

  • genre painting
  • historical painting
  • interiors
  • landscapes
  • portraits
  • nudes
  • religious painting
  • still life
• Abstract

  • refers to a style of painting that does not use figurative reality as a reference.
  • the artist alludes to his or her subject and reduces it to a simplified form.
• Surrealism - Images in this painting are often illogical and have a dream-like quality about them.
• Realism - The subject of the painting looks much like the real thing rather than being stylized or abstracted, is the style many people think of as "true art."
• Futurism

  • Concerns itself with subjects like technology, speed, violence and the future of the world.
  • It concerns itself with the depiction of man’s triumph over nature.
• Impressionism - It is characterized by thin brushstrokes and an emphasis on the depiction of light.
• Expressionism - characterized by their use of bold, unrealistic colors chosen not to depict life as it is, but rather, as it feels or appears to the artist.
• Styles of Painting

  • abstract
  • surrealism
  • realism
  • futurism
  • impressionism
  • expressionism