cpar

• Medium


  The material/s or substances used by the artist to produce a work
• Drawing mediums and materials


  • Graphite/Pencil
  • Pen and Ink
  • Charcoal
  • Paper
• Charcoal


  A kind of organic drawing medium made from burnt wood
• Types of Charcoal


  • Vine
  • Compressed
• Vine Charcoal


  Kind of charcoal that comes in thin sticks and is easy to blend and erase
• Compressed Charcoal


  Kind of charcoal pressed into a wooden casing; creates darker shades than vine charcoal
• Graphite


  More commonly known as pencil, is a kind of drawing medium made from a soft mineral
• Pen


  Has different variations also in terms of point size, ranging from 0.05 to 0.8 or even thicker
• Components of paint


  • Pigment
  • Binder
  • Solvents
• Pigment


  Pertains to the minerals and substances that give as paints its colours
• Binder


  The material that holds the pigment together, and allows it to sticks to a surface
• Solvents


  Pertain to liquids that are used to control the viscosity or the thickness and thinness of paint
• Different kinds of paint


  • Oil based paints
  • Water soluble paints
  • Tempera
  • Acrylic
• Oil based paints


  Are first used predominantly during the early renaissance period. This type of paint dries slowly given its thick viscosity
• Watercolor


  A kind of paint whose pigment is made usually from grounded gum arabic, applied using brush and water on a surface
• Gouache


  A kind of water soluble paint which is a mixture of transparent watercolor with a water-soluble white chalk
• Tempera


  A type of paint that consists of natural pigments and egg. This type of paint is predominantly used during the Middle ages
• Acrylic


  A type of paint composed of water-soluble synthetic pigments that becomes water-resistant when dry
• Brushes


  The main purpose of a brush is to spread and transfer paint onto surface
• Different kinds of brushes based on material

  • Bristle
  • Sable
  • Nylon
• Bristle


  A kind of brush that is made from pig's fur. It is used mostly for impressionist paintings and traditional Chinese and Japanese Art
• Sable


  Comes from sable or weasel fur and are considered expensive. It is mainly used for watercolor and oil painting
• Nylon


  These are synthetic brushes. Have the same texture with sable and are suitable for all kinds of painting
• Classification of brushes by shape


  • Dome
  • Pointed/Round
  • Flat
• Dome


  Cover more areas and are primarily used to paint clouds. These are also used for applying make-up
• Pointed/Round


  Used for details and linear markings
• Flat


  This type of brush is ideal for board strokes
• Other forms of media


  • Printmaking
  • Mixed media
  • Collage
• Printmaking


  A process that involves the repeated transferring of an original image from a prepared surface called matrix/printing plate onto another surface, usually paper or canvas
• Mixed media


  It refers to works of art that combine various mediums
• Collage


  A type of art made by creating pictures composed of various cut-outs from print media (magazines, newspaper, photographs)
• Multi-media art


  A kind of art that combines texts, graphics, video, and sound into a single masterpiece or artwork
• Three dimensional media


  • Sculpture
  • Relief sculpture
  • Free-standing sculpture
  • Constructed sculpture
  • Kinetic sculpture
  • Installation art
• Sculpture


  An artistic form in which hard or plastic materials are worked into three-dimensional art objects. The designs may be embodied in freestanding objects, in reliefs on surfaces, or in environments ranging from tableaux to contexts that envelop the spectator
• Kinds of relief sculpture


  • Bas or Low Relief
  • Medium Relief
  • High-Relief
• Free-standing sculpture


  Are not attached to any background and have a front and a back
• Constructed sculpture


  Are made by constructing together different pieces of material or medium such as wood and metal in order to create one, whole, constructed pieces
• Kinetic sculpture


  A kind of sculpture where its most basic element is movement
• Installation art


  A contemporary three-dimensional art form that involves any arrangement of objects in an exhibition space
• Kinds of drawing


  • Sketching
  • Life drawing
  • Perspective drawing