PAINTING
is a two-dimensional image or artwork created using pigments or color on a
ground such as canvas, cardboard, paper or wood. The pigment may be in a wet form, such as
paint, or a dry form, such as pastels. Other variety of materials used are acrylic, charcoal, ink,oil,
and watercolor. Since painting is created on a flat surface, it can be described as an artwork that
has only height and width.
THE DIFFERENT FORMS OF PAINTING.
1. EASEL PAINTING
- is the most common form of painting. This involves applying color to board or
canvas that is fixed on an upright support called an easel. These are typically meant to
be framed and hanged on a wall after creating them.
2. MURAL
- is a huge-sized painting usually created on a wall that aims to convey a message to
the public. In the modern-day, a new form of mural was developed to prevent the
mural from being erased from the wall – a portable mural was created using bold
strokes and bright colors on pieces of cheesecloth or canvas.
3. TELON PAINTING
- Is an artwork synonymous to a backdrop or background for a stage usually used in
popular forms of theater arts in the country such as komedya, sarswela, or sinakulo.
4. JEEPNEY and CALESA PAINTING
- is an artwork that is created on the famous transportation of the country.Geometric
shapes, repetitivepatterns and thin lines,typically in one color, are painted on the borders
of the calesa while colorful logos, images (mostly religious), and texts are painted to
cover the jeepney’s body.
5. COLLAGE
involves the combination of different images to form a single artwork.
Paintings are created using different materials. The following are the
various media used in painting:
MATERIALS USED IN PAINTING
1. OIL PAINT is a thick, shiny paint made by mixing pigment with oil (usually linseed).
Oil paintings take several days to dry but the art piece lasts very long.
2. ACRYLIC PAINT is a thick shiny paint made by mixing pigment with water and an
acrylic base. Unlike oil, acrylic paint is cheaper and dries within a few hours.
3. POSTER PAINT is a solid water-based paint that dries to a matte finish.
4. FRESCO is Italian for "fresh". The technique involves painting with dry pigment on
wet plaster. Note that Fresco a secco involves painting on dry plaster.
5. TEMPERA is a water-based paint that may or may not be mixed with egg yolks (egg
tempera).
6. WATERCOLOR is a soft and transparent paint made from pigment, water and gum
Arabic. One can actually create a painting from any kind of theme.
THE MOST COMMON THEMES USED IN PAINTING ARE:
1. STILL LIFE involves the use of natural or man-made objects in a natural-setting. It
can be flowers, food, or musical instruments. A still life reveals an artist's skill in
painting shapes, light, and shadow.
2. PORTRAIT is an image of a person or animal. Aside from showing what someone
looks like, a portrait often captures a mood or personality.
3. LANDSCAPES portray a natural scenery or an outdoor scene. A landscape artist
uses paint to create not only land, water, and clouds but air, wind, and sunlight. In the
contemporary time, landscape paintings are created using mixed media.
4. SEASCAPES make use of large bodies of water like the ocean or the sea as the
subject of the painting.
5. INTERIORS refer to the painting of the space inside of a house or a building, which
shows the social class of the people living in it as well as their traits.
6. HISTORY portrays scenes from the past, which often teaches a lesson about national
values.
7. RELIGION is another common subject used in paintings. It includes religious
images, lives of saints, and scenes from the Bible that portray a sacred story or
express an artist's faith.
8. GENRE painting depicts people in their daily activities. Basically, it is a painting of
scenes that capture life in action. It could show a farmer tilling a land, a busy street, a
beach party, a dinner gathering, or any place where living goes on.
9. NUDES are portrayals of the unclothed human figure.
STYLES IN PAINTING
1. ABSTRACT ART 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.
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FOUR TYPES OF ABSTRACT ART
Abstract Expressionism paintings are emotionally intense and spontaneously created
by the artist.
Color Field paintings are characterized by large, solid colors on a flat plane. The
colors are the subjects themselves, and they are normally painted on large canvas
material.
Lyrical Abstraction refers to abstract paintings that are softer and more romantic in
Cubism is characterized by geometric figures. Cubist painters analyze the subject and
break it up into a geometric abstract form.
2. SURREALISM portrays images that are often illogical and have a dream-like quality
about them.
3. CONCEPTUAL ART is a modern art style where the artist believes that concept is
more important than artwork itself.
4. POP ART occurred as a reaction to abstract expressionism, which mid-1950s British
artists believed was art that was far-removed from daily life.
5. PHOTOREALISM is one that looks as realistic as a photograph. This is done by
taking a picture of the subject and then painting it.
6. HYPERREALISM is an advancement of the photorealism art movement. Artists use
high-resolution cameras to take photographs and paint them on canvas.
6. MINIMALISM is an art movement that is, as expected, characterized by simplicity.
Minimalist paintings strip down the subject to its very essence.
7. 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.
8. IMPRESSIONISM is characterized by thin brushstrokes and an emphasis on the
depiction of light. It is often painted outdoors to capture sunlight and color of their
subjects.
9. FAUVISM focuses on strong color. Artists employing this style have wild brush strokes
and highly simplified subjects.
