Nearly all paint colors come from nature. Dirt, rock, plants, etc. are the raw material, which is ground down into what is called a pigment.
Acrylic paint
A thick shiny paint made by mixing pigment with water and an acrylic base. Dries within a few hours.
Poster paint
A solid water-based paint that dries to a matt finish.
Fresco
The word is Italian for "fresh". The technique involves painting with dry pigment on wet plaster. Fresco a secco involves painting on dry plaster.
Oil paint
A thick, shiny paint made by mixing pigment with oil (usually linseed). Takes several days to dry.
Tempera
A water-based paint that may or may not be mixed with egg yolks (egg tempera).
Watercolor
A soft and see-through (transparent) paint made from pigment, water, and gum Arabic.
MEDIUMS IN PAINTING
Pigment
Acrylic paint
Poster paint
Presca
Oil paint
Tempera
Watercolor
TYPES OF PAINTING
Landscape
Portrait
Still Life
Real Life
Religious work of art
1. LANDSCAPE - is an outdoor scene. A landscape artist uses paint to create not only land, water, and clouds but air, wind, and sunlight.
2. PORTRAIT - is an image of a person or animal. Besides showing what someone looks like, a portrait often captures a mood or personality.
3. STILL LIFE - shows objects, such as flowers, food, or musical instruments. A still life reveals an artist’s skill in painting shapes, light, and shadow.
4. REAL LIFE - scene captures life in action. It could show a busy street, a beach party, a dinner gathering, or any place where living goes on.
5. RELIGIOUS WORK OF ART - shares a religious message. It might portray a sacred story or express an artist’s faith.
DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES IN PAINTING
Realism
Surrealism
Cubism
Expressionism
Impressionism
Symbolism
Pointillism
Futurism
Minimalism
Fauvism
Dadaism
Constructivism
REALISM - introduced by a French man named Gustave Courbet in 19th century. Adopted to describe things represent figures and exactly how they look like in real life.
“Sunset Over Lake Leman” by Gustave Courbet
2. SURREALISM - invented from the word super naturalism. It is used to emphasize the unconscious creative activity of the mind.
“Déjà Vu” by Ramaz Razmadze
3. CUBISM - initiated by Cezanne, thefather of cubism. It shows the flatness of the picture and rejects traditional perspectives.
“Still Life with a Violin” by Georges Braque
4. EXPRESSIONISM - tries to express subjective feelings and emotions of the artists. It is how the artist feels about the subject.
“The Scream”" by Edvard Munch
5. IMPRESSIONISM - the artist depicts what stimulates the eye. What we see is important in an impressionist. When they create an art, they are more concerned with the effects of lights that would get the attention of the audience.
“French Impressionism” by Pierre Auguste Renoir
6. SYMBOLISM - the visible sign of something invisible such as ideas or quality. Something that you can create in the mind such as ideas that can be depicted through painting.
“The Death of the Gravedigger” by Carlos Schwabe
7. POINTILLISM - a style of painting in which the artists use small distinct dots of color forming a figure and it has an item of “luminosity” and create the impression of a wide selection of other colors and blending.
“La Parade de Cirqu” by Georges Seurat
8. FUTURISM - an art movement that originated in Italy in the early 20th century. Machine and motions are the main subject of this technique which try to show movement and speed. Rejected the traditional perspectives and attempted to glorify a new life.
“The City Rises” by Umberto Boccioni
*Futurism concerns itself with subjects like the technology, speed, violence, and the future of the world.
*It concerns itself with the depiction of man’s triumph over nature.
9. MINIMALISM - the form is reduced to outmost simplicity geometrical shape which emphasizes space.
“The Reconstruction of German Pavillion in Barcelona Spain” by Alexandra Van Lierde
10. FAUVISM - the painter tries to paint picture by using bright and extreme colors in order to assume positive characters.
“The Portrait of Madame Matisse (The green Line)” by Henry Matisse
11. DADAISM - a post-World War I cultural movement in visual art as well as literature (mainly poetry), theatre and graphic design. It shows a movement that shock and provokes the viewers.
“Hanover Dada” by Kurt Schwitters
12. CONSTRUCTIVISM - derived from the word “construction.” Construction of abstract pictures such as metal and wire.
“Soviet Artist Constructivist” by Vladimir Tatlin
FAMOUS FILIPINO PAINTERS: THE FEW OF THE CROP
Damian Domingo
Juan Luna
Felix Ressureccion Hidalgo
Fernando Cueto Amorsolo
Carlos V. Francisco
Josse Tanig Joya
Benedicto Reyes Cabrera
Cesar Torente Legazpi
Hernando R. Ocampo
Vicente Manansala
Joey Velasco
Damian Domingo - father of folipino painting.
1st to paint his face
La Sagrada Familia
JuanLuna-Ilocano filipino painter
political activist
spoliarium
FelixRessureccionHidalgo - 2nd place in madrid exposition
Las Virgenes Cristianas
Expuetas Al Populacho
Fernando Cueto Amorsolo - excellent sketch artist as well as peerless master of light and color
portrayed filipino culture, traditions like festivals
Rice Planting
Carlos V. Francisco - aka "botong"
2nd artist to receive the award of NAP
1st filipino modernist
Harana / Katipunan
Jose Tanig Joya - NAVA 2003
Abstract expressionist
Barter of Panay / Christ Stripped of His Clothes
Benedicto Reyes Cabrera - BenCab
Three Women
Cesar Torrente Legazpi - neo-realism & cubism in ph