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• Materials used in creating art

  • Pigments (watercolor, oil, tempera, textile paint, acrylic, ink)
  • Wood
  • Canvas
  • Paper
  • Stone
  • Metal
  • Clay
  • Glass
  • Bamboo
  • Bricks
  • Concrete
  • Ink
  • Celluloid
  • Negatives
  • Processing chemicals
  • Print
  • Words
  • Sound
  • Instruments
  • Body and its movements
  • Stage
  • Production design
  • Performance elements
  • Script
  • Camera
  • Cinematographic cameras
  • Computer
  • Range of different materials
• Materials


  • Substance in which art is made
  • Through these materials, artists express and communicate feelings and ideas
• Materials used in sculpture

  • Metal
  • Wood
  • Stone
  • Clay
  • Glass
• Materials used by architects

  • Wood
  • Bamboo
  • Bricks
  • Stone
  • Concrete
  • Various building materials
• Materials used by painters

  • Pigments (watercolor, oil, tempera, textile paint, acrylic, ink)
  • Flat ground (wood, canvas, paper, stone wall)
• Printmaking


  Ink printed or transferred on a surface (wood, metal, plates, or silk screen) in a duplicating or reproducing process
• Paintings vs Prints


  Paintings are unique and one of a kind, prints can be reproduced in several predetermined editions
• Materials used by musicians

  • Sound
  • Instruments (including the human voice)
• Dance


  Uses body and its movements, often accompanied by music but can also be without musical accompaniment, can tell stories or convey abstract ideas
• Theater


  Integrates all the arts and uses stage, production design, performance elements and script
• Photography and filmmaking


  Uses camera to record the outside world, in digital can assimilate images into computer eliminating need for celluloid, negatives, chemicals or print
• Writing


  Uses words for novels, poetry, fiction and nonfiction articles
• Artists who combine materials

  • Designer
  • Performance artist
  • Installation artist
• The Philippines is rich in natural resources that can be used to create different artworks
• Various local materials in the Philippines used for arts and craft


  • Abaca
  • Bamboo
  • Buri
  • Capiz shells
  • Rattan
  • Seashells
• Abaca


  Belongs to banana family, fibers have natural luster with colors ranging from pure white to ivory and dark brown
• Bamboo


  Used in creating many products, including construction, textile, musical instruments

  
• Buri


  Extracted from matured leaves of buri palm, fiber is durable and resistant to moisture
• Capiz shells


  Translucent to allow light to pass through but still allow privacy, from windowpane oyster found in Philippine coastal waters, known for beautiful mother of pearl look
• Rattan


  Belongs to palm family, different types of rattan palms like high or low climbers, single stemmed or clustered
• Seashells


  Hard exoskeleton of marine mollusks like snails, bivalves, and chitons, used in making ornaments and house decorations